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Published · transcript-backedMentions personal use of Sherlock Holmes.
2 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
“I read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories when I was a rookie.”
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- 2 Feb 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…You’ve said in your other interviews that actually you applied the methods of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes to basketball — studying your opponents, seeing things which they didn’t, understanding their weak points, understanding how you could take advantage of them. This Sherlock Holmes metaphor, you’ve carried that with you really since high school or maybe longer. Is that correct? I read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories when I was a rookie. Rookie in the NBA?…
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