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...seeking to maximize their marketability. We really need not look beyond Shaquille O'Neal. Here is a larger-than-life figure that has moved beyond the basketball court into acting and rapping and without being able to shoot free-throws or win a championship or MVP. I mean, when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was starring in "Airplane!", he had some success under his belt...
...Massachusetts during the 1980's. Maybe my thinking is flawed. But I remember the days when players felt allegiance to their team. Larry, Kevin, D.J., Danny and the Chief were in the Celts starting lineup forever, or so it seemed. The same with Magic, Byron, Coop, Worthy and Kareem. Other teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers had consistency in their lineups as well. It wasn't about the money, it was about winning. It may be a myth, but I remember a story of Larry Bird walking into contract negotiations with Red Auerbach...
...attention of this tulmultuous off-season has been on the Lakers run at Shaq. Los Angeles has made no secret of their desire to bring the 24-year-old superstar to the west coast, unloading players to clear room under the salary cap. O'Neal follows Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as great centers who came to the Lakers in the middle of their careers. Ironically, O'Neal and his Orlando teammate Anfernee Hardaway were often compared with Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, as the next great center-point guard combination in the NBA. But now that O'Neal...
Adams House resident Kitt Hirasaki '96 was named second Harvard marshall, Paul Cabana '96 of Currier House third marshall and Kareem Galib '96 of Mather House fourth marshall...
...Kareem Ghalib...