Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Why No One Today Can Shoot a Skyhook | Conversations with Tyler
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- Why can't anyone today shoot a skyhook? Kareem Abul-Jabbar has some thoughts.
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"Because these kids today are just so much better than me and can nail 3-pointers" jesus christ what a humble legend.
Dan he is not said "than me" how he can shoot 3 points??? Deandre Jordan,gobert or whiteside not have shoot at all....for 2 not mention for 3....if stephen curry was born in Jabbar time...he not have anything of nowdays conditions,training,practice...this is not time traveling,Jabbar nowdays would be more athletic and with more muscle....people compared eras totaly wrong
Vince Carter reading your comment made me grow a brain tumour
24 years ago ohh i hope is not that bad,you are just to stupid dont worry....and my english is not good :))
Vince Carter oh now i'm stupid? stay in school bro
24 years ago better be stupid and not sick :))
Steph got that “ impressed a legend” vc from practice 😂
This got it 😂😂
3x badge points lmao
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My man, Tacko Fall, should learn the hookshot and will be named as Downward hook.
aekara1987 if he can master just the fundamentals he can dominate the whole league
Tacko Fall is no Kareem, Wilt or Russell! LOL
aekara1987 is tacko fall the big enchilada.
@Trevon Adams he will be lucky if he lasts 3 years in the league fool. Just because he is tall doesn't mean crap! Kareem, Wilt and Russell were great all around athletes not big dummies who cannot run and bounce the ball at the same time. LOL
aekara1987 - More like a galaxy hook
He never bash or diss new generation and talents. He shows the respect for all
He diss Dirk Nowitzki
@@chrisjohnguyo3628 one player is different than an entire generation though I think that’s what the og comment is saying
@@chrisjohnguyo3628 how did he diss Dirk?
@@TryPuttingItInRice He said Dirk was a one trick pony (referring to shooting) and was saying he's not athletic or a good defender
@@Kaibeast-kv1xu I mean, dirk really wasn't a great athlete and his defense was so so his whole career. Dirk was a great player and is one of the best PF ever, but those two criticisms are well founded.
Just do 3 point skyhooks
Wing Yin Tsang actually only Magic Johnson did that hook shoot on the 3point area
Wilt Chamberlain did it too when he travel with the Globetrotters. It was considered then a trick shot.
it would still be considered a trick shot today if somebody is a sky hook in the three point line
You should try it not just type here and you will figure out how hard it is
That's great
Finally a retired NBA player that's not shitting on the current era and gloating about his.
The opposite is also true. Today's players should not criticize the former eras and gloat about themselves. For example Chamberlain only holds 68 individual and 4 shared records in the NBA history books. Wilt scored 100 points in one game. Kareem is the leagues highest point scorer ever. Bill Russell only won the championship 11 out of 13 years. etc...
Sorry a little correction, a retired "all time NBA greats".
@@HussainKhan-ux3il that's because they don't have the accolades and credentials of all time greats, yet.
Kareem is a real one
A lot of them do. They just have respect for the players who did it before them and inspired them.
"Why No One Today Can Shoot a Skyhook?", there isn't many people who are 7'2 with a 89 inch wingspan.
The skyhook is not a easy shot2 learn.Kareem makes it look too easy.LOL
Tacko fall is longer would be scary if he had that in his bag really
These youngsters are growing bigger n tal]ler but as he said noone wants 2 points anymore. The big guys are shooing 3s now.
Karl towns is the next dirk
Gemars Scorpio it’s not juss the players because players like Ben Simmons ain’t superstar level because all he wants is two points??
Also, shooting in the paint is different when your 7 feet tall
Well Centers and Powerforwards are about this height tall, but even they neglect the post game and are aiming at more and more 3s a game. It is a matter of team strategy, and currently in the NBA we have the 3point game as the main offensive strategy. I wouldn't be so amazed, given that a 3pointer has 50% more value than the 2pointer :D
Max Lethal your Vs you're rap
The Buriers Faction no. 1pt is half again as much as 2pt. 50% more value.
If it were a four pointer, it would be 100% more
@@blblblblbl395 Average center height is 6'9-6'10 in the NBA. They bump up their heights. Kareem is a genuine 7 footer.
@@Fj3 [(3-2)/2]*100%=50%. Math is not a matter of opinion.
It sickens my stomach when the so called “experts” talk about the greatest NBA players in history rarely mention Kareem
They usually put him second or third tho which I think is about right
He is usually in the top 5 so I am not sure if your still watching some random youtube channel
Kareem is definitely top five all time.
Who does that? Lol. Practically every list or expert out there has Kareem in the top 5 if not THE greatest player of all time. Some even place him ahead of Jordan.
I think he’s the undisputed #2. However, you have LeBron and Kobe who are way more marketable and more well rounded than Kareem. Even though their hardware doesn’t match KAJ’s, more fans look up to them than him.
He is so amazingly humble. Not like all those 90’s retired players crying about how their era was physical and so on
Kareem truly is a legend
Luis Enrique Fernandez Reza truth is the truth who cares how it comes out. Every era was more physical then w.e this is and I watched the 2000’s
That era was physical they used to beat the shit out of each other and get no calls lol. Lebron would’ve been a target. No inside game for him without a price lol
Allinone The Great LMAO u funny bro, all ima say is look at the size of Lebron and Jordan. I think Jordan is better then Lebron but Jordan has admit that he is more athletic then himself. If u switch these 2 by era, nothing would change, both of them would still dominate
@@allinonethegreat, LeBron took the Cavs to the championship in 2007. In the PHYSICAL era.
kevin tran Jordan would literally average no less then 45 a game due to these soft foul rules now.
"If you get close to the basket a lot more of your shots will go in." Spoken like a true legend and he still remains humble and respectful of the current generation.
