(PROCESS)[KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR]

He and my dad were friendly, and one time, when my dad, who was playing for the San Diego Clippers, finished a game, he passed me over to Kareem. And, for whatever reason, Kareem says he remembers holding me high up over his head and playing with me. I don’t remember that, but I do remember writing a book report on him in seventh grade. In researching that paper, I learned everything about him, from his days at Power Memorial to UCLA, Milwaukee, and L.A. He had a really interesting story.

At another point in time, I watched a tape he had put out, about playing in the post, and used some of the drills that I learned from it. So when he joined our staff, I talked to him a lot about historical happenings. We talked about playing with Oscar, fighting against those Celtics teams, plays that they ran in L.A. under Pat Riley. We talked a lot.