"We weren't shooting three pointers back then like they do today, only because it wasn't in vogue. Had it been in vogue, we'd have been doing it too." "It really is unfortunate that the hard work he put in gets overlooked with the sky look," says Tisanes of karen's 'sky hook' The game changes based on who the stars of the game are at that time, and in the next generation, emulating those stars, they actually changed the game based on what they have seen.
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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