TAG: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
By Dime Magazine
After tutoring Andrew Bynum during the big man’s first few years in the NBA, legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is working out the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick Brittney Griner this summer. Among other things, he’s *gasp* teaching her how to shoot the skyhook. If perfected, that would be a truly unstoppable shot in the WNBA, especially with Griner’s size. Read More »
Tags: Brittney Griner, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Apr 25, 2013 / 12:35 am
By Dime Magazine
Mid-way through the fourth quarter of last night’s Thunder/Rockets game, Oklahoma City was up 15 at one point and for a minute Houston looked like they were just trying to stay in touch. Russell Westbrook (29 points) was slashing to the cup, Serge Ibaka was knocking down mid-range jumpers and Kevin Martin was pump-faking everyone in red to stick wide open threes. It was about to be bad for Houston. But then a crazy mix of James Harden (36 points), Patrick Beverley and Carlos Delfino happened, Read More »
Tags: 2013 NBA Playoffs, Amar'e Stoudemire, Bernard King, Brittney Griner, carmelo anthony, George Hill, Gerald Green, J.R Smith, James Harden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin Durant, Mike D'Antoni, NBA Playoffs, Patrick Beverley, Paul George, Reggie Miller, Roy Hibbert, Russell Westbrook, Steve Nash, Tony Parker, Tracy McGrady
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Apr 22, 2013 / 2:30 pm
By Michael Sykes II
This year’s NBA Playoffs haven’t gotten off to a very exciting start. The home teams are 8-0, and the majority of those games haven’t been close. The best part of the weekend was actually probably Kobe Bryant‘s consistent tweeting. Read More »
Tags: Chauncey Billups, Dennis Johnson, Derek Fisher, Dudley Bradley, Gar Heard, Jerry West, John Paxson, John Stockton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, kobe bryant, lebron james, magic johnson, michael jordan, paul pierce, Ralph Sampson, Reggie Miller, Robert Horry, ron artest, Steve Kerr, Vinnie Johnson
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By Sean Sweeney
After hitting gold with their last couple of collections, Million Dollar Ballers might’ve outdone themselves again. Their latest collection honors the greatest frontcourt ever to strap on goggles: the Lakers’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and Kurt Rambis. Read More »
Tags: James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kurt Rambis, Million Dollar Ballers, Million Dollar Ballers "Goggles" Collection
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Dec 6, 2012 / 3:00 pm
By Dime Magazine
With Lakers guard Kobe Bryant becoming the fifth and fastest player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, Dime is looking at all angles of the five-time champion’s career today. (Hey, we already called him the greatest player since 2000.) It’s equal parts celebration and examination of one of the NBA’s most polarizing and talented players in history. Read More »
Tags: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, kobe bryant
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Oct 19, 2012 / 11:45 am
By Sean Cochran
Records are made to be broken, right? Statistics in sports serve as a bridge between eras, a way to compare the greats of the past with the stars of today. A quick look at some of the NBA’s most impressive statistical records reveals the true legends of the game of basketball. Seeing, in numbers, the dominance and consistency of the all-time greats offers an appreciation of the magical moments on the hardwood as well as a measuring stick for the super stars today. Read More »
Tags: chris paul, Dennis Rodman, dwight howard, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, kobe bryant, magic johnson, Mark Price, michael jordan, Robert Horry, Serge Ibaka, Shawn Bradley, Stephen Curry, Steve Kerr, Steve Nash
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Sep 21, 2012 / 1:30 am
By Dime Magazine
The signs have been promising, but you never want to get your hopes up after ligament tears in a knee. Still, we’d seen Ricky Rubio‘s road to recovery and then him shooting a little (Minnesota die-hards will cling to anything that projects hope with Rubio, and that late-night show’s skit qualifies). To complete the hope triangle, let’s add in a third reason to believe Read More »
Tags: Andrew Bogut, Channing Frye, JaVale McGee, joakim noah, Jordan Brand, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Keyon Dooling, LeBron X, Luke Ridnour, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Omer Asik, Steph Curry, Terrence Williams
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By Andrew Greif
The last NBA Rookie of the Year to make the playoffs in the same season was Amar’e Stoudemire in 2002-03. This is a boring, unremarkable fact. Derrick Rose was next to do it in 2009, but his game won’t be remembered that he took part so much as who he took apart — the defending champion Boston Celtics at home. He dropped an eye-popping 36 points (tying a debut record) and 11 assists on the second-seeded Celtics on the road. Chicago walked away the 105-103 winner. It may be subjective, but doesn’t thinking that it could be a very long time before anyone comes close to Rose’s feat feel like bedrock truth? Caught in summer doldrums thinking about some of the best, recent performances and the chances they’ll be replicated bring me to the rookie’s performance, which was the start to the most entertaining first-round series I’ve ever watched. Read More »
Tags: derrick rose, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, we reminisce, Wilt Chamberlain
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Sep 3, 2012 / 10:28 pm
By Dime Magazine
This weekend on Twitter, Dwight Howard told his followers he planned to take over Andrew Bynum‘s spot in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s Post Science 101 class as soon as doctors cleared him to resume basketball activity. Kareem says that’s cool… once he meets Howard. Yep, Dwight is taking up residence as a Laker pretty quickly, making plans with Abdul-Jabbar without even actually meeting him (UPDATE: The two were able to finally sit down this weekend and discuss working together. Howard tweeted a picture of the two of them with the words: “…For many years to come.” *Cuts to Laker fans fist pumping and screaming*). If they are ever able to get in the gym at the same time – and Kareem says he’d love to teach Howard – we’ll be curious to see how they work together. Howard improved a little bit under the tutelage of Hakeem Olajuwon. Hopefully, Kareem can further the process … Read More »
Tags: boston celtics, Damon Jones, dwight howard, gilbert arenas, Green Bay Packers, Jacque Vaughn, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, los angeles lakers, Mickael Pietrus, new orleans hornets, Orlando Magic, Rajon Rondo, xavier henry
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Aug 31, 2012 / 1:00 am
By Dime Magazine
The Lakers confirmed Thursday what we knew for a while, that they’re building the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar statue. After publicly testifying how upset he was last year that he didn’t have his honor, he must be smug knowing on the same day the Lakers announced the move, he had a little bit of his spotlight stolen. The team’s also going to retire the jerseys of Shaq (No. 34) and Jamaal Wilkes (No. 52) on Nov. 16, the same day his bronzed likeness is unveiled. Read More »
Tags: C.J. Miles, C.J. Watson, Cole Aldrich, Jamaal Wilkes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kris Humphries, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Luol Deng, Martell Webster, Nick Collison, Reggie Miller, Serge Ibaka, Shaquille O'Neal, Spike Lee, Thabo Sefolosha
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