Don t believe it, NBA s unique skills legends are only 5 items in total, Tiangou is firmly ranked first

The evolution of basketball technology has caused many traditional skills to be lost, but some unique skills are destined to become masterpieces due to their strict requirements on talents and the times. When modern players are obsessed with three-pointers and data analysis, these old guns' unique skills are locked into historical safes like martial arts secrets.

Fifth place: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's "Tian Hook"

Jabbar's hook is different from the traditional center's small hook shot at the basket. His sky hook extends from the free throw line to the bottom corner. His height of 2.18 meters plus 2.26 arm span, and the shooting point is as high as 3.3. In the 1974 Finals G6, he hit 4 consecutive 12-foot sky hooks against Dave Coins. Celtic coach Haflicek shook his head: "We sent two people to hit the ball, but he couldn't touch his fingertips when he hooked." The demise of this skill stems from the efficiency anxiety of modern basketball - the sky hook needs thousands of hours to polish, but the three-pointer only takes six months to achieve a quick success.

4th place: Hakeim Olajuwon's "Dream Steps"

The low singles of Dameng are a mixture of geometry and ballet. In the 1995 Finals G2, he flew O'Neal three times in a row. After hitting, he raised his eyebrows at the camera: "Shake should go film "Slam Dunk", no one is guarding him there." The modern center has long given up this complex operation. Embiid tried replicas but was repeatedly intercepted. In the 2023 playoffs against the Celtics G7, his big dream footwork mistake was directly ruined.

Third place: Larry Bird's "trash talk sniper"

Bird's mouth was more deadly than his jump shot. Before the 1987 three-point competition, he walked into the locker room and glanced at everyone: "Are you here to compete for second place?" As a result, he won the championship without even taking off his warm-up clothes. At the last moment of the 1986 Eastern Conference Final G5, he pointed to the floor and said to the Pistons, "I want to kill you here." Then he hit it.

Second place: John Stockton's "killing pick-and-roll"

Stockton and Malone's pick-and-roll are a violent aesthetic that is accurate to centimeters. In the 1997 West Final G6, he used the same tactic to assist Malone dunk seven times in a row, forcing Olajuwon to roar: "Can the hell of you change moves?" Modern pick-and-roll pursues quick change of defense cracking, but Stockton's special feature is that he controls the psychology of the defender - he will use 0.3 seconds of hesitation to create pass gaps.

First place: Wilt Chamberlain's "non-human stamina"

Chamberlain's physical fitness is like alien technology: he played 79 games in the 1962 season, averaging 48.5 minutes per game (including overtime), and went to Harlem's part-time exhibition game during the offseason. In 1968, he played for 53 minutes (including overtime), from point guard to center, scoring 53 points, 32 rebounds and 14 assists. The load management of modern players has made this feat extinct - when Antetokounmpo was booed by fans in 2023 for back-to-back rest, Chamberlain's videographer posted a picture on social media: In March 1962, he played for 48 minutes, 51 minutes and 53 minutes for three consecutive days, with the caption "How steel is scrapped."