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Lew Alcyndor baby!

When is the great Jabbar going to be given a chance to be a coach? He is such a great teacher, scholar, and athlete that I am beyond shocked that a man, a player and a bad ass like Kareem is not given a chance to coach, eventhough, he has expressed his desire to do so. The NBA is soo full of crap. It gives chances to duds, but yet refuses to call on the great Kareem for fear of him being so outspoken. Kareem was my Miles Davis. That sky hook was a thing of beauty.

Posted by SeMe | March 12, 2007 5:52 PM
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STOP. IT.
Put some photos of Gus Williams, Jack Sickma, Down Town Freddy Brown, DJ, etc up there. Kareem was known for Showtime anyway.

lame.

Posted by StrangerDanger | March 12, 2007 6:01 PM
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The only thing about my life that might possibly make Josh jealous is this: I saw Alcindor play, when the Bucks visited the Supersonics sometime in 1970.

Posted by Fnarf | March 12, 2007 6:06 PM
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josh, have you been to milwaukee? it is not "hip."

i love milwaukee but for reasons that are in complete opposition of your weird assertation that milwaukee is where it is at.

yeah, they spend some money on the arts. great. the museum is cool. but, lemme tell you, it is not hipster hoedown over there.

as i discovered while working for a little ol' business called the miller brewing company, milwaukee is a blue collar town, through and through. it is loaded with old timey bars and german restaurants and worn down neighborhoods. all of these things are delightful. they are not "hip."

people still smoke in their offices, it is hard to find good sushi, and i would argue that the city's most famous resident is jeffrey dahmer.

and dig, if you will, these stats, courtesy of the university of wisconsin center for economic development:

-In 2003, among the nation's 50 largest cities, Milwaukee had the 44th highest unemployment rate.

- Since 1990, Milwaukee has lost 21 percent of its manufacturing jobs and overall job growth has been anemic compared to other cities.

- Major public investments in tourism and entertainment facilities, such as the Midwest Airlines convention center and Miller Park, have failed to produce the job boom - in either tourism-related employment or "spin off" jobs - forecast by promoters.

- In Milwaukee's inner city, joblessness is endemic. 56.4 percent of working age males in the city's "Enterprise Community" - census tracts designated as the "inner city" by City Hall-were either unemployed or not in the labor force.

Posted by kerri harrop | March 12, 2007 6:08 PM
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Wow. All it takes is "good sushi" to make a town hip? I'll bet the chamber of commerce would thrown down coin for a tip like that.

Posted by I. Roll | March 12, 2007 6:13 PM
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No, no, no, no. Kareem is/was not hip. The goggles, the gangly elbows, the skyhook ? Even though he did perfect it, that shot is still a middle-age guy at the rec center move. Great player, not hip.

If you want hip Bucks, you've choices are pretty much limited to Oscar Robinson and Jesus Shuttlesworth.

The 78-79 Sonics were one of the hippest in a league full of hip in the 70s. And did you see Spencer Haywood at his jersey retirement ceremony? Cool. When it comes to bball, Seattle is cooler.

Posted by buffalo | March 12, 2007 6:21 PM
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FNARF @ 3,

Truly jealous.

Posted by Josh Feit | March 12, 2007 7:40 PM
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Kerri, Milwaukee sounds like Seattle back in the "good old days", when big apartments on Capitol Hill were $150/month, Broadway was the "restaurant and furniture district", there was a huge St. Vinnies on the shores of Lake Union, and the Rainier flowed freely.

Good times....

Posted by catalina vel-duray | March 12, 2007 8:33 PM
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Speaking of basketball, where is the Official Slog NCAA Tourney Pool? The more brackets I fill out in March, the happier I am.

Posted by buffalo | March 12, 2007 8:58 PM
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SeMe: Not only a scholar, but a philosopher.

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Posted by BrainyQuote | March 12, 2007 9:12 PM
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Downtown Freddie Brown and John Johnson were both from Milwaukee.

Posted by ivan | March 12, 2007 10:21 PM
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Kareem was from NYC, played for the Bucks.

We all know that the coolest city in North America is Philly, the rest is conversation.

Milwaukee can not be considered cool cuz this very uncool guy "was" from there:

William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court chief justice

Posted by SeMe | March 12, 2007 10:35 PM
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I remember that St. Vinnies. I remember when you could look in the windows of the power plant (now Zymogenetics) and see the huge turbines. I love me some huge turbines.

Posted by Fnarf | March 12, 2007 10:36 PM
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I think Josh is being sarcastic about Milwaukee...they aren't actually hip but apparently they are hipper than Seattle for knowing what to do about a huge highway. I read an article by the mayor mentioned by Josh about the topic and it should pretty much be plastered on the walls of the Governor and the Mayor's offices.

Posted by Ryan | March 12, 2007 10:59 PM
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Kareem was frightenly cool.

The flick of the wrist on that hook shot. Sweet.

Posted by homage to me | March 12, 2007 11:36 PM
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UCLA, bitches!

Posted by DOUG. | March 13, 2007 9:41 AM
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