Word: jabbar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...athletes reinvent their sport. They reveal that the game can be played in a way that no one before had imagined. In basketball, Bill Russell showed that great defense spelled even better offense. Elgin Baylor showed that basketball was played in the air, not on the ground. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed that a seven-footer could be as graceful and mobile as players a foot shorter. Jordan combined all the exemplary skills of the greats who preceded him in one leaping, gyrating package. Sometimes it seemed as though he did everything better than anyone else had ever done...
...secret to a best seller is getting just the right person as co-writer. Presidential-campaign strategists James Carville and Mary Matalin just snagged writer Peter Knobler (who's worked with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to help them craft their political chronicle. Other possible subject-writer pairings and the books that might result...
...aforementioned five will be joined by forwards Fred Scott, Jabbar Abdi and Annikar Chhabra, as well as guards Tarik Campbell, Jared Leake, James White and Matt McClain...
Sophomore Jabbar Abdi had his finest game of the year, coming off the bench to shut down Big Green star center Michael Lombard...
...thought that Jabbar did a real good job off the bench defensively," Sullivan said...