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Ex-NBA coach once revealed why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn’t deserve a Julius Erving-like send-off
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Yahoo Sports reports that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was selected as an NBA All-Star in 1989 for what it describes as "sentimental reasons," and that one NBA coach objected to the selection at the time. According to the headline, the former coach explained why Abdul-Jabbar did not deserve a send-off like the one Julius Erving received. The piece notes that before Michael Jordan and LeBron James, Abdul-Jabbar was widely considered the greatest player in NBA history.
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Ex-NBA coach once revealed why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar didn’t deserve a Julius Erving-like send-off
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was selected as an All-Star in 1989 for ‘sentimental reasons’ but one NBA coach had a problem with it back then. Before Michael Jordan and LeBron James came along, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was widely considered the greatest player in NBA history by many.
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