Unspoken by KAJ: "It **really** helps to be over 7' (he was/is 7'1" to 7'2") with a standing reach of about 10' and hand-length of ~10", which all make HIS Skyhook travel mostly horizontal.
Still, one of the Greatest of All Time!
@@timeonly1401 Sure but the AVERAGE height in the NBA is 6'6" and KAJ's arch rival, Wilt Chamberlain, was 7'1"
Obviously a lot more close ones have to go have to go in to score more points than shooting 3balls, and that isn't the case in the NBA.
It was such a pretty shot too! I’d watch him back someone down into the paint and think, “Here it comes….” The elevation, the turn, the flick of the wrist-SWISH! Threes may be popular, but the artistic aspect of the game is almost dead. Sad.
It's actually not true. The hook shot works by converting the worst shot in basketball, that being the mid-range jumper, into a viable, high % shot. The math doesn't lie. Very few players in history besides Kareem could knock down mid-range jumpers at a 50% higher rate than an average-to-decent 3-pt shooter can hit 3's.
The real answer: the Skyhook is very difficult to learn. It will take years or deacades to perfect the Skyhook. Kareem is so humble to his answers. Respect.
2 footed hooks r already so hard to master let alone 1 foot skyhook
and even if you can be consistent in practice it will be a lot tougher with opponents trying to body you out of your balance
and if you can make it consistently at game, the opposing team will double you up and cut your steps to gather for the skyhook (sure this will open your teamates for 3s but r you sure you can have 4 out spacing in school levels?)
I disagree. I learned it recently because no one guards against it. It's no harder than a jump shot in essence, because it is a wrist shot too. Once the shoulder is lined up and the body created the dynamism, you just flick the wrist at the top of the jump, you can create a soft touch to make it stop on the rim, and you get used to shooting them where you intend. Now as a guard you can get it off, as no one is prepared to block it, and it is extremely demoralising to the opposition.
@@smashschool6747 I can shoot a hook shot as well and use it All the time to score efficiently but when talking specifically about the "sky hook" its in the name; that hook shot is extremely difficult. The release point is very high and if you add even 6 inches of distance away from the basket, its also alot harder. If you yourself are 6'3 6'4 or above no one in a pick up game you meet on a typical day at any gym is going to block it but when moving up the ranks and eventually if one is good enough to go pro, there will be guys athletic or long enough to block it. That's why the sky hook got Kareem to where he got.
zerocal76 damn your comment was made a few seconds ago
@@zerocal76 hmm, I think even big guys won't block my hookshot because they just cannot see it coming so even when I'm shaping up to take it they dont go after it or look to block it. It's in the mind. They are not prepared for a hookshot. Could be because I'm a guard.
I used to practice Kareem's sky hook, until one day some old dude walking by the playground stopped and yelled at me to use the damn backboard.
Bruh
That's sound advice.
He may have noticed you've been missing a lot of shots...
Old dude a legend
Smh he was hating
@@kinghootie9059 you gotta be tall to get a straight swish on the hook shot if you like maybe 6'8 6'9 you can do those hook shots with a little aim off the back board and its gonna drop
Kareem is the only player that shot the hook shot with his wrist, other players with hook shots always used way more of the rest of the arm at the release of the ball. Kareem’s way is much harder IMO, but also harder to defend.
I used to play post, started developing a hook ahot,. You need to get the ball down low though, that just isn't as easy as taking a jumpshots. So instead of passing for a hook shot, the guard will often take a wild 3.
Often.
@@diamondsfinest9386 it's hard to give it to big man in the post because most almost all big man are trash and they dont know what they doing down there. Always talking about some" let me work" "mismatch" and when you throw the ball down there they always getting pushed out of position by a smaller guard.or the ball hit they knee and fly out of bounds.then if they get it. They usually got no moves and do something wild
@@thebucketmanj8525 I developed a high post game instead because I could get the ball there. It also depends on HOW you get the ball into the post.
Sounds like they got it in shitty position because you just threw it st them randomly, ruining the advantage.
Your not wrong, but how can someone become good at the post of they get two shots in it all game? Magic? It's called teamwork.
What your pointing out is that i also couldn't shoot 3's because I was 'too tall'. Literally that was it. So I had to score inside, making it more predictable.
You know, either traditional big man or scrub. Nothing else. Like a point forward.
So it's easier to just jack up shots. I got used to it too once I finally started taking 3's, was so excited I forgot I could pos up those guys that were only 5"7.
But it pays to be a guard with a post game. They're way smaller than a center defending a hook shot. Depends on the personnel obviously.
Yeah Kwami Brown doesn't deserve no touches. But I watched DeRozan jack up shots ignoring Valanciunas for years. Nice to see him losing again.
Remember Yaoming?
@@diamondsfinest9386 the most liberating experience is to expand your range and add to your offensive arsenal lol.. and yea less energy involved for pull ups vs hooks, and step backs vs drop steps......
I am only 6' 3" but I developed a skyhook that worked very well for me. I used to really piss players off by hitting that shot fairly consistently. It also opened up other shot or passing opportunities when I gained respect for my ability to make the shot.
Im 5-7 and I used the sky hook playing in pick up games and I was very surprised how well it worked.
Took me into my 30s to figure it out and it’s so easy to do. Makes you think why it isn’t used more and I’m 6’2”
I'm 6ft and it's unstoppable for me like I really use wen I want to kick somebody a** lol
im 4'5" and I hook shot all the time
YOU BETTER START PREPARING TH-cam videos of you doing this before you're no longer viewed as a player…
“If you get close to the basket, a lot more of your shots will go in” Simple, humorous yet very true!!! Classic line from a classy guy!!!
kstewartjr89 that not true for me though because then I start air balling lol
The modern NBA plays how it does for a reason. Shooting 3s has statistically been proven to be more effective.
