Learning the Killer Crossover from the OG Crossover King, Tim Hardaway.

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  • I grew up watching and trying to emulate Tim Hardaway's killer crossover, so it was so cool talking to him about it.

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  • @gregoryharlston0602
    @gregoryharlston0602 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Tim makes it look so easy but believe me that's one of the toughest crossovers to master!

    • @kawaiau9381
      @kawaiau9381 หลายเดือนก่อน

      push crossesand AI style cross seem easier
      This move is thought

  • @snarkymoss
    @snarkymoss ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Leigh is such a killer, he busted that move right away and drained the shot lmao. Baller

  • @temptations_16
    @temptations_16 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I like how he still remembers his teammates and where they use to be positioned

  • @lucjanpetroniusz4970
    @lucjanpetroniusz4970 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Tim is great player and person! In 90’s he was legend

  • @danielabatabogdanov8586
    @danielabatabogdanov8586 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Leigh is actually a pretty good player and in shape for his age.

  • @streetgainer
    @streetgainer ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Tim Hardaway has the same leg issues Kenny Smith has. I’m glad these guys made millions, they literally sacrificed themselves.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve heard a lot of former players, like Charles Barkley who has similar issues, say that the sacrifice was worth the price.

  • @ronaldcole7415
    @ronaldcole7415 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well, my long ago friend ‘Bug’ here, Timmy’s nickname in college, was also my team mate for 4 weeks as a walk on at UTEP. 4 weeks is how long Haskins took to red shirt me.
    There was another guard there who also knew a bit about a cross over named Jeep Jackson. The starting point guard before Tim. I’m not sure how much Tim picked up on Jeep’s ability, but I know I did. Because of Jeep, I took players out of both their shoes on more than one occasion. Not kidding, stepped right out of their shoes. Haskins however, was well known for recruiting exceptional point guards.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice story, Ronald. Thanks for sharing.

  • @lf5836
    @lf5836 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a classy former NBA player! Always will be remembered as a Chicago native who established the Texas two step at UTEP!

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yeah, he was awesome to watch.

    • @lf5836
      @lf5836 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Leigh Ellis Thank you for sharing this video. I showed it to my son for illustration purposes. Leigh, you played that cross-over beautifully. Keep up the great work and thank you!

  • @Smithuzz_2Funny
    @Smithuzz_2Funny ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Knees like Kenny smith 😭😭😭🤷🏽🤷🏽😊

    • @jaylchannel3392
      @jaylchannel3392 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why does that happen to bball players knees? Derek harper has knees like that too

    • @hn7933
      @hn7933 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jaylchannel3392 hella explosive sport with lots of jumping. Not as advanced medical knowledge regarding tendon & ligament health.

  • @roycecovington2154
    @roycecovington2154 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember practicing this move every day for a full summer when I was a kid and could only do it going the opposite direction. Time to go back out with my nephews and try it again!

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same. I could do it at home, but way harder to pull off in a game.

  • @linkercasas1004
    @linkercasas1004 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    2:02 WTF? I thought there was a chicken on the top right of court for a second 😂😂

  • @mus31
    @mus31 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Greatest crossover ever

  • @jeangill2004
    @jeangill2004 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legend 👏

  • @duke62778
    @duke62778 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tim got those Kenny Smith knot knees

  • @rcadenow7543
    @rcadenow7543 ปีที่แล้ว

    always loved to play him in nba live games.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, he was a fun dude to play as no matter what the video game franchise was.

  • @mojavedesertsonorandesert9531
    @mojavedesertsonorandesert9531 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tim Hardaway, MJ, Hakeem the Dream, Larry Bird, James Worthy! My starting five!

    • @sultanabran1
      @sultanabran1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what about detlef schrempf?

  • @previnlubom4498
    @previnlubom4498 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best cross over dribble ever 🏀

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agree, Previn.

    • @lamart3857
      @lamart3857 ปีที่แล้ว

      🧢 Iverson and Jamal Crawford have better crossovers

    • @antoniohoward981
      @antoniohoward981 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lamart3857shhhhiiiidddd

  • @AndyDayDay
    @AndyDayDay 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He remembers Vosgon Lenard and Dan Majerle. ❤

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He fed those guys for a lot of years.

  • @raymondamoroa7683
    @raymondamoroa7683 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good friend of mine too...what a rush

  • @marceloscarpa5207
    @marceloscarpa5207 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The killa cross over! 🏀🇧🇷

  • @donjuanismo
    @donjuanismo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    @Leigh_Ellis I'm impressed you hit that jumper effortlessly!

  • @KobaKong777
    @KobaKong777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Timmy was nice wit it!!!

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even in retirement, he's still got the handles.

  • @josephkan8253
    @josephkan8253 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need Starters!

  • @jakkeday1
    @jakkeday1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Leigh, Leigh!!!!!
    That guy is awesome.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Utep-Two Step is one of the greats from the 90s!

  • @DjRr0413
    @DjRr0413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hell yeah

  • @gerrypiazza8293
    @gerrypiazza8293 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Get this man in the fkn Basketball Hall of Fame already.

  • @ericgarrison93
    @ericgarrison93 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Leigh man I miss the starters crew

  • @yaywoot123
    @yaywoot123 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hardaway and Marbury very similar games .. both killers in crunchtime too

  • @callanruka9194
    @callanruka9194 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Man why do you have to be a tv host to get this kind of interactions with these kinds of legends,

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You don't. Things can happen if you try to make them happen.

