dantheman9758
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What do you get when you combine the Tim Duncan bank shot with the Dirk Nowitzki fadeaway, and put it into the hands of a player that is bigger, faster, and stronger? You get the Wilt Chamberlain Fadeaway
Tim Duncan plus Dirk Nowitzki's unstoppable shots in a bigger, greater athlete? (Wilt Chamberlain)
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ZackMorris
I sit next to Spike
Fading away with one hand
GollyImGully
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:ohwow2: i really wish i could have watched wilt play
onelastdeath
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Overrated AF.
Dude was doing fadeaway off the glass one leg like dirk
But but but he only dunks against 5'5 white player
Wilt is the goat
But but but he only dunks against 5'5 white player
Wilt is the goat
dantheman9758
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The fadeaway is also nearly impossible to defend especially in the hands of bigger players, but I don't disagree I think Kareem's shot trumps it because he's basically shooting the Mikan drill layup (so less moving parts). Out to a certain range it probably goes in marginally more often than a fadeaway would so is a great post shot, and is just as difficult to contest. I don't even think hook shots aren't pretty, hook shots in the hands of the greatest hook shooters look smooth af I don't know where that ugly shot stigma comes from.The sky hook is the single greatest shot in basketball and nobody uses it because it's not "pretty"
Wilt was the man though.
It's just not a pretty shot to a lot of people. You do it on the court and people think it's corny.
But it doesn't make sense to me.
If you have a shot that's completely unblockable, why wouldn't you shoot it?
Especially all these PFs and Centers in the game who are mediocre players.
I mean RA dikkey and Tim Wakefield were on their way out of MLB and they turned to the knuckleball to save their careers. And the knuckleball isn't an unstoppable pitch, but the point is they tried whatever it took to keep playing.
If you're 6'10 or some shyt and getting like 5 points a game...why wouldn't you work on a hook shot? Because you've obviously proved you can't post anybody up for shyt.
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dantheman9758
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It's literally just the Mikan drill, master it up close... than do it successively further out, it's incredibly simple to practice hook shots. I actually think a lot of players do practice the Mikan drill though I don't know how far out they take it. Some players I see take hooks are Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, Dwight Howard, Montijunas. There's prob more. Not sure any players right now have made it their pet shot. Like, Bob Lanier, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Artis Gilmore had great hooks that were frequently relied on in the course of a game. I think Hakeem has been teaching guys hook drills in his camps I seem to recall seeing a video of Amare practicing them with Hakeem. Don't know if it ever worked out for himIt's just not a pretty shot to a lot of people. You do it on the court and people think it's corny.
But it doesn't make sense to me.
If you have a shot that's completely unblockable, why wouldn't you shoot it?
Especially all these PFs and Centers in the game who are mediocre players.
I mean RA dikkey and Tim Wakefield were on their way out of MLB and they turned to the knuckleball to save their careers. And the knuckleball isn't an unstoppable pitch, but the point is they tried whatever it took to keep playing.
If you're 6'10 or some shyt and getting like 5 points a game...why wouldn't you work on a hook shot? Because you've obviously proved you can't post anybody up for shyt.
James Worthy
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I know he won 2 but how many finals appearances did Wilt make?
smh