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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    McHale is a good choice. Yao had a mean hook shot too.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Lanier was the first to come to mind. Sabonis also had a good hook shot that he could use from decent distances.
    Many 40's and 50's guys used some kind of hook shot, including even guards like Bob Cousy. George Mikan was using the hook pretty often.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    kobe did 2 or 3 last night.. with both hands

    and i never see him miss them

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    George Zidek had one of the most legit go-to hook shots I've seen in my lifetime. I mean that in terms of - it was a fuller, sweeping hook (as opposed to a Dwight Howard jumphook push side shot) and his hook tendency was very high. He wanted to unleash the hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jOzZFSY_G4

    I'm not sure I've seen anyone use it in the same effective manner since Zidek. Jump hooks, yes. But those sweeping legitimate hooks? Tough to think of many who relied upon it like he did, not just one-offs.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Quote Originally Posted by Collie
    McHale's hook was unstoppable as well. His hook and his fadeaway were why we has such a devastating low post scorer.

    This is true. McHale's entire post game, which is often considered among the best of all time, was really just a random sequence of about five moves. The hooks, the drop step, the turn around, the inside turnaround. That's about it. He could just use them in sequence incredibly quickly. His famed up and under was just a string of the turnaround into a step through.

    He also had incredibly long arms, and I don't think that accounted for how weirdly high his shoulders were. So he could get shots off more quickly than it seemed possible. And he had a real knack for creating contact. He almost slid along defenders when shooting those jump hooks.

    He's a fascinating player to watch. One of my favorites.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Kareem's the clear #1 but I can't name a clear #2... There's Lanier, McHale, Hakeem, Mikan, Shaq, Sabonis, Lucas, Walton, Duncan so on... I'd probably say Lanier and McHale are the next best two.

    As far as perimeter players you got Magic, Bird, Dantley, Maravich, Kobe, Westphal...

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Pau hook after fake spin is one of the most beautiful moves i've ever seen, and deserves a mention.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Quote Originally Posted by kennethgriffin
    kobe did 2 or 3 last night.. with both hands

    and i never see him miss them
    Why doesn't he take more of them then?

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    In the game today, I'd give Al Jefferson the nod for his right hook over the left shoulder. He's so right dominant that you know it's coming every time, but if he gets good position and you don't bring a double, it's going in 9 times out of 10

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Although he never made much of an NBA impact and was limited offensively, the Croatian Stojan Vrankovic often used a high release hook, among the most famous in Europe.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Artis Gilmore had a very solid left-handed hook.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Duncan

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Yao had a very good hook shot with either hands.

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Quote Originally Posted by Collie
    McHale's hook was unstoppable as well. His hook and his fadeaway were why we has such a devastating low post scorer.
    +1

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    Default Re: goat hook shot besides Kareem?

    Quote Originally Posted by LAZERUSS
    Artis Gilmore had a very solid left-handed hook.
    Russell also had a pretty decent left-handed hook, some (ignorant) people say he couldn't even do a layup though

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