Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is one of the many celebrities and athletes who have joined the podcasting trend. His show, ‘Pull Up,’ digs into the latest story lines in sports, and it’s been a good avenue for CJ to exercise his journalism background from college.

In the most recent episode, he and co-host Jordan Schultz, a veteran sports columnist, tackled an interesting NBA topic: the most unstoppable moves in league history.

Let’s have a look at CJ’s list, which, as he eagerly cleared up, is in no particular order:

Michael Jordan’s fadeaway

CJ mentioned MJ’s legendary fadeaway first and implied that it there needed to be no discussion because everyone knows how unstoppable it was. He’s right.

The fadeaway should always be an automatic inclusion in such a list. Jordan invented and perfected the shot, and made opponents look like mere mortals.

When you consider the finesse, shot form, flair, smoothness, as well as confidence in his body language, it is arguably the most beautiful shot in basketball too. Kobe Bryant, who tried to devour all of the knowledge that Jordan shared with him, also perfected this shot later in his career.

Allen Iverson’s killer crossover

Allen Iverson had a lot in his arsenal, and he made sure everyone knew it. He was fast, could score anywhere, could jump, and had an all-time swagger. All that mixed in nicely with his masterful dribbling never let defenders settle and made them easy victims for his killer crossover.

Teens/kids from the late 90s up to the mid 2000s like CJ are pretty big on the ‘killer crossover’ as they grew up watching AI claim victim after victim. He even famously pulled it off against MJ – as seen in the 00:32 mark of the clip above.

Manu Ginobili’s Euro step

Manu Ginobili made a living with the Euro step. It’s a split second shift that’s just hard to catch, and it had all kinds of defenders grasping at nothing but air time and again.

The move isn’t as nostalgic as the other ones on the list, but it’s one that was quite effective and influential, as evident by superstars Dwyane Wade (back in his playing days) and James Harden, among others, using it regularly – even random guys you play with in the street do it often.

CJ had high praise for how well Ginobili incorporated the move into the NBA, and called it “revolutionary.”

That’s right, Ginobli’s bat-killing wasn’t his greatest contribution to the NBA. It was the Euro step.

Hakeem Olajuwon’s Dream Shake

With all the great big men that the game has had in its history, no one other than Hakeem Olajuwon could have developed the Dream Shake.

Thanks to originally being a soccer player. he had a deep understanding of footwork an incorporated that in his style. He mixed that footwork in with his height, agility, and intelligence develop the move and bait defenders. It’s easily one of the best, if not the best, sets of post-up moves ever.

Hakeem has five moves, then four countermoves. That gives him 20 moves.

Shaquille O’Neal on why it’s so hard to stop the Dream Shake

As soon as it proved its effectiveness when executed and timed correctly, even swingmen were including it in their game. CJ said it best: all that varying head-and-shoulder fakes in the post are influenced by Hakeem.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook

Kareem’s skyhook is another one of the most iconic shots in basketball. He made the routine hook shot elegant and unstoppable – aside from a championship and a Hall-of-Fame nod, it’s probably one of the coolest sports badges to have.

When he gathered for his patented move, especially in his prime, you might as well count it. He’s 7’1 and he’s raising for a shot that’s protected by his other arm. How do you guard that?

Which moves did CJ miss?

There are tons, and Dirk Nowitzki’s one-legged fadeaway is one that comes to mind first. The seven-foot German is an all-time shooter, so him fading away and shielding his shot with the other leg is almost unfair – much like the skyhook. It was so effective, it became one of the keys why Dirk has secured a Hall-of-Fame career.

New Orleans Pelicans guard and fellow podcaster Josh Hart let CJ know about it too.

To be fair, Schultz did mention Nowitzki when prefacing the topic, and CJ might’ve just overlooked the move.

Tim Duncan, one of Nowitzki’s contemporaries, also deserves a nod. For this that grew up watching basketballs in the 1990s and 2000s, Duncan’s bank shot was unstoppable too.