Why Doesn’t Anyone Do The Skyhook Anymore? 

Its simple. Even at jabar's best he was still at 49 percent field goal. Kareem's skyhook by today's analytics are above average at best.

Kareem lacks charisma that's why they don't do it he's a technical guy people want flashy shit. When i used to do it i used to do it as well as the baby hook like magic used to do

@@ghostwriter991 the skyhook was a sub 50 percent shot for kareem. Its a myth that the skyhook was unguardable. In the modern game a player that shoots 35 percent from 3 is better than a 50 percent skyhook.

@@ibashcommunists6847 ay man from a stat perspective you right i aint gonna lie but with time a midrange game will never go out of style and it is useful when i played so I'll still pick that. We don't know the long term effective of shooting them long distance three especially with the impact of the stepback on knees ankles hips and the effect it has on your joints ligaments tendons fascia etc but time will tell because from a physics perspective shooting far will negatively effective their cartilage through degeneration but like all things in life time will tell so we'll see

watch ramon fernandes of pba. he is a legend, master of hook shot ang lot more.

Easy to learn, hard to master.

​@@gmsimon yep

really? he's the only one? you might want to check your bball history on that.

including notable stars such as George Mikan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Vlade Divac, Wilt Chamberlain and Yao Ming.

@@daharos don't have to, he's it.

The shot that ruined basketball

The oldheadness of this comment section is unmatched

@@miniontupac2289 another expert heard from

@@miniontupac2289 no just not young and dumb.

Contested where? 😂 Today's d is garbage lol especially on the perimeter

Now That he's old yeah, but my understanding is that he was basically an A-hole on his playing years.

@@franciscoramirez4179yeah my dad met him while working at the Beverly Hills hotel and said he was a huge dick.

Almost all nba players were and are a holes in their competitive years. It's the competitiveness that drives them to be better at any cost.

Yup, nba has a little part of nfl in it

Actually it doesn't...not that it is ugly but definitely not the most beautiful, not even close.

@@rc.... That comment right there lets all real basketball heads know you are talking out of your mother’s a$$.

stop lmao

@@fu5641I bet your balls haven’t even dropped yet because your lame retort tells it all breath probably still smells like Similac 🤣

-- as a kid of the 90s, the coolest shot? Iceman's finger roll. The most undefendable? The Sky Hook. Players today are more skilled today but no one has been able to replicate these shots from the 70s.

It’s because Kareem learned from that drill

How the fuck is mentioning what drills you ran showing your humble side?

yall think anyone is humble nowadays, dude stfu fr he said that bc he learned it from that drill

@@MemeCouncilmen. he is humble this is one of many examples .. Have a great day

@@cantcatchzoom19 how do you know that?

Lol

Your Pops was a great player!!

I feel sorry for you.

Let him cook. Lol

Lol nah I got cooked one time by an old head with that shot & he kept doing it the whole game and making them each time ! Talked trash to me too lol

Liar.

CAP

​@@yagrammylemons don't say

For some reason i picture your Uncle wearing New balance or Nike monarchs with high socks. A red gatorade and a flip phone?

@@drentzios88 I believe he wore Reeboks, not the over the calf high socks, but the ones that go up to the calves. Gatorade yes, but orange. Flip phone? Cell phones weren't a thing when I played basketball with him as a teenager. Early to mid 90s.

Victor Wembanyama could be the one

​@@gricius what about giannis?

Agreed, also idk if the front office has the patience to let a center get those shots up in game. Analytics might hate it

@@roneldov yeah but tbh analytics wouldn’t stop players from doing that

It's only hard if you don't practice it enough. Easy to use against taller defenders

All about the fundamentals with such an indefensible shot

Humble af

Everybody has a player they style their game after. And that's a pretty good one.

I just saw the drill lol, if it’s that easy let me get out there then

Kyrie said the same thing, wild😂

i thought the same bro

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Do it in the handcheck era though

Legit

He needs to win though

bol bol should’ve been working on a lot of things but his work ethic is terrible and he’s wasting his own potential sadly

I think bol bol actually wouldve had issues w being picked Hes not the best ball handler but its def a skill he should work on cause your right if he has a the handle, no one is stopping his skyhooks

Unless there’s another Wilt chamberlain.. unfortunately no one has ever come close to that .. yet

Bol bol actually can shoot 3s different game. I think embiid or many of the power forwards can really use it.