You might miss less shots but you’re scoring less points
@Alexander Liew Except every team is shooting more 3s each year, not just the Rockets.
@Alexander Liew Then why don't you explain why every single NBA team is shooting more and more 3's?
The reason no one shoots the skyhook much anymore is because it's the most difficult shot to master due to the triangulation involved. Jump shots are released fairly close to the shooter's eye, so it's easier to aim because the hoop-eye-ball triangle is very flat. He shot the hook with the ball 3 feet above his head, so the triangle is much larger. It's the equivalent of shooting a pistol at a target with your arm held out straight out to the side . . . which makes it much harder to aim. Kareem is the only player who took the extra time to master this shot.
Common Cents I have to disagree. Not saying it's an easy shot to master, but lots of players were using the sky hook before Jabbar. It just went out of fashion
Common Cents What about shaq? he used it and hookshot isnt that hard
Breaking down any athletic movement can make it seem complex. Have you ever watched Sports Science?
If you grow up practicing hook shots, you will become familiar with the feel of it. I have to agree with Kareem on this. When I was a kid, I used to shoot on my back yard hoop nonstop. One summer, I developed a upward push shot.
I would literally drive to the hoop as hard as I could and then literally just push the ball upward like 16 feet high with my right hand and it would land in the basket most times(i'm talking like over 50%) lol this came from 3 months of nonstop effing around on a hoop. And as soon as I stopped, I lost it. It's muscle memory.
Wilt Chamberlain truth, shaq just had a lil baby hook shot. No sky hook
Good shooters never forget their stroke because a good shooter at an NBA level has been shooting for 15-20 years lol
You really missed the point completely about muscle memory.
imagine porzingis with a sky hook
His part of the young generation that like shooting the 3's. And he does it well.
Jay H but he could be more deadly if he has sky hook in his game!! unstoppable nice especially for real players...
True, but cause there is no hand checking in this era, it's so much easier to shoot now.
too skinny. wouldn't be able to carry ball with one hand
Steven Tung R.I.P NBA if this happened...
Kareem is so smart man, you can tell he breaks the game down in his head in a way people can understand when he explains his thoughts. Crazy man
Indeed. A a true sportsman, gentleman and a scholar.
It's a damn hard move. Your not square with the basket, your not looking at the rim directly, your jumping off one foot, your shooting over the defender and your relying on having a sweet touch to roll the ball that high in the air. Kareem is underated.
Absolutely. But to be honest, hitting threes are tougher and that's what the Captain was pointing out.
@@ritorudra I dunno man, the context is key like hitting say a stand still 3 from the corner is definitely easier than hitting some of the hook shots Kareem did imo.
buuut the path of the hook-shot movement creates a more easily controllable arc. Kind of like the granny free-throw shot. Once you practice it enough, it's more repeatable than a jump-shot mechanic. At least, that's the theory
@@kilgoretrout321 again it's context I think, I do agree that a hook shot should be an easier make, but the sky hook is different imo and that's why I think no one has perfected it since, everyone and they're mama can shoot a 3 nowadays. And just to kind of explain where I'm coming from, everyone in the league shoots a regular jumper differently, different release, speed, arc, different base, some people pivot they're lower half forward during the shot to get better arc, some take a lower dip with the ball some with a higher one.. the skyhook is so specific to Kareem and those mechanics which is why I think it's a more difficult shot. There's not really a million different ways to shoot a skyhook, there are a million different ways to shoot a hook though. It's like saying everyone should learn Steph Currys jump shot, that's the equivalent. Not everyone can.
Plus you can’t see the ball leave your hand. Blind shot
to be honest kareem , YOU were the ONLY one to master the skyhook..
Look up Xavier Simpson skyhook
Walton wasn't bad at it.
Nope Wilt and Gilmore also mastered it
@@gorkajames6475 No one shot the skyhook as great as Kareem.
D-Mo !!!! In modern basketball , he can make a hook shot from half court , and also he shot few sky hooks for the Rockets
Wow. Never actually heard Kareem talk! So humble! Basically just said “I’m the all time leading scorer because I couldn’t shoot”
Yea not sure why but I've heard about him since I was 5 and I'm now 30 and also never heard him speak til now and he's quite humble and level headed in his response. True legend
Very smart and articulate guy, you should listen to him talk on interviews and podcasts about more than just basketball
@@maddywilson2 damn
He became humble over the years. Back when he played in Bucks he was a punk who once hurt Happy Hairston simply because he was on the way of his landing and would have pummeled Happy if refs and Wilt didn't stop him.
True he's leading scorer, and thats owed more to his longevity than anything. Lebron will pass him soon enough, and Harden (given how he plays I expect better longevity than others) should reach that in the next 6-7 years its too early to say though.
Love him, He is criticizing the way basketball is being played today but also understanding it and praising the talent in todays game. But he has a point tho. That's why Zion is hella efficient for example. Almost all of his shots are close to the basket and he is averaging 27 on 65% shooting
High percentage shots over three point line any day of the week.
@@christopherwood2290 exactly. And remember if you’re unstoppable in the paint, what starts to happen? Fouls. So some of those high percentage shots turn into 3 anyway
Zion is NOT efficient..he is a fatso who will never amount to anything
@@cheefussmith9380 unless you're Shaq, in which case you're better off waiting for a miracle...
@@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904 lol fair
thats a way too much humble answer to that Q. respect master!
Impressed with Kareem as he has a history of being salty and arrogant about modern players. Now he is giving guys like Chamberlain credit.
He's speaking 100% facts.
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As in KAJ made "one" three point shot in his career and still scored over 38,000 points!
Kareem has 38387 points without that one 3 he’d have 38384 points.
@@antoniowombdiska3073 exactly!
He scored a lot of points per game, for a lot of years, he played into his 40's
If you average 24 points a game for 20 seasons you'll go over 38,000 points. That's what he did.
