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Why do people dislike Kareem Abdul Jabbar?
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:28 pm
The Lakers were hesitant to build him a statute. He hasn't had any coaching experience (to my knowledge). And I've heard people claim they don't like him.
What is the reason behind this? I was 3 when he retired and don't know much about his career.
What is the reason behind this? I was 3 when he retired and don't know much about his career.
This post was edited on 3/5/13 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:30 pm to Nonetheless
I don't like his bald head, but he seems like a nice guy.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:31 pm to Nonetheless
He was a Lakers assistant and help turn Bynum around.
He was a dick to everybody when he played though. He's paying for it now.
He was a dick to everybody when he played though. He's paying for it now.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:31 pm to Nonetheless
I think he's the greatest...but my dad says that he didn''t work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, he didn't even run down court. And that he didn't really try... except during the playoffs.
So maybe that.
So maybe that.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:32 pm to Nonetheless
he's "out there", but not in a fake way like bill walton, who has used his weirdo/outsider views to become a lovable idiot
Posted on 3/5/13 at 5:44 pm to Nonetheless
I think he was very aloof toward teammates and fans. He also kept to himself off the court -- he collected Persian rugs and ran a jazz label. Kareem and Magic were as different as night and day.
A lot of that had to do with his size. I read his autobiography years ago and he talked about being insecure over his height -- like when he was in high school he got turned down for a job at a diner because he was too tall. Girls were scared of him too.
These were the days when a big center was kind of scary and intimidating. This was before the idea of the big man being an overgrown kid, like Shaq or Dwight Howard
A lot of that had to do with his size. I read his autobiography years ago and he talked about being insecure over his height -- like when he was in high school he got turned down for a job at a diner because he was too tall. Girls were scared of him too.
These were the days when a big center was kind of scary and intimidating. This was before the idea of the big man being an overgrown kid, like Shaq or Dwight Howard
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:18 pm to Nonetheless
quote:
But his glories on the court have gone hand in hand with private emotional agonies, about which he's always been guarded. There was a break with his parents over his conversion to Islam; the 1973 mass murder of his Islamic teacher's family in the Washington, D.C. townhouse Abdul-Jabbar had given them; a split from his first wife the same year; the notorious 1977 on-court punch that decked Kent Benson and earned him the hostility of press and public; a January 1983 fire that destroyed his $2.5 million Bel Air home along with his priceless 3,000-disc jazz collection. In the past, Abdul-Jabbar's instinct has customarily been to draw deeper into his own protective shell. "Kareem is like a cat. When he wants to be around, he's right there, and when he doesn't, he's unapproachable," observes Cheryl Pistono, 28, his live-in girlfriend and the mother of Amir.
This is an excerpt from a People's magazine article in 1984.
Posted on 3/5/13 at 7:36 pm to Nonetheless
I don't like how he played in the NBA in 4 different decades.
Posted on 3/6/13 at 9:35 am to Nonetheless
His mama called him Alcindor. I'm gonna call him Alcindor.
Posted on 3/6/13 at 12:38 pm to Nonetheless
I don't dislike him as a person but I pulled against him his whole career.I always was a fan of his opponent.The Knicks when he was with Milwawkee and then the 76rs when he was with LA.
I think he marched to the beat of his own drummer throughout his career.Not that he did anything wrong,he just didn't act the way they wanted him to.That's why no job offers.jmo
I think he marched to the beat of his own drummer throughout his career.Not that he did anything wrong,he just didn't act the way they wanted him to.That's why no job offers.jmo
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