Taco fall should also

Literally if he can master that move in any game winninng situation he can get a bucket or just kick it to the corner for a open 3

Yeah, but he rather shoots midrange step-backs and everybody is going nuts about „his bag“ …

Hate to say it. Hope it doesn’t happen. I don’t see a world where he’s not getting injured in the nba

@@johnnolaniii652 damn you really WANT to see him fail then?

@@col7004 not even a little bit. I never ever ever root for injury. Just stating. He’s 7 foot 4 209 lbs. he moves so fluidly that one of those times he’s driving or doing a step back I could see it not playing into his favor.

It's literally not that hard lol

It too late. Kareem started developing it as an 8th grader.

Lebron did so once in 2018 where he did all the legendary shots. A half court shot, skyhook, chase down block, and a dream shake. 2018 Lebron deserved the MVP if he didnt get injured. And that's crazy considering he was 36 and can still dominate

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Absolutely, and developed low post footwork moves like Hakeem Olijawan, he wouldn't be stopped, actually I also saw him do a few fade away mid-range jumpers too, seems he's learnt from the best.

Right he would be unstoppable already if he learned the skyhook

Victor doesn't need any more advantages

He just needs to be injury free.

Agreed, well said

HEIGHT* HAND-EYE COORDINATION*

​@@home9dog2blue199and some freakishly large hands, mainly fingers, so you can control the ball better since the hook shot is all in the finger tips.

Two words, Magic Johnson, he didn’t perfect the skyhook but arguably he had the greatest skyhook in history in game 4 of 1987 finals

Or the height

first thing that came to mind.. i think he did use it a couple times during the finals

He doesn’t need it though

@@anthonybayonne9361 Why not? There’s always room to improve

shouldn’t guards be able to utilize it too? if there’s no help defense it’s pretty hard to block no?

@@Bookake-2 it’s a dude in college who use it he a pg

Don’t forget the hand size… he has baskets for hands…

7’2” barefoot. Man was legit like, top 15 or 20 tallest players ever. That helps too 😂

You don't have to be 7ft Magic perfected the baby sky hook

@@JET1970 yeah but 6’9 is damn close to 7 foot lol

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 but still practice makes perfect

jokic is the closest thing to classic basketball you can get. his jumpshot is basically a skyhook but forward lmao

Man please. Bro already does that lil baby hook if he learned kareem sky hook he’d be crazy dominate.

@@Zayrob_ No he wouldn’t 😂 Deandre is soft and doesn’t take up the physical challenge, just look at what a player like Giannis does to him. He literally swatted one of his dumb ass baby hooks in the finals.

Please show it to Joel Embiid also!!

He's so ass bro all that muscle and he's fading away and going for little baby hooks on people way smaller 💀🤦🏾‍♂️. Dude could be the next embiid if he just used his size.

@@spacelyx888 nah embiid knows how to use his strength and finese unlike ayton

one of the few? who are the others?

@@arclaire2771 a few college players back in the 70s. Nobody in the pros though.

@@arclaire2771 Artis Gilmore and probably Walt Bellamy

It’s not I practice it

it's not hard,but it does take practice. especially with the off hand,but it's a booger to set up against a zone defense

i love joker...guys just killing all the haters...

💯👏🏽

Jokic is great but his hook aint the same as KAJ

@@g.abzilla7665 no shit

Stop

Yeah but not sky hook but jump hooks

Hakeem Olajuwon also did a version of it!

​@@kineticstar Duncan played after Hakeem

Ben Simmons tried it a bunch.

Rasheed wallace did it few times

I think the hookshot just became more popular as a contested floater just my opinion though

He was taller than damn near everyone with insane length

Hookshot is still done but more like a floater. The thing is that you need to be tall af and perfect that shot. Also it’s a move that’s not really achievable from a run and almost no one can back down into the board as they’ve been able to do in Kareems era. You’d be fouled out pretty quick i reckon or you lose the ball

Well 1 he was 7'2 taller and longer than pretty much everybody and 2 .......guys are alot more athletic now adays and there is to much lead up motion to the shot to use it consistently like he did.

3=more than 2… doesn’t take a rocket scientist

Forgot all about him

That’s exactly what I was gonna say and I’m far from a basketball expert but it seems fairly obvious that his physique is what allowed him to perfect that shot.