@@antoniowombdiska3073 and he would be like 1000 more points ahead of Malone
That skyhook of his remains as the most unstoppable shot ever, and Kareem will forever own that shot.
True, true...the " patented skyhook"
and Wilt blocked it on more than one occasion! LOL
Wilt blocked it......
@@94fleetwood49 when some says something like "the most unstoppable" they typically mean the hardest to stop, and typically do not mean that it has never in history been stopped. It's like bringing up the 9 loses the warriors had when someone says they where the most unstoppable team in 2015-2016
@Micah so did Rodman
Now this is a legend. The interviewer sets him up to give some kind of "back in my day" answer to hype himself up and put down the younger generation of players, and instead he takes the opportunity to compliment those guys.
Step Curry response **sky hooks from half court**
curry sucks
@@killertapp8949 ????
@@killertapp8949 nah u suck
@@killertapp8949 Calling a back to back MVP who changed the game trash
lol dwight howard did it
The NCAA banned dunks because of Kareem, this is why he practiced the hook shot in the first place. Somewhat overlooked reason I think.
No he once said he always played aigainst bigger players ans the skyhook was his only way to make points. Then he got huge and the shot got unstoppable. He trained it since 5 grade
@@DutchOrbit Three pointers are contestable with good defense, and not all players can get decent looks easily. Kareem's sky hook was pretty much unstoppable once he got the ball at say 10 feet or closer to the basket. So with Kareem you pretty much had a guaranteed 20-30 points a game. Three pointers are great when they go in, but it's not unusual to see stretches of 10 missed threes in a row.
@@keribubba Yes but only a few people have the body ideal for a sky hook. Everyone can shoot a 3.
@@DutchOrbit im 172cm and cant shoot very well. So i practices this move for 4 months and my friends call me kareem all the time bcz i use it every time. (They cant block it and i love it!)
@@wayomirza6084 I can second this. While there is no way in hell I am gonna pull off a perfect sky hook like Kareem (because I am not a 7"2 monster), I do have a psuedo sky hook in my arsenal that is pretty much cash if I can get close to the block. Kind of out of practice now because I didn't have the opportunity to practice due to lockdown but still!
whoo Curry being recognized by the greats as a game changer!!
Random doesnt change the fact that he plays in a system made for him. Put him on portland and damian lillard on gsw and i think things would go pretty similar for gsw. Not taking away from curry, but nobody cared about him before he had a bunch of other shooters, playmakers, defenders.
Well probably because he is a game changer 😆
klev bla Sounds like hate to me, curry been making 3s at a high level since his senior year of high school... Also GS team is not built around him, it's set up as a ball movement slash pick and pop system. So it favors shooters, with an S (plural)... Hence the starting 4-5 hitting 3s like crazy, and GS choosing to pick up Swaggy P instead of Crawford (which was dumb to me at the time) but made perfect sense. Young was 2nd in the league last year behind Steph with the most set shot 3 pointers made in the league (including percentage). Hence fitting that lil thing called "system" that I mentioned earlier. Lillard would be a close fit for Stef at GS because their games are very similar and that's it. You need to learn your bball brah.
klev bla Lmao you a sad hater.. Damian lillard had Aldridge McCollum and decent squad before warriors got Steve Kerr .. but. Curry still made playoffs while draymond was a bench player and they had no iggy
klev bla yeah no. Warriors are statistically proven to perform worse without him even with KD on the floor.
I was never a Kareem fan because he was a Laker beating my team. After hearing this interview, he moved way up on my list of favorite players. Humility is always endearing.
Should watch more of this man, he’s humble , funny and genuine
*Man, I wish all NBA legends were this humble.*
When you give the younger generations their due props, you become a lot more relatable to them because you understand their fascinations and their contributions to the game as a whole, and they’re more likely to listen to you.
Arguably GOAT
Ket word: ARGUABLY
If you stopped watching basketball by 1990, then sure he's the Goat, Kareem forced his way out of milawkee by threatening to not play for the team. Then he played second fiddle to Magic, With 2 Fmvps and that move from milwakee he has not arguments
I'd say he's Nr 2 all time right after MJ
Wilt Chamberlain Kareem won one of his MVPs when his team didn’t even make the playoffs and during his prime of the 70s that era had the lowest amount of 60 win teams, yet MJ played weak competition?
Wilt Chamberlain Then what would be the point of saying MJs competition was weak (which it wasn’t) if you already knew Kareem’s competition wasn’t any better? Wilt overrated af btw
Kareem’s physique and build was so unique, there will never be a hook shot any better
Love he mentioned Curry he truly a hall of fame player give Curry his respect
I lost brain cells, reading this.
@@totenblume7517 so your brain can't comprehend a sentence without commas?
John Bolden III I lose brain cells reading this*
@@totenblume7517 That just means you lack understanding. If you have a high enough iq, even sentences with not the best grammars can be understood normally by your brain
@@wave2513 All the best lawyers in the world argue for understanding instead of precise grammar and meaning.
Kareem was a beast of a player...and a Angel of a person...so humble so respectful of past and present players...a true Legend!
Amazing player? Yes. Widely respected as one of the best to ever have played. But he also has a reputation as being one of the biggest pricks out there. Too many stories about him being an a-hole to back that up. Plenty of people look humble and gracious when on stage or in front of the camera, but are completely different people away from it.
"If you get close to the basket a lot of your shots will go in." Talk about facts of life
Unless Kareem is guarding you. 😂😂😂
That's a Madden-level quote.
Kareem's just wrong, unless he's referring to layups and dunks. The 8-12' range Kareem made so m any shots from is statistically the MOST DIFFICULT range to shoot from, while the weighted value of the 3-pointer makes it a far better option than 8-12' shots. The hook shot is the natural way to make 8-12' shots at a higher completion rate. Not Kareem nor his peers comprehend any of this, which explains why they shot low-percentage 2-pointers for DECADES instead of easy 3's FTW.
