Kareem Abdul Jabar

[BlueKota]

I have admired Kareem Abdul Jabar for many years. At first it was for a silly reason. I was taller than the majority of boys in my class for a few years in primary school and got mocked out by them because of it. So when I first saw Kareem, and how tall he was, my child mind went, "Hey he proves being tall is cool, and look he hardly even has to jump to make the basket."

As the years went on I admired him for his incredible talent as an athlete, his friendship with Magic Johnson, and his comeback from a major financial setback! I also understand he wrote a few successful mystery novels.

Now I admire him even more. I have seen some recent news stories on him that really impressed me. First of all he is auctioning off a lot of his championship memorabilia to help raise funds for underprivileged children, and second he is publicly calling out Elon Musk for his hypocrisy, ignorance, and dangerous spreading of conspiracy theories.
https://fortune.com/2023/04/13/elon-musk-uses-twitter-to-amplify-bad-thinking-says-kareem-abdul-jabbar/amp/

Kareem was and is a true champion 🏆

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. My son had to correct me on his name

Watching a basketball game sometime in the '80s, I said, "Hey, he's got a hook shot like Lew Alcindor!", to which my then-young son said, "That's because he was Alcindor before he changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabar."

I'm lousy with names.

[Skittles]

3. do you remember Cassius

I do

[dweller]

2. He was my first BBall idol

But was known as Lew Alcindor then … I was in hi school when he started his UCLA college career . I remember somehow picking up a knockoff ‘Property of the UCLA ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT in #33 T-shirt that I’d wear and piss off my dad (a huge NCSU fan) …
I never played Bball… but was a fan then and later as his career and social awareness of underprivileged kids plights grew

This



and the Skyhook were a beauty to behold



✌🏻

[QED]

4. He writes some entertaining novels too.

There are three in this series about Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. I've enjoyed them!

https://www.amazon.com/Mycroft-Holmes-Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar/dp/1783291540/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=kareem+abdul+jabbar+book&qid=1681529122&sprefix=karee%2Caps%2C462&sr=8-3

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. A most intelligent man.

Whose intelligence superseded his basketball career.

[UTUSN]

6. A true champion human

[MyOwnPeace]

7. He has long been a champion of just causes.....

Sometimes they didn't always go as planned......

his name got caught up in a serious event in DC in 1973:

Google 'kareem abdul-jabbar and the dc hostage situation'

Like you, I admire his commitment to making life better for those that need the help.

[nycbos]

8. Kareem?

I thought it was Roger Murdock. Sorry couldn't resist.

Seriously though Kareem is awesome.

[applegrove]

9. I like his take on the news of the day. Being intellectual is his second

career.

[Gore1FL]

10. And he still had time to moonlight as an airline pilot!

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. At the 2016 National Convention, I attended a seminar with Kareem and John Lewis

My youngest child and I were in the main room and I saw Kareem coming in to the room before I saw Congressman John Lewis. It was a great seminar and it was nice to see Kareem and John Lewis talk about civil rights.