  • @charlesm7589
    @charlesm7589 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The key to a crossover faking out your opponent is that lifting of your weight up before the first step. As you come down for that first hard dribble, the opponent does not know which way you are headed and just reacts to your body motion, not the ball.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also finding the perfect balance of almost-but-not-quite-palming the ball. Doing so usually entices the defender to make a move. Once they have gone one way, it becomes easier to throw them off balance by going back the other way.

    • @charlesm7589
      @charlesm7589 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@leighellis76 Yes! That skill gives you the lateral movement that bamboozles defenders!
      Of course now, palming the ball and carrying (I'm talking about having a hand under the ball when dribbling) is never called, so you don't have to be all that good to do what looks like a spectacular crossover.

  • @sw4841
    @sw4841 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Having a crossover that devastating is great while you’re young, but it will cost you an ACL tear down the road. Lotta pressure on the knees.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, but a lot of ex-players say that it's worth the price you pay to get to the NBA

  • @therationalpiper7428
    @therationalpiper7428 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't think of TH as an all time great, but he was very good and he revolutionized dribbling. We now see players using his footwork nearly every play... don't forget that someone had to invent them and figure out these movement patterns and how to implement them in game situations to make that possible.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, and he learned from the guys before him. It's great watching the game and players evolve.

  • @streetglide9277
    @streetglide9277 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The ole UTEP Two Step

  • @yavivanov6650
    @yavivanov6650 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, but did you use it in the game, and how it went?
    Tim is such a great guy!

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I tried it a few times; mixed results.

  • @dadyos
    @dadyos ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy this doesn’t have more views 👀 people must not love basketball anymore

  • @leslie5707
    @leslie5707 ปีที่แล้ว

    Henry Hall, Pardale HS, MD

  • @hygory8576
    @hygory8576 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tim Hardaway and Allen Iverson 🖤🖤🖤🖤

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว

      Two of the greats to watch.

  • @ProtaJ
    @ProtaJ ปีที่แล้ว

    Tim got Kenny Smith legs

  • @seonwoongbaek5570
    @seonwoongbaek5570 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it recorded in Melbourne?

  • @aaronrivera7491
    @aaronrivera7491 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Utep Two Step

  • @totochoi8569
    @totochoi8569 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    아직도 젊어보여

  • @user-bo3ol7ly7n
    @user-bo3ol7ly7n ปีที่แล้ว

    Tim move made many men
    Lose there equilibrium.
    I called the space crossover.
    The opponent landed on 😮other
    Planets

  • @cameronrichardson1416
    @cameronrichardson1416 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Noooooo Tim hardaway has the Kenny Smith knees

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, he can still move 'em when he needs to!

  • @mojavedesertsonorandesert9531
    @mojavedesertsonorandesert9531 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    B-Ball was better back in the day! Bring back hand checking and physical defense!

  • @thedarksideoftheforce6658
    @thedarksideoftheforce6658 ปีที่แล้ว

    He's 6' not short though.

  • @paulrhodes6598
    @paulrhodes6598 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did I not now the bug was in Australia. Was he in Sydney. I flew to San Francisco to see him play in 96 my idol back then.

  • @joemadison5527
    @joemadison5527 ปีที่แล้ว

    He’s Kenny Smith from the waist down.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, the old knees are a little wonky

  • @johng.8600
    @johng.8600 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tims mcl's are working overtime. Js

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think they clocked off a few years ago.

  • @5822huron
    @5822huron ปีที่แล้ว

    What's wrong with Tim's leg?

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I guess it went a bit wonky after a million crossovers.

  • @coolyungdru
    @coolyungdru ปีที่แล้ว

    How does he move so fluid with knees like those?

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Put a ball in a baller's hand and it's amazing how pain and discomfort just fade away!

    • @coolyungdru
      @coolyungdru ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leighellis76
      You may have a point there.

    • @burningspear90
      @burningspear90 ปีที่แล้ว

      They feel bad that shit later tho ughhh

  • @andytaylor6781
    @andytaylor6781 ปีที่แล้ว

    Natural born killas

  • @stinger720
    @stinger720 ปีที่แล้ว

    he always goes right.

    • @leighellis76
      @leighellis76  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yep, and the amazing part is that guys knew what was coming but still couldn't stop it.

    • @badtuber1654
      @badtuber1654 ปีที่แล้ว

      You actually think an NBA PG cant go left? lmao

  • @hudjohns6371
    @hudjohns6371 ปีที่แล้ว

    My fav is his crossover on Ron Harper...

  • @jeimybuchanan8880
    @jeimybuchanan8880 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ai crossover

  • @thereasonwhy5188
    @thereasonwhy5188 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didnt know he could still do it. He stop doing it long before he retired

    • @childofGod477
      @childofGod477 ปีที่แล้ว

      He became a killer from 3 in miami

  • @moreycleveland2472
    @moreycleveland2472 ปีที่แล้ว

    TIM SR R U & SPREWELL FRIENDS NOW BEACUSE WHEN U BOTH WERE TEAMMATE U 2 WERE BITTER ENEMIES

  • @elliottjames671
    @elliottjames671 ปีที่แล้ว

    F Australia

  • @mcpheefee
    @mcpheefee ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This got corny

  • @hsusyehsh
    @hsusyehsh ปีที่แล้ว

    Always some lame announcer they b paying for the interview