@@xxxYYZxxx Shot 2 pointers for decades? I bet you didn't know when they first instituted the 3 pointer in the NBA (1979). 2 pointers are lower percentage than easy 3's? Show us the average stats for 2 vs 3 pointers. So you're more knowledgeable in basketball than Kareem and his peers?
@@rocketfighter8 The stats are easy to Google. Basically, NBA players shoot around 40% from ~9-10', but 35% from 3-pt range. Even at 30%, 3-pt shots outpace 9-10' shots @ 40%. The 8-12' range is the toughest shot, meaning "getting closer to the basket" doesn't translate into more scoring, it was the knuckle dragging way to play before smart guys (analytics) changed the game. BTW, the solution is to extend the arc of the 3-pt line out of bounds instead of running it parallel to side of the court, thereby eliminating open shooters who stand in the corner. The 3pt would still be viable, but defenses could better compete w/o being forced to cover that one dude standing in the corner.
The intelligence & humility of this legend forever impresses me.
What a nice humble answer. I love it
It's also a physical thing that very few could do, Kareem is 7'2 with a 44' inch vertical. His Skyhook was near unblockable, the only player I can think of who blocked it was Wilt Chamberlain, another absurdly athletic man who was over 7 feet tall.
Wilt was basically a real life created player
Ain’t no way Kareem had a 44 inch vert
Lmao if Kareem had a 44 inch vertical his head would be as high as the ring
Wilt had a 48’’ vert
David "Sky Walker" Thompson blocked the skyhook once.....
"if you get closer to the basket, a lot more of your shots will go in"-- Kareem is correct, so why can't players like Jahlil Okafor get more run? Why are they referred to as relics of an era gone by
Wilt Chamberlain no it isn't, it may be the most efficient with the Warriors but even then it's not full proof and that's with them having the 3 best shooters in the world. Look at the Rockets for example, they aren't the Warriors but they were breaking records last season in 3pt shots attempted/made as a team and were scoring a lot of points. But come playoff time they tried that against the Spurs and even though they blew the Spurs out in that 1st game, coach Pop adjusted his gameplan and the Spurs ended up winning that series.
Wilt Chamberlain wanna elaborate more? I dont see how a 3pt shot is the "most efficient" shot when not only is it made at a lower percantage than 2pt baskets but also not made nearly as many times as 2pt baskets
Wilt Chamberlain I still don't really get what your saying man, just go to any boxscore from literally any game. Now compare the percantages, attempts, and made field goals of 3pt shots and compare them with 2pt shots. I'll give you a perfect example, last night the Warriors (undoubtedly the best 3pt shooting team) beat the Magic. The warriors scored 133 pts. 36 of those pts were from 3pt field goals. They shot 50% from 3 which is really great. But where did those other 97 pts come from? 11 of the 97 pts were free throws so 86 of the 133 pts were from 2 pt field goals. Now that's from the Warriors, one of if not the greatest 3pt shooting team in history, now how the hell do you think the other 29 teams would be more efficient shooting three? Also you dont have to shoot 60% from inside the arc, 40% from 3 is really good but compared to the 2pt shot it isn't a big enough sample size to compare that specific percantage, teams shoot roughly around 20 threes a game, and attempt around 60+ 2pt shots. Now imagine attempting that many 3's the percantage would drop tremendously
Wilt Chamberlain like I said you can't compare shooting 40% from 3pt land to 60% from 2. The number of attempts are just not close enough. 20-25 3's a game does not even come close to the more efficient 60+ 2pt field goal attempts teams are averaging. Besides, you say it like any team can just shoot 40% from 3 on any given night. Nope, theres an obvious reason why EVERY team takes more 2's than 3's and you need to look no further than the quote posted on the very comment you and I are replying to
Wilt Chamberlain maybe your misusing the word "efficient". The vast majority of 3's are attempted because of the defense scrambling trying to defend a 2pt shot. Stats don't lie, shots inside the arc will always be more efficient than shots taken from the outside. It's just common sense, if you've ever stepped on a basketball court you should know that the closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to make a shot
Very humble. He talks about the talent level and how it has risen. How the ability to make 3 pointers overshadows the need to score closer to the basket. He never mentions the other simple truth that the Skyhook is hard to master and people just cannot seem to do it.
Why not shoot the sky hook? Cuz no one is Kareem.
You meant: Almost no-one is 218cm tall like him. Shooting hooks downwards, like he did, is much easier than having to shoot them upwards like a normal person has to.
@@amjan so what , and the only person who blocked Kareem sky hooks on more than one occasion was Chamberlain in an advanced age! LOL....Kareem and Wilt were tall and fantastic. Look at the history books of the NBA! LOL
agree kareem is kareem
Others used skyhook
@@ronbonora7872 I think I saw David Thompson block it once
Kareem....OMG! What a breathe of fresh air...Most Ex players are bitter about the players of today so they spend most of their time beating them up out of jealousy! They had their time and now these players have theirs...Another big shout out for not hating on Steph Curry! Appreciate the skills and recognize the talent...
Agreed. Larry Bird is another one who gives due to the players of today. He even calls out the old-timers on their criticisms of today's players.
I will give all my respect to this very humble legend
People didn’t know how to shoot skyhooks even before people went crazy for 3s tho, I think what he could do was just that unique a talent
Yeah, even in his own era he was the owner of the sky hook
Spot on. There wasn't skyhooks used in the 90's even before Steph Curry came along.
Your right about it being Kareems unique talent as well. Kenny Smith said it was Kareem's shot. Magic Johnson tried to develop it but couldn't do it as efficient as Kareem.
I learned to do the skyhook when in junior high. It was extremely effective. Kareem knew how to make points and defend. No showboating, no bullshit, just the best.
