"Mild grass tyson" caught up with karim recently to chat about the legendary sky hook. "I think that was really my success to, you know, i had a successful shot that they couldn't block it," he said. Karim: I learned everything i learned from learning the mechanics of the shot and shooting a bow and arrow. 'Even if he were six feet he'd have been a top, top basketball player'
What’s the best shot in basketball? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the physics behind what makes the Skyhook so effective, as well as one of the greatest eras with basketball greats, Jamaal Wilkes, Michael Cooper, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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