YouTube Gold: A Nearly Complete Video Of Blocked Skyhooks

(Original Caption) 10/31/1985-Phoenix, AZ- Los Angeles Lakers' center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, goes up for a skyhook shot with the Phoenix Suns', James Edwards(right), in 1st period action. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the greatest weapon in the history of basketball: the Skyhook. When he was young and springy, it was an evolving weapon, but he could really get off the ground. In his prime, it was extremely difficult to deal with, and as an old man, in basketball terms anyway, it was perfected, launched