Kareem Abdul Jabbar Talks About The Kandi Man
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:02 pm
by mattfish
When I coached for the Clippers, I had to deal with Michael Olowokandi, a player who perfectly fit the description "talented but uncoachable." At practice, I would attempt to point out Mr. Olowokandi's faults to him, ones he constantly repeated and resulted in lost possessions for the team or personal fouls that sent him to the bench. His reaction to my attempts to correct his bad habits was to take my input as a personal insult and embarrassment.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-is-still-angry-at-Michael-Ol?urn=nba-wp6868
Re: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Talks About The Kandi Man
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:19 pm
by RiversideClips
Good for Kareem. I dislike Kareem b/c of the Laker ties however; he really is a great Big Man coach. Can you imagine what he could do w/ DeAndre Jordan or Javelle McGee?
Re: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Talks About The Kandi Man
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:54 am
by mkwest
I heard him compare Bynum and Olowokandi before and he basically said that their willingness to learn was night and day. It would be great if DJ could work out with him. It doesn't matter if it was a personal mentorship or if he was an assistant. Howard supposedly wants to work with Olajuwon again. I haven't heard anything on the DJ front in working with the Dream yet. I'm hoping that still happens.