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  1.                                  role had changed. No 
  2.                                  longer the only superstar 
  3.                                  on his team, Kareem was 
  4.                                  now an experienced
  5.                                  veteran and the teamΓÇÖs
  6. captain. He provided the Lakers with leader-
  7. ship as well as scoring.
  8.  
  9. For a man his size, Kareem was skilled at 
  10. handling the ball, running the court, and 
  11. shooting the jump shot. But his greatest 
  12. scoring weapon was his ΓÇ£sky hook." It was 
  13. a simple right-handed hook shot, but when 
  14. Kareem threw it down toward the basket from
  15. high in the air, it was almost unstoppable. 
  16.  
  17. In 1984, Kareem broke Wilt Chamberlain's
  18. NBA career scoring record of 31,419 
  19. career points. He finished his pro