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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Tough or Soft?
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:23 am
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:23 am
Watching the Lakers-Celtics rivalry and the rough and tumble NBA of the period, I always thought of Kareem as a guy who really didn’t want to mix it up. I saw this yesterday and was a bit surprised.
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Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:27 am to High C
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:29 am to High C
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Tough or Soft?
The dude beat up Bruce Lee!
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:29 am to High C
People labeled Kareem soft because he was thin and played an offensive game based off skill and finesse.
Kareem was actually pretty tough.
Kareem was actually pretty tough.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:32 am to High C
Man, that was a nice punch. Compare that to the wild swing Shaq threw at Chuck. Also, if you throw a cheap elbow to someone's gut, you better keep your head on a swivel.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:32 am to High C
That’s great 
a-hole didn’t expect Kareem to retaliate but he sure as hell did.
a-hole didn’t expect Kareem to retaliate but he sure as hell did.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:39 am to High C
quote:you were surprised a soft basketball player would sucker punch a person and immediately retreat? That was not anything close to what a tough person does. However, he was very hypocritical there seeing as he was such a big pacifist.
p. I saw this yesterday and was a bit surprised.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 10:48 am to High C
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Tough or Soft?
LISTEN! He's been hearing that crap ever since he was at UCLA. He's out there busting his buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!
Posted on 7/18/19 at 11:58 am to arcalades
quote:When you hit someone on the junk, there is no such thing as being sucker punched shortly after.
you were surprised a soft basketball player would sucker punch a person and immediately retreat?
This post was edited on 7/18/19 at 11:59 am
Posted on 7/18/19 at 12:22 pm to High C
Dude went 167-4 in 4 years of H.S. and 3 years of College.
I doubt you can dominate like that if you're soft.
I doubt you can dominate like that if you're soft.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 12:23 pm to shel311
Posted on 7/18/19 at 12:26 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Dude went 167-4 in 4 years of H.S. and 3 years of College.
I doubt you can dominate like that if you're soft.
He won 6 championships in an era of hardnosed NBA basketball.
6× NBA champion (1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
2× NBA Finals MVP (1971, 1985)
6× NBA Most Valuable Player (1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980)
19× NBA All-Star (1970–1977, 1979–1989)
10× All-NBA First Team (1971–1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986)
5× All-NBA Second Team (1970, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1985)
5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1974, 1975, 1979–1981)
6× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1970, 1971, 1976–1978, 1984)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1970)
2× NBA scoring champion (1971, 1972)
NBA rebounding champion (1976)
4× NBA blocks leader (1975, 1976, 1979, 1980)
No. 33 retired by Milwaukee Bucks
No. 33 retired by Los Angeles Lakers
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
3× NCAA champion (1967–1969)
3× NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (1967–1969)
3× National college player of the year (1967–1969)
3× Consensus first-team All-American (1967–1969)
No. 33 retired by UCLA
2× Mr. Basketball USA (1964, 1965)
Posted on 7/18/19 at 12:36 pm to Tigeralum2008
Yeah Kareem dominated the 70's when everyone was high on cocaine and fighting each other.
Hell Rudy Tomjanovich was almost killed on the court by the Lakers Kermit Washington.
The NBA was rougher than Rucker Park in the 70's. There was no love-fests (as Larry Bird calls them) before games like there is today.
Hell Rudy Tomjanovich was almost killed on the court by the Lakers Kermit Washington.
The NBA was rougher than Rucker Park in the 70's. There was no love-fests (as Larry Bird calls them) before games like there is today.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:02 pm to High C
The guy regularly sparred with Bruce Lee. I would not call him soft
Posted on 7/18/19 at 1:09 pm to High C
He is a strange guy, so he was always hard to pigeon hole. He always had an air of aloofness like he wasn't comfortable in his own skin. But for his thin build he was tough. And he didn't back down.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 2:58 pm to High C
You REALLY don’t know KAJ.
HE punches Kent Benson in the face when he returned to Milwaukee.
HE punches Kent Benson in the face when he returned to Milwaukee.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:08 pm to FightnBobLafollette
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You REALLY don’t know KAJ.
No, I don’t. I know he was a great player, but I know that his reputation didn’t necessarily equate to his skills on the court, including being called soft by SOME.
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:11 pm to High C
soft or tough, always a question as to why he wasn’t or now isn’t considered coaching material at collegiate or pro level...
Posted on 7/18/19 at 3:29 pm to High C
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No, I don’t. I know he was a great player, but I know that his reputation didn’t necessarily equate to his skills on the court, including being called soft by SOME.
Those people are idiots. And clearly didn’t watch the nba back then.
It was a league of big, strong plodders. Guys that wouldn’t be close to the league now cause of lack of speed and athleticism.
No 3 pointer. Action in the paint. Nobody could play down low and be soft.
Hell, I remember an SI cover w Lloyd Neal, iirc, with him going into the basket leading with his knee. Caption was something about whether the nba was too rough.
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