Watching Kareem NBA TV. Showing clips of his famous sky hook.

 

Has there ever been a prettier shot than that?

Never!. Hated him at the time. But a great player and an unstoppable shot. My dad had a wicked left handed hook I could never block

Watching Kareem NBA TV. Showing clips of his famous sky hook.

 

Has there ever been a prettier shot than that?

 

Yes. George Gervin finger roll.

Yes. George Gervin finger roll.

 

Good call. Definitely a cooler shot. Not sure if it's prettier though.

I think that '96-'98 Jordan's turn around fadeway was always something to watch. I'm not an old school guy, so astethically, I'll take Jordan. Efficiency? Guy scored what 40,000 pts and probably 34,000 of them came from that shot? Tough to beat the sky hook for effectiveness.

It's amazing how much range he had with that hook.

What are some more NBA "signature moves" - not necessarily shots?

 

I'll start with Tim Hardaway's crossover dribble.

Dream's baseline fadeaway.

Rick Barry's free throw.

 

As opposed to, say, Wilt's free throw.

Signature move:

 

Hakeem Shake

 

George McGinnis one-hand jumper.

 

Elvin Hayes bank shot

 

Wes Unseld outlet pass

Lloyd Free kick fade away.

 

Any jumper by Silk.

Lloyd Free kick fade away.

 

Any jumper by Silk.

 

Good call on both.

A little known thing was that John Stockton simply wasn't a very good ballhandler with his left. So, he developed a two hard dribbles with the left than cross over to the right that, for some reason, opposing defenders struggled with.