Kareem is the epitome of the soft spoken giant. He has always been an eloquent man, articulate in all matters. He is a renowned author, and historian with a mind that plays jazz. There are few men who can capture my imagination like Kareem…. and he could play hoops too.
I will never ever get tired of watching the movie Airplane, and seeing his part in it still brings a big smile and I laugh all of these years later. I'm not a big sports fan but I certainly always knew who he was but when I think of him now I think of him in Airplane as opposed to a former basketball player.
He won one NBA title without Magic and shot 46% against Wilt in 28 games. Wilt was old but still shot 58% against Kareem and averaged around 19 rebounds a game. Against the great Willis Reed Kareem won 6 and Reed won 15 despite only playing 99 games his last three years due to a bad knee. The Bucks won 304 to the Knicks 266 and yet Reed dominated Jabbar.
Okay, what’s yo point? Kareem still has 3 ncaa titles, is considered to be the best college player!!magic has no titles without Kareem (cap)!! Mj didn’t win a nba championship until his 7th year in the league and didn’t win any without pippen!!🤷🏾♂️you have no points at all!!!
@@Blackman19498 Nice try, Jabbar won one title getting lucky in 1971 that Willis Reed was injured in round 1 against the Hawks playing with a torn shoulder muscle that destroyed his ability to shoot and the Knicks lost for the only time in 6 attempts to the Bullets 93-91 in game 7. To try to spin Jabbar was the reason Magic won is ridiculous! Who played Center and scored 42 points with Jabbar out to win the NBA title when he was a rookie? Oh Magic Johnson and at the end Jabbar was a 25 minute grabbing 4 rebounds riding Magic's coattails. More fake news trying to spin Jabbar and Magic. What are you a CNN or MSDNC guy?
In the history of movies, maybe Tom Selleck would've been better than Harrison Ford as Indy. Maybe the late Brandon Lee would've been better than Keanu as Neo. But literally no one would've been better than Kareem in that role. Pete Rose, Wilt Chamberlain, O.J., Ali, I'm not saying they all would've been bad, but that's more likely than them being good.
Love listening to kareem talk. His intellect is off the charts.
14:25 for those interested in him talking about the movie Airplane!
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Kareem is the epitome of the soft spoken giant. He has always been an eloquent man, articulate in all matters. He is a renowned author, and historian with a mind that plays jazz. There are few men who can capture my imagination like Kareem…. and he could play hoops too.
Kareem is a national treasure. He is clearly ahead of this time.
You said in two words what took me a paragraph… a National Treasure.
Athlete, scholar, author and statesman.
Also a thespian.
And copilot
In my opinion, he's the greatest basketball player this country has ever produced.
As a 76ers Fan Since The 90's I Agree!
As a lifelong Bostonian who hated him in the '80s - I agree.
@Michael Murphy Wow and He Was One Hell of a Center!
*any country
As a Basketball fan from Türkiye, I agree.
Great piece of Rich Eisen work as usual....the Kareem.... only one on this planet.
12:12 "I don't have 12 fingers" -- fantastic line!
I will never ever get tired of watching the movie Airplane, and seeing his part in it still brings a big smile and I laugh all of these years later. I'm not a big sports fan but I certainly always knew who he was but when I think of him now I think of him in Airplane as opposed to a former basketball player.
Such an amazing man and athlete.
I will always love this man
.. for he is the GOAT!!!
Here after watching Winning Time.
The airplane convo and “i don’t have 12 fingers”>>
Magic said Kareem was the most intelligent person he met... I can see why, classy articulate, great man, great player
12:02 What a Legend!!! hahahaha
First time i saw Kareem was against artis gilmore, saw him do a skyhook and just fell in love with the shoot. Became a Laker fan because of him
He looks well at 70. Interstingly enough, I have never seen him as loose as he is in this interview.
Anytime anyone credible interviews this man, I want in on it...
Btw airplane his role is CLASSIC
Sorry, you have one of the smartest minds of our USA times
(including Present sociologists of our time)
you are also the Goat!
Great mind best scores!
This man is THE G.O.A.T. no doubt.
The GOAT.
He won one NBA title without Magic and shot 46% against Wilt in 28 games. Wilt was old but still shot 58% against Kareem and averaged around 19 rebounds a game. Against the great Willis Reed Kareem won 6 and Reed won 15 despite only playing 99 games his last three years due to a bad knee. The Bucks won 304 to the Knicks 266 and yet Reed dominated Jabbar.
Okay, what’s yo point? Kareem still has 3 ncaa titles, is considered to be the best college player!!magic has no titles without Kareem (cap)!! Mj didn’t win a nba championship until his 7th year in the league and didn’t win any without pippen!!🤷🏾♂️you have no points at all!!!
@@Blackman19498 Nice try, Jabbar won one title getting lucky in 1971 that Willis Reed was injured in round 1 against the Hawks playing with a torn shoulder muscle that destroyed his ability to shoot and the Knicks lost for the only time in 6 attempts to the Bullets 93-91 in game 7.
To try to spin Jabbar was the reason Magic won is ridiculous! Who played Center and scored 42 points with Jabbar out to win the NBA title when he was a rookie?
Oh Magic Johnson and at the end Jabbar was a 25 minute grabbing 4 rebounds riding Magic's coattails. More fake news trying to spin Jabbar and Magic. What are you a CNN or MSDNC guy?
In the history of movies, maybe Tom Selleck would've been better than Harrison Ford as Indy. Maybe the late Brandon Lee would've been better than Keanu as Neo. But literally no one would've been better than Kareem in that role. Pete Rose, Wilt Chamberlain, O.J., Ali, I'm not saying they all would've been bad, but that's more likely than them being good.
Cassie Russel went to Michigan not Michigan state.
Get the wax out of your ears
Man getting to be friends with Bruce Lee and babysat brandon. awesome