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Taurean Prince Forgot the Most Important Part of a Jump Shot

Once you jump, you have to shoot.

Tyler Lauletta

Taurean Prince jumps, but does not shoot, against the Atlanta Hawks.
Taurean Prince jumps, but does not shoot, against the Atlanta Hawks. / @BleacherReport / X
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Tuesday night’s game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks got started at 7:30 p.m. ET in Atlanta, but Bucks guard Taurean Prince appeared to hit snooze on his alarm one or two times before locking in.

On the very first possession of the game, Prince found himself with an open look at the elbow, and proceeded to start what any basketball fan might have expected to be a casual, completely normal jump shot.

The jump? Perfect. No problems there. Both feet left the ground. Classic jump.

But the second part of the jump shot—the shot—is just as, if not more, important.

And on that front, Prince faltered, simply failing to release the ball.

Sorry bud, that’s a travel.

Fans online were quick to have a bit of fun at Prince’s expense.

Despite the opening miss—well, not a miss, he would have had to shoot to miss—Prince finished the game with eight points, and the Bucks were able to secure a 127–121 win.

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TYLER LAULETTA

Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.