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Published · transcript-backedKareem Abdul-Jabbar: belief
2 Feb 2016 Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
“Oh, I think Michael Jackson certainly deserves all the credit he got. He was an incredible performer.”
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- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- 2 Feb 2016
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…Michael Jackson, not the man, but the music. Oh, I think Michael Jackson certainly deserves all the credit he got. He was an incredible performer. I knew Michael, not very well, but I knew Michael. On Sundays, a good friend of mine would take them to do normal things. Their dad was this typical stage dad from hell who just wanted them to work and make all this money, but my friend just was very intense that they get to do some normal things. On Sundays — this was while I was going to UCLA — he would take them to a gym, and we’d play basketball, and then he’d treat me to brunch. So it was a good deal for me, and I got to know the Jacksons. Great kids. It’s really tragic about Michael, but he certainly deserved all the credit he got. We know how close you were with Bruce Lee, but what about Jackie Chan?…
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