His shooting touch was so deft he could hit the sky hook anywhere from the middle of the key to the baseline, from 5 feet or 20 feet.

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Then in 1969, Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) joined the Milwaukee Bucks from UCLA. Not only was Alcindor graceful and athletic, but he boasted a move called the sky hook, the most unstoppable shot the league had ever seen.

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