Grown Talk: Should Black Men show each other more respect/brotherhood?
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar And Shaq End 30-Year Beef
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal share kind words after ending 30-year beef after watching LeBron James break Kareem's NBA scoring record.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar And Shaq End 30-Year Beef
"I will never ever have beef with the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar," expressed Big Diesel.
BY PREEZY BROWN
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L) and Shaquille O'Neal attend the AT&T Slam Dunk during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal have ended their longstanding beef, with both NBA icons mending their differences after witnessing LeBron James break Kareem’s All-Time NBA regular season scoring record. On Tuesday evening (Feb. 7), Abdul-Jabbar joined NBA on TNT, during which the 75-year-old apologized for his seeming indifference toward Shaq over the years.
“Hey, and I wanna tell Shaq I asked for you specifically this evening, because you felt like I was shaming you, or ignoring you,” Abdul-Jabbar, who won five titles with the Lakers, said during the live telecast. “That would never be the case — and you showed them what you were all about the way you crushed all those centers in the league for a couple of years there. So, I’m on your side Shaq. Don’t ever let anybody tell you anything different.” O’Neal, who was in-studio with his fellow NBA on TNT analysts, responded by noting the motivation the former Lakers great’s lack of acknowledgment gave him during his own time in the league.
“Listen, you not speaking to me was the best thing to happen to my career,” the 50-year-old told the six-time NBA champion. “Because all I wanted to do was impress you. So I will talk to you soon, and I love you very much. I will never ever have beef with the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You ain’t got to worry about that.” Kareem echoed The Big Diesel’s sentiments, adding “That’s back at you. I love you too and I want you guys to keep impressing the whole world with our game. It’s a wonderful game.”'
The moment marked the end of nearly three decades of the dominant big men not being on one accord. In 1993, when Shaq appeared in a Reebok commercial alongside the likes of Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Abdul-Jabbar, the UCLA graduate shunned a young O’Neal and left the set without speaking to him. When Shaq joined the Lakers in 1996, Abdul-Jabbar did not personally reach out to him and the two were never able to foster a relationship with one another, which the four-time NBA champ has addressed on past occasions.
Los Angeles Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O’Neal share a laugh with Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor during the unveiling ceremony for a bronze statue to honor Baylor in Star Plaza at Staples Center on April 6, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
Abdul-Jabbar attended Tuesday night’s Los Angeles Lakers versus Oklahoma City Thunder game at the Crpyto.com Arena in anticipation of James surpassing his all-time regular scoring record, which he’s held since retiring with 38,387 points in 1989. James, who was 36 points shy of breaking the record prior to the matchup, surpassed Kareem on a fadeaway jumper with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter. LeBron would finish the game with 38 points, with the new all-time scoring record at 38,390 points and counting. However, the Lakers lost the game 133-130, bringing their record to 25-30 for the season.
We gotta be able to check and protect our brothers...
From themselves
His face lite up when Don said NdT was there. I like seeing that from kids. I'm glad the parents are allowing him to pick what career he wants to do. Too many times when parents have a really bright kid they try to force them in a career they don't want to do.
Like,I said in another thread last year;a true friend is someone that can check you without you feeling some type of way and vice versa. Too many times,when someone tries to check a friend or someone tries to check you people get in their feelings and it ends up ruining a great friendship or someone gets killed..
Of course,it has to in a respectful manner too.
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