I feel like he's underappreciated because he didn't showboat that much so there wasn't as much crowd pleasing any everything. I guess that's why people put like Shaq for example ahead of him sometimes despite Kareem being clearly better on pure basketball.
it still pisses me off to this day when i play my dad and he does the sky hook. can't defend it, can't block it, it pisses me off.
My dad always yells "K.A.J." after he nails me with one, god i hate it🤣
lol. I love that incredible move.
@@tomaspabon2484 ofcourse he would pay respect lmao.
@@tofoo72 the man is six inches taller! Completely unnecessary to style on me🤣
all time leading scorer and bruce lee co star .... who else can say that?
Nobody, but you could've just said "all time leading scorer, who else can say that?" Because nobody can but him
*mind blowing*
Hey Gibbo, he amplified the statement with an AND1 to add his movie role with Bruce Lee, but you don't understand.
Plus, he earned his buckets 2pts at a time. He probably has under 50 3s in his career
Yeah but Ill be on team Arnold and Wilt
kareem is the greatest of all time ..hands down...
Let's be honest, Kareem's skyhook was unstoppable because he was so damn good, and because of his height. Simple physics. It was physically impossible to block it. Definitely a lost art
One year late to the party, his shot did get blocked a couple of times by Wilt and some other dude that I keep forgetting his name, so not really impossible but you needed another freak of nature on the other side to do the block.
@@pyotrbagration2438Wilt basically jumped and met the ball while it was half way, goal tend pretty much. Nobody ever blocked it as soon as he let it go.
Read your bible! (KJV, preferably) ♥
When a legend tells you that he’s never seen anyone shoot like Steph Curry, that’s all you need to know why he’s the greatest shooter in NBA history. But he’s right, the young men men are being taught to handle the ball more and shoot outside shots because these are the skills the college and pro scouts value. However, the fundamentals of the game hasn’t really changed. Probability says take the highest percentage shots and that’s still near the basket. The league needs more quality big men. That’s what truly missing in today’s game.
They’re coming back and it’s been exciting to see. I’m glad we have at least 5-6 more years with prime jokic, giannis, and embid
Thing is though, guys in the earlier eras didn't know about the 3-point line because it didn't even exist until 1979. By then, all the NBA legends of the 80s and even early 90s had refined their games growing up for the 2-point shot. There was no 3-pointer when they grew up. It simply wasn't a thing. People who adopted it into their game while already being pros or near-pros were guys like Larry Bird or even Michael Jordan, but they were doing it during the infancy of it.
Put Bird or Jordan into today's world where they grew up with the 3-pointer and were taught to take them as much as Steph Curry was growing up, and I am damn near positive that both of them could easily match Curry. They'd at the very least be the best 3-point shooters of their respected positions.
@@Chris-ey8zf I tend to agree with you regarding Larry Bird, as he was a great shooter. Jordan never was a great shooter. He was a scorer. From time to time he would get hot from the land of plenty but not on a consistent basis. Bird grew up in a era of inside out basketball and he had great players around to facilitate the inside game (McKale, Parrish). It’s just a different era now and it’s really hard to say how anyone in modern era would play in the old era or vice versa. But that’s what makes the conversation on the history of the NBA so fascinating.
@@Chris-ey8zf too hypothetical though, it's like if curry had more inches from his height and body frame, with the effort he puts into both sides of the court, he could surpass both lebron and mj. So it's better to avoid that argument especially mj wasn't a good long distance shooter, and old players weren't guarded much before crossing half-court.
@@user-gu8vq9iy7j That's just not true at all. Curry is nowhere near the level of MJ or Lebron at almost anything other than shooting. It's not even an argument that's worth having. Nobody in the entire league would ever even consider it besides some homer GS fan like yourself. I'm sorry, but you're being ridiculous.
Spoken like a true legend and master of the game. The Great Kareem!!
This is what experience, wisdom and humility looks like.
He's right about 3-pointers. Guys are insane with it now!
in HS we would lose by 20 points a game cuz of my team jacking up 3s
You win by the 3, you die by the 3. I've always seen this from watching USA b-ball against international b-ballers. Gotta have balanace.
Gregory Everson he would destroy in highschool. Before he was shooting hooks he was Dunkin on everyone so much they made the dunk illegal. So he created the hook because they wouldn't let him dunk. Lol
A few are insane, but really the 3PT % hasn't gone up much in the last 30 years. They just shoot them WAY more often.
Kareem’s sky hook was just as much art as Stephan Curry’s three point shot, perhaps even more because it is so rare. His hook shot was perfection. It was truly brilliant, a stroke of genius.
Not many players have the combination of height, wingspan, athleticism,and touch on their shot that Kareem did. That along with the illegal defense rules that made it made it tougher to help onto post players is much of what caused the perfect storm for his dominance.
also there wasnt as many 7 footers when he played compared to today, i hate the defensive rules, its total BS, there is no more 15foot jump shots, its 3pointers and dunks
Porzingis
The hook done right is very difficult to block even when a shorter player executes it. The release of the ball is further away from the defender because of your body. There's always the possibility of the weak side block but, if you're in the post one-on-one, then it's a great shot to master. Players are just lazy today and don't want to work on it.
I love how they made zone defense legal. Made the game much more technical on both sides. And balanced teams. The old rules allowed a crappy team with a star (early Jordan Bulls) to excel on offense as Jordan would just do iso and everyone else would flood the weak side. Could you imagine Shaq under the old rules that Kareem had? He'd have been even more unstoppable. I can only think of a few other players as double teamed as Shaq. And the old rules made it nearly impossible, especially in the paint where scoring would happen quickly (defenders could only double if the person they wanted to double had the ball. They couldn't anticipate the pass).
I'd rather watch Pick and Rolls than watch iso play dominated by freak athletes like Shaq, Durant, Westbrook, LeBron.
