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NBA legend updates HK player on Sky Hook

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Rising star Lau Chi-kin said NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's famous 'Sky Hook' is very useful when faced with bigger players on court.

The Sky Hook became Abdul-Jabbar's trademark while he was playing for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Utah Jazz on April 5, 1984.

He took a pass from Magic Johnson, whirled and launched the ball towards the hoop.

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The shot put him ahead of Wilt Chamberlain as he became the NBA's all-time leading scorer with 31,420 points at the time.

At Western Market on Wednesday, Abdul-Jabbar gave Lau advice on how to polish the skill which he has been using in competitions.

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'He told me to try my shot a little further away from the hoop so that the ball would fly on a parabola [curve],' said the 25-year-old South China forward.

'I learned it watching videos of Kareem's games.

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