Word: kareem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what? Has the Chicago Bulls' star been traded to the host New York Knickerbockers? Nice dream, if you're a New Yorker; nightmare, if a Chicagoan. Is he retiring and, like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, making his farewell appearances? Maybe he'll hang up the Air Jordans in a decade or two, but certainly not now. So what's all the fuss about? Simply that this is the first time during the 1988-89 season that the world's most exciting basketball player is visiting New York. A JORDAN FOR PRESIDENT sign even appears in the stands, a semiserious calling...
McHale is the most marketable Celtic player. Okay, he's in his early 30s, but big men have a longer NBA life expectancy. (Just look at Kareem Abdul Jabar...
...trademarks of their style has been to use celebrities that the public is already familiar with in a completely different context. Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the best example from Airplane!. Naked Gun features cameos from "Weird Al" Yankovic, the late John Houseman and others. Working with Priscilla Presley, Zucker told the audience at a recent preview, was great. "She was sweet...the only problems were when Elvis visited...
Fact number three: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will retire...
...Magic is 29 years old. Before too long, people will have to call him Earvin again. Kareem is 120 and his skyhook is even older...