Nick Martin It's not only that..Back in the days of Wilt and then Kareem you would get easily be called with an offensive foul if you tried to post up aggresively like Shaq and many other bigs have been doing after the 80s.
So they used the hooshot more.
Even Wilt used to make many hooks while he was such a dominant force you'd think he would dunk over everybody and get his buckets easily.
All sports change. They sort of evolve. Babe Ruth changed baseball into a home run hitters' game. It got another dose of that during the steroid era with the likes of Canseco, Bonds, and McGuire. Football became a passer's game. When the 3 point arc was put into the ABA 50 years ago, a new era was born. It took a while for it to really takeoff, but now it has. I play with some friends in a gym a couple of times a week. No referrees, call your own fouls. There is a 3 point arc that we use. All things being equal, if there is a 3-point arc, the winning strategy no matter whether the game is on a New York playground or in an air-conditioned gym in France is to give the ball to the 3 point shooters. The shot is taken with a 3 point reward. On the other hand, drive to the basket and get fouled, and the offensive player is pentalized by the fact that there are no foul shots, just ball possession. Too much risk with insufficient reward. And the defensive player has no incentive to not foul. End result: the young player learns to shoot 3s.
Tim Jansen I play in a university gym a couple times a week. Basically they are pick-up games. We use the same scoring systme you use. I agree with you completely. Just shoot 3s; you can almost always get a shot off without losing the ball from a turn-over, and the shot is worth more.
Not only this but if you play 1s and 2s for scoring the 2 point shot is even better. If you also do no foul shooting alongside the busted scoring, then there is no reason to not jack up a ton of threes.
S L Not very many guys who play pick-up basketball, and use the traditonal rules, put much effort into analyzing the flaws in the game. I guess that is okay, just as long as winning and losing doesn't matter. I've played in games were a traditional 2 pointer counts as 1, and a 3 counts as 2. The game is played to 9, or 11, or maybe 15. If a team has some decent 3 point shooters, there is no good reason to enter the 3 point circle unless the defense is wildly over-playing the 3s and allowing unopposed shots from underneath. One thing that would help: fouls have to be pentalized in some manner. I have suggested that the 2nd foul in a possession counts as a made basket and the other team gets the ball. No one has taken that suggestion.
@@timjansen7694 Hey, I never thought of it. Your suggestion could change pick up game for good around the country. I see it as a cleaner games and players as well as less fight confrontations and less players getting hurt.
@@timjansen7694 some players/groups will call fouls so seldomly (I mean, the saying "no blood no foul" is a thing with a lot of people) that your suggestion would rarely ever apply. That's kind of the state you tend to slide into when you call your own fouls in an honor system. And in groups where the offensive team calls the fouls I can see the opposite problem arising of people flopping or calling ticky tack fouls. Unless you have a neutral third party like a ref it would be the cause of a lot of conflict.
Growing up in Australia in the 80's, because we had limited access to the NBA, I became aware of Kareem before I became aware of Michael Jordan. Consequently, I tried to emulate the skyhook and, once I got it down, it was quite unstoppable. I ended up being a massive MJ and Bulls fan but, when it came to buying my first replica jersey, it was Kareem. No question. MJ might be the GOAT but Kareem will always be my first basketball inspiration.
To give more creds; at 6'4" I about mastered the skyhook = righty and lefty.. The past star high school players hated my guts on the asphalt courts. The 'street ballers' hate it as well Anybody that would pass the ball in a timely manner and set a few picks, my team would usually win; when my shots were getting to the other team and they would go after me, the really great players would shine and finish the other team off. I made some hood friends over that.
Steph has earned everyone's respect...man so overhated. Kareem goat
His hook shot will never be forgotten legend!
I’m trynna learn it, watched every Kareem video and trying to perfect it
Kareem is the only old head who won’t talk bad about the new era lol and won’t brag about his own! True legend
Larry legend too
Kareem is the best. love and respect.
Are you seeing this Shaq? Being humble is an option! :D
Shaq is humble too. He's called Giannis, Dwight, etc, a better version of himself multiple times.
Annnddd you want other people to change the way you want them to. Shaq is humble in his own way, but NOOOOOO, he's got to be humble the way you want him to.
@@MrBacon-ou1kw he humbles to only few selected people. That's the problem
@@MrBacon-ou1kw Are you joking???? Shaq has NEVER said that. Show me where he said that. Dwight Howard was a running joke to Shaq for years.
Mr. Bacon shaq hates Howard, watch secret base”s beef history video lol
Watch out for 'Kai Sotto', we nicknamed him the 'Skai Hook' in the Philippines because of the similarity of Kareem's sky hook shot style he performed. Kai Sotto is 7'2" tall and is recently playing for the G League Ignite team as a center. However, Kareem's explanation is correct that basketball strategy on his era is different from the present. Positions 4 & 5 nowadays needs to shoot 3's from the arc to stretch the opponent's defense.
Meanwhile while Michael Jordan is watching :
“So I took it personal”
😂 why has that became a meem
"So I was watching a video on youtube which had Kareem being interviewed about why nobody shoots the skyhook anymore and he gives an eloquent explanation about how steph curry has changed the game, and makes no mention about me" "I'm like ok, so he doesn't remember what I did in the game? And so i took that personally" Michael Jordan, probably.
Wilt: well back in my day I had to play against guys that could make 100 shots in a row from half court, but the game just isn't the same anymore
@@sunder2936 I was literally thinking about how the fadeaway became the new skyhook though 🤣
@@sunder2936 good work
he is so confident,giving compliment to others,not thinking how this will make him look like to other...pure class,he is a muslim after all,this is how u should act if u are one
As a Celtics fan, Kareem terrified me more than any other laker, even magic. That skyhook killed us on more than 1 occasion.
Any other Laker ??
