Ball games, Basketball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, takes a step in one direction, and then quickly takes a second step in another direction.
They have seen it enough that they have come to understand that the Eurostep is a pretty good way to get around a defender, used so routinely that Harden's teammate Clint Capela, a center that rarely goes one-on-one, has employed it, though in his case, it should probably just be called a "Step."2018 April 17, “Why James Harden isn't traveling on his step-back 3-pointers”, in Houston Chronicle:
Eurostep
verb
Etymology From Euro- + step.
1
To perform a Eurostep.
They need to make him work for those points, and not let him Eurostep his way to easy buckets.2018 April 28, “Prepare Yourself For Another Celtics-Bucks Rock Fight In Game 7”, in CBS Boston, CBS Boston / WBZ: