Offense & Shooting
Crab
verb / nouncompetitive 2K slang
Positioning a defender behind or on the ball handler’s hip to create an open shooting angle.
A successful crab prevents the primary defender from registering a strong contest even though they remain nearby. It often follows a dribble move or screen interaction.
Used in a sentence
“He crabbed the defender and stopped for three.”
Also written crabbing · crabbed