Why is it so Difficult for Big Men to Replicate Kareem's Hook-Shot?

[L@CaT]

Is it that difficult to replicate or are players just to lazy to study his game and his shot to imitate?

For the life of me I dont understand why no big man has come close to mimicking Kareems Hook-Shot since he Retired

Kareem's hook-Shot when mastered is nearly impossible to stop and Block


its sad that the closest dude coming to copy Kareem's Shot was Magic Johnson himself


Since then, I havent seen a single big come remotely close


Every Big man in the league instead has a half ass lazy jump hook

Bynum worked with Kareem How Many years? And although his Hook shot has improved, its still very weak in comparison


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[mastermind]

yes, yes it is

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Its not taught to the youth as fundamentally sound shooting

 

[Roid Jones]

This thread

 

[nomoreneveragain]

Why can't they master Baby-Hooks

 

[Mandizi]

No follower can do it like the one and only himself did it.

Now you got me reminiscing back to the '98 all-star game when Kobe did it from the baseline.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Kareem says learning the sky hook is easy, but maybe that was just the case for him. If Bynum had mastered that move he'd actually be a threat out here.

 

[lachreyatarbabypits]

Cant be replicated. It was the perfect inside shot.

 

[STAN JONES]

who is trying to replicate it?

 

[smARTmouf]

I saw LaMarcus Aldridge do it ONCE in Texas...And I fell in love...lol


..I honestly don't know why the big man, is such a lost art in general..

 

[L@CaT]

who is trying to replicate it?

Thats the Point.. NO ONE IS

You would think That Big Men would try to imitate the NBA ALL Time Scoring Leader at one point..

Every Kid still wants to be like Mike


They seriously need a Basketball 101 on the Hook Shot Alone.. Big Niqqas need to study Kareems Game and copy that sh1t as close as possible..

Because if anyone can copy that Hook Shot.. Its Game over.. Whoever that Player is will be a dominant force

 

[FTBS]

Because they would rather shoot 3's, try to handle like Magic, or just yam on nikkas.

 

[feelosofer]

The reason Kareem did it so effortlessly is because he had an extremely unique body and bodytype (no homo). Kareem was extremely tall but he had a small torso, which gave him a unique center of gravity, also his jumping height was not as major a factor as the posters make it seem at time, but the timing and release point, which was further refined through his study of martial arts and like the perfect martial arts move, it looked easy but it was incredibly difficult to master.

 

[Da King]

breh, have you tried it? shyt aint easy breh


playing ball with your boys

you trying the hook shot:
ball goes over the damn backboard, everyone like: /
you looking like afterwards:

 

[DeVanteSwing]

big men today are just stupid, they're mentality is "me catch ball. me dunk ball. me get rebound"