Outside of rookie center Ivica Zubac of the Los Angeles Lakers, no one in the NBA has been brave enough to try to incorporate the skyhook into their game. Not since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dominated the competition on a nightly basis in a Lakers uniform has the skyhook been used by a star player nor may it ever unless Zubac becomes a household name in Los Angeles.
Recently, the six-time NBA champion talked about his patented skyhook and why he thinks it isn’t used in the NBA. Jabbar thinks the post game in the league is becoming extinct with everyone wanting to shoot three-pointers these days, via Chris Mannix of The Vertical:
“I think it has to do with the way they are teaching the game,” Abdul-Jabbar told The Vertical.