“Oh, you can go ahead and say it,” offered Dominique Wilkins, one of many victims of the sky hook. “That shot is dead.” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the author of that shot, of course, and ...

“The most unguardable shot in NBA history ... nor could Couch say who had first introduced Kareem to the hook. He could only say he was certain Abdul-Jabbar was doing it wrong that day ...

That’s not Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, though he has held the NBA scoring ... Fellow Hall of Fame center Shaquille O’Neal said he didn’t use a hook shot regularly because, “being a hip-hop ...

In the pantheon of basketball's most iconic moves, none stands taller – both literally and figuratively – than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook. Kareem Abdul Jabbar's seemingly simple ...

If there was a player whose influence goes beyond the high-flying dunks and deep 3-pointers that characterize today's game, his name is Kareem ... Abdul-Jabbar did it without ever attempting a ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a towering figure ... “It was definitely: Hit the hook shot, thank you for the basketball and let’s go back to business,” Worthy says. The Lakers back then didn ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar... FULLER: He estimated in an interview with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that three-quarters of his points came from his signature shot. He had the sky hook down to a ...

Kareem Abdul Jabbar's seemingly simple, yet devastatingly effective, skyhook would not only define a career but revolutionize basketball strategy and player development for generations to come.