Koby? Shack ? Lebron ?
@@th30ne96 Yes,saw it with my own eyes. He dominated the league. Doctor J had one of the greatest years any player ever had and couldn't win MVP. Because Kareem had an even greater one.
My all time favorite! No one can stop the Sky Hook!
watched him play when I was young, and yes learned the hook shot 😊, what a legend
Hella respect for how humble he is fr.
Kareem still the “CAPTAIN”
In my opinion, as a kid, I enjoy trying to make shy hooks and layups then some random 3 almost anyone can make
Me too, even though I'm very short I practice post ups, and while playing pick up basketball is very effective against people who are afraid of contact
Lmao you stupid ash 🤣🤣 just said a three is easier to make than a layup
Who’s here after Steph made 100+ threes in a row?
✋🏻
When/where?
Me lol he shot those during practice it happened pretty recently
Who’s here after Kareem still has more than half of Stephs MVPs 😂
Just listening to him he’s a highly intelligent individual who could make quick calculations in order to score using the sky hook. Taking a second to formulate his thoughts and choose the right words only reaffirms my observations
Why have I only got this 3 years later in my recommendation.
Gerald from Hey Arnold can do it, and he's 10.
I think I saw Helga do it one time.
I think part of it too is the difficulty and unfamiliarity of the shot making it difficult to start. If you start shooting the hook shot in high school, you’re gonna have a lot of games where you throw up hooks an airball while your team yells at you to stop trying to be Kareem
I see what ur saying but people would do that for any kind of move youre trying to copy
The way he calls him Stephen, such respect
If Kareem was playing in this era... He'd be making skyhooks from beyond the 3-point line!!
And I bet he would make over 30% of those
This guy is motivating me to shoot hook shots over 6 or 7 feet men when I’m only 5’8
Steaven Adams be stroking that shit!
Fuuvk_ Boiii I hope you ain’t talking about masturbation :/
What a humble guy
Kareem is right kids today master the 3 pts even bigmans.Skyhook is hard to master
skyhook is a horrible shot in todays NBA cuz its not a 1/2 court game anymore, you dont have 3 people on offense to grab the boards
elias raop 3 pointers are hard to master too
elias raop how is it hard? if your over 7ft its easy af!
@@gregoryeverson741 I remember Yao Ming used it to a high degree of success. It does take the right kind of player (namely taller ones) and a lot of work to develop that shot. But boy, once it is developed, that player will have an unstoppable tool to become an offensive threat. I mean, you just can't stop a hookshot inside 15 feet of the basket consistently.
Kareem's probably the only legend who humbly talks about the current and future generation. Almost every other legend usually has criticism towards the game.
*LEGEND*
AI
It was inevitable that the 3 would eventually be mastered. It’s a point of delineation. The more interesting question is - what’s next?
Players drawing fouls, like harden
Jordi Nunez hope you joking
4-pt shot
Isa Westbrook you’re so smart
personally i think the middle-close area game is much more interesting than the game focused on 3 pointers. so if this remains or gets even worse my guess is nba and the co will change rules to add intensity and promote more physical and varied play. but how? maybe push 3 pointer line couple of feet further. as it is i assume its tough to in-game find better strategy than walk to attack and throw accurately as soon as you can before going past a single opponent, or doing a short pass burst and then throw a 3.
As much as people dont want to admit. This is true for most sports as the game ages barriers get broken every generation but without greats like kareem and many other legends of their sport we would have no barriers to break or standards to strive for.
Ben Simmons is starting to bring back a little.
mike gilly pay attention to Willie Cauley Stein, he reminds me of an old big
Jonathan Lambarena Mad W
Hes got a great mini hook
mike gilly he has baby hooks and regular hooks but not a skyhook.
embiid
Kareem was a fast towering man that was built for the nba, but what was really scary about him was how fucking smart and quick on his feat he was. He has insane basketball iq, read the defence then proceeded to use a high percentage method of scoring.
When Kareem says kids only want to shoot 3’s in my head I’m like “I mean you’re not wrong, but look at me in 2nd grade. I was taking hook shots from the 3 point line
Unironically, I want to see where you are in 10-20 years
What a classical individual. I think he is awesome. Yes very modest. That's greatness.
2:19
Wilt Chamberlain, over 70% shooting one season (1972 I think, might be off a year) when he was with the Lakers - still the record but quite a few other big men have come VERY close to that level of accuracy.
Also Kareem was a 7 footer with a freakish wingspan he had the perfect body for the sky hook
Fuck the chiefs
I have so much respect for Kareem
It's all because of Steve Kerr. Steve Kerr changed the game. His stats weren't mind blowing but he was the first automated 3 point machine. He just so happens to be Steph currys coach
mark jackson shouldve never been fired
@Tong Zou Steve Kerr shot 1599 threes in his career. Maravich shot 15. Total. It doesn't take a stats genius to see that you can't compare the two.
To be fair to all those who have attempted to master the skyhook, Kareem started to learn the shot at a young age and devoted enormous time and effort in perfecting it with both hands!!! It takes tremendous dedication to master the shot and the intricacies of low post play!!! If one doesn’t start early enough, I don’t know if Kareem’s level can be achieved!!! ☮️🖖🏽
Ask him why the fuck it’s broke on nba 2k18 and impossible to hit even with Kareem himself
Dominic 1916 lol I have the same problem
Dominic 1916 its a rhythm thing on the buttons try it at the top of the jump or hold it down alil longer than normal
I can sky hook left and right with kareem nba2ks
Unironically this is the first time I've seen a retired player say a reason for the difference in play is because a current player are better at a specific skill rather than saying something like "back in my day they'd never get away with it". Takes a v humble soul to do it tbh, especially for a sports star as talented in his day as Kareem
2:11 - I'm dying 😂😂
He looks like a very humble guy for being the all time leading scorer lol