The finger roll is a specialized type of basketball layup shot where the ball is rolled off of the tips of the player's fingers. The advantage of the finger roll is that the ball can travel high in the air over a defender that might otherwise block a regular jump shot or dunk, while the spin applied by the rolling over the fingers will carry the ball to the basket off the backboard. The shot was pioneered by the great center Wilt Chamberlain in the 1960s [1]. Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Allen Iverson performing a high percentage layup. ... David Robinson performing a jump shot to shoot over Karl Malone. ... Dunk can mean many things: slam dunk, a term in basketball Slam Dunk (manga), a manga about basketball slam dunk (yachting), a term coined by Dennis Connor, a maneuver in tacking duels during match races dunk (biscuit), dipping of food into a beverage dunking, a form of water torture This... Wilton Norman Wilt Chamberlain (born August 21, 1936, in Philadelphia - died October 12, 1999 in Bel-Air), nicknamed Wilt the Stilt and The Big Dipper, was a professional National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters, the Philadelphia / San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles...

The finger roll is notorious for being very difficult to master, and few players use the shot as their primary shot. One famous exception was San Antonio Spurs forward George Gervin who turned the shot into a nearly invincible weapon when he lead the National Basketball Associationin scoring between 1978 and 1980. It has been suggested that San Antonio Gunslingers (ABA) be merged into this article or section. ... George Gervin (born April 27, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former professional basketball player, a shooting guard for the American Basketball Associations (ABA) Virginia Squires and San Antonio Spurs and the National Basketball Associations (NBA) San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls. ... The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the worlds premier mens basketball league. ...

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