kareem abdul jabbar interview 4/28

[cranrab]

the interview is approximately 22 minutes, but there are some real nuggets in there (basketball and non-basketball).

http://sports.espn.go.com/stations/player?context=podcast&id=4108648

but for the basketball enthusiasts:

1) listen to whether or not craig hodges and kareem abdul jabbar recommend college for potential NBA big men

2) listen to who he points to as noteworthy figures in the fakers G5 victory over the utah jazz. and also note who he doesn't point out.

3) listen to what coach bertka identified as a problem that plagues the fakers' current triangle O.

4) enjoy the rest of the interview.

 

[TimRock]

2) listen to who he points to as noteworthy figures in the fakers G5 victory over the utah jazz. and also note who he doesn't point out.

let me guess...........ahhh, forget it.

 

[cranrab]

let me guess...........ahhh, forget it.

yeah, might as well forget it.

i mean, what could the greatest living NBA champion HOF fakers center say, right?

and what could coach bertka have to say, i'm mean he's only been with the fakers for 30 years.

both obvious haters.

 

[TimRock]

yeah, might as well forget it.

i mean, what could the greatest living NBA champion HOF fakers center say, right?

and what could coach bertka have to say, i'm mean he's only been with the fakers for 30 years.

both obvious haters.

i never called them haters, but its pretty obvious "who he points to as noteworthy figures in the fakers G5 victory over the utah jazz. and also note who he doesn't point out."

 

[thismybgolname]

Damn dude trademarked "sky hook".

 

[RunawaySlave]

@ somebody 1 starring this post

 

[cranrab]

@ somebody 1 starring this post

i hurt a lot of people's feelings around here.

 

[Bravo]

Damn dude trademarked "sky hook".

Maybe that is why players stopped using it. They don't want to be sued, or pay for each shot they attempt.

I always wondered why it wasn't used more frequently.

 

[Spectrum]

wow man...this was an excellent interview..thanks

 

[keysersoze]

i hurt a lot of people's feelings around here.

shit never stops.

 

[cranrab]

shit never stops.

and a second person came along and 1 starred the thread too.

its a lot of sensitive "dudes" up here.

 

[RunawaySlave]

Well, it gets 5 stars from me. So fuck em

 

[Rollie_Fingaz]

Good drop.

Do you have the interview with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson where Larry Bird say that he got offended when the opposing coach put a white dude on him to guard him?

 

[cranrab]

Good drop.

Do you have the interview with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson where Larry Bird say that he got offended when the opposing coach put a white dude on him to guard him?

i thought that was a print article, but let me check.

 

[cranrab]

Bird described being guarded by another white in his prime as "disrespect."

"The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me," Bird said. "I still don't understand why. A white guy would come out (and) I would always ask him: 'What, do you have a problem with your coach? Did your coach do this to you?' And he'd go, 'No,' and I'd say, 'Come on, you got a white guy coming out here to guard me; you got no chance.' ... For some reason, that always bothered me when I was playing against a white guy.

"As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me -- red, yellow, black," Bird added. "I just didn't want a white guy guarding me. Because it's disrespect to my game."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1818396&type=story

 

[cranrab]

more from that video interview:

It was Magic who pointed out how LeBron and 'Melo even have their own Outgoing vs. Soft-Spoken dynamic.

"It's funny because, I'm just sitting here, and we've spent time together, but not this much time," Magic said. "If you look at all four of us, personality-wise, we're close (Magic and LeBron) and they're close (Bird and Anthony). It's really funny. They're quiet, and we like to talk. So I'm sitting here saying (that) we mirror each other. So I see now why you sat us all down together, because we are definitely like each other in so many different ways."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1818517&type=story

 

[D-TOWN REP]

 

[Spectrum]

Bird described being guarded by another white in his prime as "disrespect."

"The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me," Bird said. "I still don't understand why. A white guy would come out (and) I would always ask him: 'What, do you have a problem with your coach? Did your coach do this to you?' And he'd go, 'No,' and I'd say, 'Come on, you got a white guy coming out here to guard me; you got no chance.' ... For some reason, that always bothered me when I was playing against a white guy.

"As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me -- red, yellow, black," Bird added. "I just didn't want a white guy guarding me. Because it's disrespect to my game."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=1818396&type=story

Yeah.. I remember this shit.. Bird was a clown