Ranked 11th in the league in free-throw attempts per game at 6.5, DeMar DeRozan has no shortage of ways to get to the line, from seeking out contact at the rim to a deft use of pump fakes to get his defender up in the air.
The most interesting is a move that he seems to have made all his own in this league. It’s a funky variation on the Eurostep, which he’s used to his advantage for years. Here’s the second bucket he made as a Spur:
And here’s the move in question, one that happens not with the usual downhill momentum that players rely on with the Eurostep, but beginning from a stationary, face-up position in the half court:
It all happens pretty quickly, with the viewer left as nonplussed as the defender who’s just been baited into a foul call.