Bill Russell on stopping the sky hook

[eja117]

Excellent

celticswire.usatoday.com/2021/09/20/nba-boston-celtics-russell-no-skyhook-jabbar/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR3NE4t670idIDbxupceSvMoVL4RFqs2ICZY45T7Zc3gUgvIheezuScCV_s


link - stop the sky hook

[jmost]

Of course Russ never actually played against Kareem in the NBA, but I remember him talking about how he'd have slowed Jabbar down by placing his foot outside of Jabbar's left foot so he couldn't make that initial side step into the sky hook.

[runrondo]

I love when players talk about the details in defending like this. Reminds me of that Kobe interview about never "figuring out Durant" and how he tried everything like counting how long it took him to make moves.

youtu.be/WLmccH35j8Y?t=118