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I feel like I'm so used to famous people and athletes opening their mouth and saying something insane, that I was pretty surprised that this was well written an

by tayo42 4y ago

I feel like I'm so used to famous people and athletes opening their mouth and saying something insane, that I was pretty surprised that this was well written and pretty well grounded.

Rebelgecko 4y ago
In general I have a rule of "ignore the opinions of professional athletes when they're talking about things other than sports". Kareem might be the only exception I've found so far.
- jackmott42 4y ago
  There is a more general rule which is "ignore the opinions of people who are outside of their domains of expertise. even very smart people". This applies to physicists, maybe especially so! Many pro athletes have more than one domain of expertise, but not all. It takes a lot of time being the pro athlete!
basch 4y ago
Click on his substack, he writes about a lot more than basketball. He has a wise elder statesman vibe. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/kareem-abdul-jabbar-jeopardy-host-matters-1235002645/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/kareem-abdu...
- justin66 4y ago
  He writes fiction as well, he cowrote some novels and comics based on the Mycroft Holmes character.