I only yell kereem

💀💀💀 yelling at that whole thing an that's why you would always miss 🤣🤣🤣

I tried doing one in the 8th grade and my coach said ‘that’s not real basketball’ smh

lol

Your coach is an idiot

Definitely not a conventional move now a days my coach one time said it looked like i was going for a dunk without realizing the rim was 8ft away 😂😂

Not if you were putting them in lol

Game has changed, big men don’t hang around the paint as much like in the past

Yeah in a completely different generation

@@ivynbean yea the game is so crap nowadays with all the talent and they still say mj was better ... the nba is just too flashy and flaunty nowadays .... i rather watch wnba

​@John two of the best players in the game are big men that do most of their damage in the paint

@@BlueHundred1 embiid scores all over the floor and opens the game up for his teammates that way, Jokic is much shorter and has a smaller wingspan then Kareem did so it’s a different way of scoring(which he still does ridiculously efficiently)

Wilt did it twice. Manute Bol wasn’t good he was 7’9 with shoes. He never even had 10 rebounds or 2 full blocks

@@nicholispreston2107 Yes, he did… But who else? I’ll wait.. Only two blocks vs. that same shot carrying him to a plateau that, outside LeBron, no one has came close to in over 30 years? I’ll take that..

@@kingzeemerBro calm down bro what are you 11 I literally said that Manute was terrible and that Wilt did it twice you have anger issues

@@nicholispreston2107 I have none sir. Just a healthy debate is all this is… Ijs, Kareem been at the top for a myriad of reasons: the way he took care of hisself, the way he approached the game, and with respect to MJ’s fadeaway, the deadliest shot in NBA history, the skyhook.. I’m not angry, I just love the game #Respectfully

@@nicholispreston2107 Manute averaged over 3 blocks a game for his entire career and 2 seasons where he averaged over 4 blocks a game. Wtf you even talking about?

LOL

Just slow down a bit before the shot.

😂😂😂😂 gotta use the floater bro

at 5'6 it's simply a hook, not a sky hook lol. The angles of the shot are so different, it's naturally going to be harder to hit the shot than it is for Kareem who's got his hand higher than the basket and is dropping it in. I'm sure if you try the same skyhook on a 7 foot rim the percentage will go up

CONGRATULATIONS. you too are one of a kind.

no

He has home training. A lot of people don't have any home training.

​@@iceburgess461 yes

No

Whole class act goes out the window when LeBron passed gim on the scoring title he was hurt

The sky hook looks beautiful

Why would a point guard that’s not oversized do a skyhook …..,. Your goofy af shoulda said Giannis or Joel or jokic then your comment would actually make sense

@@gabeortizz7006 You got the point no matter who was used in this convo. GODBLESS..

Curry is a small guard. Let the Greek Freak do it. Then it would be marketable

@@sincereprince9605 I know he is small I was just using him because he is the New Goat to a lot of the young kids that’s all. Joel E. Would kill it if he had the skyhook he’d avg 40 a night

nice nipple

yeah, but Steph about to start shootin step-back skyhook 3s like🤾🏿‍♂️

That shirt is iconic

Kareem is fully aware that there isnt another player like him, hes for sure owning it

He’s dressed as the GOAT

Speaks to his egotistical nature

That might be true today, but Kareem retired in like ‘89

@@slimthugga1 Kareem can still teach even retired. All the centers have to do is ask to train.

@@mymagicisntgivingup5908 what I’m saying is. The sky hook falling out of favor predates todays idea of what a Center is. Yes. They can ask and he’s gladly teach, but honestly it’s okay if the sky hook remains a Kareem thing. There are other centers that can do it, none of them really seem to see a need to add it to their in game repertoire.

Most Power Forward and Centers want to play mid and Shot the Three Ball like Steph Curry. That is the problem of today game.

fyi Kareem is all around , and doing the sky hook is just a shot its gives you more options on offense

So what youre saying is Giannis needs to learn this asap?

Yes and no. You're right some 6'3 guard shouldn't be doing it, but most PF/Cs are big enough that it becomes unblockable. Assuming they have at least a decent vertical as well. You have your whole body in the way. For them to get anywhere close to blocking it, they'd likely foul you in the process. Especially since you can use your left arm to create a little extra space as you go up. It's similar to why Dirk's 'leg out' fadeaway is unblockable for anyone remotely your size. Luka uses it quite often. It brings the ball further away from the defender when you release.

What a stupid take. No one said guards should be skyhooking. But for those that play in the post it still works. You don't have to be taller than your opponent. Any average height pf/center can learn it. You don't have to have a bigger wingspan. You just need to use your body as a divider from the defense. Hell you can have LESS wingspan and still make it work because most any defender would still have to foul you to reach it

I think theres actually footage of kareem having his skyhook blocked too. Probably by wilt but i might be wrong.

