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>> For me, my hook shot was the one kick practiced 10,000 times I honestly think Kareem is being a bit modest here. His one weird shot completely changed baske
by noduerme 3y ago
>> For me, my hook shot was the one kick practiced 10,000 times
I honestly think Kareem is being a bit modest here. His one weird shot completely changed basketball for a couple of decades.
I went to school with one of Kareem's kids who's now a neurosurgeon (although, looking back, I have no clue how any of us even graduated high school). The father, Kareem, is an honest to God treasure of a human being who has just always had this need to go farther out to discover new facets of what makes existence worthwhile. I didn't even know about his connection with Bruce Lee, but it makes a ton of sense now.
- hazn 3y agoKareem is always modest, a lovely human. His article of LeBron taking over his scoring record is a great showcase of this: https://kareem.substack.com/p/what-i-think-about-lebron-breaking https://kareem.substack.com/p/what-i-think-about-lebron-brea...
- magic_man 3y agoHe was sort of a dick when he was younger. Very standoffish with teammates, fans, and the media. Definitely mellowed out with age.
- olddustytrail 3y agoSo was I. The reason was I was incredibly shy and it was less humiliating to appear aloof than admit I was afraid to talk to people.
- cyrialize 3y agoKareem's hook shot was absolutely insane. Highly recommend this video on the 1971 Bucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtocsxx_i0A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtocsxx_i0A. His hook shot was so perfect and so unstoppable, that it almost "killed" basketball, in the sense that the Bucks were so dominant and the way they played was "boring". I recommend watching the vid to get what I mean by boring.