Michael Jordan

Jordan came back from baseball in 1995 without quite the same lift, so he built his second three-peat around a post-up fadeaway from the mid-post, backing down guards and shooting over them. He still won three titles and three Finals MVPs from 1996 to 1998, in his thirties. That fadeaway, copied by Kobe Bryant and countless others, is the most influential late-career adjustment in the sport.