Science of the Skyhook with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Re-release)

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🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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What’s the best shot in basketball? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly break down the physics behind what makes the Skyhook so effective, as well as one of the greatest eras with basketball greats, Jamaal Wilkes, Michael Cooper, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.8	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.4	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.2	This is Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:17.2	Neil the Grass Tyson here, you're a personal astrophysicist and sports enthusiast.
0:23.8	That's why we do sports edition.
0:26.5	I got with me Gary Aurelie, of course Gary.
0:30.7	I'm Neil.
0:31.7	Former soccer pro over in the UK and current soccer announcer.
0:34.6	It's great if thanks for sharing some of your announcing time with us over here in sports
0:39.0	edition.
0:40.0	And of course we got Chuck Nice, my other co-host.
0:42.5	Gary, you were cooking up something for this installment.
0:46.0	Yes.
0:47.0	You got some recipe that you didn't share with me in advance.
0:49.8	So let me hear what you got going now.
0:52.0	All right.
0:53.0	We've gone back to an old recipe from our playing with science days and brought forward
1:00.2	a show about the Skyhook.
1:02.4	The Skyhook isn't like a missile from the original Star Wars movie or anything spectacular
1:06.7	like that.
1:07.7	It is the signature shot from Kareem Abdul Jubar, NBA legend and martial arts expert.
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