@@gvngbvngiggy of course there is. when we say 'unblockable' that doesn't mean literally it's 100% never been blocked ever, no matter what.. If someone comes from the side or behind, they can easily block it. It's also possible to block it from in front of him in certain circumstances. If kareem was rushed to get the shot off, someone else may have timed their jump better or he didn't get his arm fully extended.

It is not the hardest shot to learn are you stupid

I did it in a game once after watching the Lakers show on HBO on the first try. It's not too hard. Compared to an actual shot. At least to me.

This shot is very easy to learn. One of the first shots I learned as a kid. Especially when done off the backboard.

Easy for people like me who are tall af for their age, I'm 6 4" at 15 and could do it in game, but alot of people would get swatted for it, and spacing in today's game and rules about zone is so different to the point that its not nearly as effective

@@rzuproductions5956 how tall are you vs the defender

That would be tight af, lmao, an athletic freaky skyhook, maybe a Lil bit of a floater hook game, some rainbow hooks, curry shooting hook threes, lamar Odom with some hook ers

he don't really need it, at 7'4 he can shoot over anybody uncontested

Who even plays in the low post these days to shoot hooks

It’s over if he’s hitting those shots

​@@sadboyinhell619 he don't need it but imagine him with the sky hook in his game LMAOOO that's unfair

What's even KRAZIER Is that AD has ACCESS to be able to train, be mentored, & TAUGHT by Kareem himself being LAKER ALUMNI facts! If I was AD I'd be picking tf outta Kareem's brain on God. >>SHAQ said the same thing In regards to Kareem. I.e that he NEVER TOOK ADVANTAGE of having being able to have a relationship with Kareem bkz of his/Shaq's EGO, & stubbornness bkz he thought Kareem didn't like or something like that he said In a Interview i just recently heard! Just Image if SHAQ could have mastered the sky hook??? Greatest of all times easily with his PHYSICAL POWER & dominance. SHAQ was more smoother offensively than people give him credit for. He was a bucket anywhere within ) to 20ft from the goal. So he had decent shooting skills besides from at the free throw line facts ahah.

Or Jokic

The skyhook is a very tough shot in the modern NBA, because even the 6’6” guys can get up to easily contest it; and the worst part is the wing/guard collapsing on help D. Joker and AD would need to *100% trust* that nobody pulls an Ainge/Stockton/PatBev/Brooks/etc… and goes after their legs. The highlights show the made skyhooks and it looks great, but if you watch the games it’s a different story. You’ll see Kareem doing his walking skyhook(across the key), and everyone collapsing onto his landing/stopping spot. You can literally just watch 1980s Lakers Vs Celtics games and multiple times see the disastrous results! The majority is the little shit Danny Ainge “pretending” help Defence, and the result is Kareem rolling his ankle or outright collapsing onto the floor.

I've said this forever! 💪🏾👍🏾🔥

Probably not

Why is it important that he’s charismatic

The same reason why it's important Shaq and Giannis are charismatic. He would adopt the most powerful offensive weapon in NBA history but be the opposite of Kareem's personality. He could be the face of the league.

Giannis is already here

exactly it will just take an act if courage to learn and master a shot that other big men aren't utilizing.

Yup. That and his longevity.

Damn I never knew he only had 1 3 lmao that’s wild

Tbf, there was no 3pt line for the first decade of his career. But yeah, he was averaging like 2 attempts a year after the line was introduced and only made 1 out of 18

@@thisnamewastaken413 Yeah I mean he's a center so of course he didn't attempt many

@@DracoFire3000 for sure, I just thought it was an interesting stat. Interesting how the eras have changed

For sure

ehh its more of a combination of how Jokic uses his passing ability to prevent a double team in the post and his unconventional shooting (behind the head) mechanics

it helps that he's so heavy, string beans get bumped off

Jokic’s bag is wayyyyy deeper than Kareem’s. He just plays with such a slow pace it doesn’t seem that way. if you watch the highlights Kareem really doesn’t even have a bag he just has a wingspan that’s as long as Yao Mings so all he ever did was just turn around and hook it

In the 90 or early 00 kevin willis was the guy carrying the torch

@@sampark5004 never heard of him. I’ll check it out !

@@sampark5004 Sabonis started to rely on it in his Blazers days as well.

Players like Whiteside, Cauley Stein, Mitchell Robinson, Labrisseiere would've benefitted from this shot

@@treynation7983 i always felt like zach randolph could've greatly benefited from it as well

The best player of all time

@@bryantwware1925 I can't argue with that .. you can make a great case for him as being the kingpin

Exactly this

He’s wearing his own number lol.

