There is no shortage of imitation in basketball. So why is the most successful shot of all time extinct? Shaun Powell Around the NBA, players and coaches have historically embraced stealing, or to ...
When people discuss the signature moves of NBA players, a few immediately come to mind. There's Michael Jordan's fadeaway jumper, Stephen Curry's long 3-pointers, and of course, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ...
Before he became one of the most legendary and dominant players of all time, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was also once just a young boy trying to polish his game. Like other kids, Abdul-Jabbar faced the ...
The Houston Rockets were aiming to win the championship in the 1986 playoffs, but needed to get past a huge hurdle in the Los Angeles Lakers. Further, the key to achieving that was to figure out how ...
Signature moves aren't seen in the NBA as often as they once were. With today's stars boasting such versatile offensive repertoires, it is hard to pinpoint a single move that is unconditionally ...
From Jerry West and Elgin Baylor in the 1960s all the way to LeBron James and Luka Doncic today, every era of NBA history has had an exciting chapter of LA Lakers history. Many will cite the Shaq-Kobe ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook was unstoppable, even when you knew it was coming. Left leg sweeping across the lane, ready to root itself to the ground like a tree trunk. Right leg bending 90 degrees ...