Word: dunker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kevin Collins. Fr. Potential varsity material. Excellent athlete. Freshman football player. Team's high scorer and "designated dunker...
Abdul-Jabbar is more of an aesthete, a sky-hooker, not a slam-dunker, devastatingly shy. He has never been able to hide the shame of his height. Fourteen years ago, Abdul-Jabbar (né Lew Alcindor, U.C.L.A. '69) told Teammate Jon McGlocklin that he intended to play no more than five seasons of pro ball. Recently he ran into McGlocklin, who reminded him of this. It started Kareem reflecting on this job that he has only lately considered a profession. "It's getting to be scary," he says, "all the teammates and opponents who have come...