@@savplayzx6067 if I benched in the nba I’d only wear my number lol

@@williamcossairt3213 how does that make a person humble? “Oh he’s wearing his own jersey number I love how humble he is”, I’m not calling him arrogant but I’m definitely not calling him humble. Also it’s kinda sus how he’s had a lot more to say ever since lebron started creeping up on his all time record.

@@savplayzx6067 that doesn’t make a person humble but it doesn’t default them as arrogant either. Why can’t he wear his own shit? He made himself from the bottom.

Cry

@@jorgezuniga7287He's not crying, just stating facts.

@@iggyblitz8739 cry

And the NBA is absolutely shit for it.

@@jorgezuniga7287 Facts

Number 3 easily

@@butterflybasics1688yep you Kobe hater for sure.

1. MJ 2. Lebron 3. Kareem 4. magic. 5. larry bird 6. kobe 7. tim duncan 8. bill russell 9. wilt chamberlain 10. hakeem

@@ra_in900 kobe and Magic are interchangeable, Larry and tim Duncan interchangeable, and shaq over Hakeem because of his dominance.

@@butterflybasics1688 nah hakeem had way more skill than shaq

Not related about the shot though

​@@charlesirwinpacheco94 lol

Fact

True, although I am not sure that's great for the game, but today's NBA is so soft it's gone the other extreme, somewhere in the middle would be better.

Or a flagrant foul...

It's unnecessary & it was unstoppable for Kareem not everyone else. Kareem had KD-like touch.

That’s not why lmao, nobody else can perfect it. It’s tougher to get off today than it was back then. Post guys don’t have much time to operate down low with the removal of illegal defense rules and how teams crowd and swarm back the basket players on the high block. This is a game where guys make a couple extra million of they’re good, you don’t think the best basketball minds in their coaches and trainers didn’t think to add this in their guys games if they could?

Facts PK!!!

Like the bucket free throw? Not cool

People call Kareems skyhook corny and boring? Man how old are they? 12?

Why does it feel like you tried too hard with this comment?

@@dalyje because you're mental, go see a doctor.

Facts. I used them up into high school.

Kareem was not in his prime in 1984.

​@@logicaldude3611 He averaged 21.5ppg, 7.3rb while shooting 58% from the field. Played all 80 games.

He wasn't in his prime, he was 37.

Thank you for that.

​@@CryptoKernels clearly, you're talking to someone who knows more about basketball than you. But go off with your RU-vid comment saying "he wasn't in his prime". This man was alive and paying attention to the sport seriously and his comment reflects. But go off

First guy to be the goat was probs Mikan

@@typhlosionproductions5970 he's talking about mikan's drills in the video my dude

@@Raptorsified U right my bad

Kareem is no student! He's the teacher! Even better than Michael Jordan in his prime!

Your not alone!!!!💪🏾🤣🤣

I’ve been successful a few times. It’s often out of desperation, but it goes in sometimes 🤷🏾‍♂️

How tall are you? Kareem 7 feet 2 inches. Ball in his hand when he releases it must have been 9 feet high. Maybe Shack could block it. Wilt blocked it once or twice.

Do a variation like the running hook shot

@@jasonknox1268 Probably higher. He's 7 feet. His arms are extended and he's jumping.

Wilt Chamberlain consistently blocked Kareem's Sky Hook. And that was a near retirement torn ACL Wilt. That's nothing against Kareem but just shows how great Wilt was.

​@@waynebruce24893 as if wilt can block the skyhook everytime 😂🤦

Nah it's not that it's because it's hard to master and not all players hook shot be effective players like wemby, chet and bol bol would be able to pull it of but not players like jokic

Jump hooks are far more inconsistent than Kareem ever was with the sky hool

@@TheIcemanthomas no it’s not cause Kareem was the only one to consistently shoot that shot and make it. The jump hook is far more widely used and and is made enough to be proven to be a more consistent shot

All Centers are Tall duh almost all of them are 6’10 up. except for those small ball centers

@@miorionomichi Kareem 7,2

Honestly if you know how to create space with your off hand and with footwork, most small people can get that shot off over a way taller person. It’s essentially a side ways floater

@@miorionomichi and kareem is 7'2" with long arms. Not many people could reach him.

@@artsanchez6483 Maybe if you’re playing against a trash defender, anyone with a lick of defensive presence is sending that shot back to LA