Kareem Moves to New York

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">A basketball legend has come home.
NBA Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar moved into a Harlem brownstone yesterday, prompting double-takes from his new neighbors as they caught a glimpse of the 7-foot-2 retired superstar.

"That's Kareem! That's Kareem," onlookers said as the National Basketball Association's all-time leading scorer went back and forth from his new five-story digs to the moving trucks parked outside.

Abdul-Jabbar, 59, who was born Lew Alcindor and grew up in Inwood, helped carry the Los Angeles Lakers to five NBA titles in the 1980s.

He has moved back to New York from California, where he had been an assistant coach with the Lakers last year.

Although the movers carrying hundreds of boxes into the brownstone would not divulge Abdul-Jabbar's identity to curious passersby, the legend's name didn't stay secret for long, especially when the six-time NBA MVP went for a stroll to a local store.

A motorcyclist almost fell off his bike when he realized he had spotted Jabbar. "There's Kareem," he told his passenger as he rode by slowly.

Abdul-Jabbar is settling into a high-ceilinged five-story brownstone on a tree-lined street. He brought a baby grand piano and boxes of books with him, sources said.

Abdul-Jabbar was a high school star who led the now-defunct Power Memorial Academy to three straight New York City Catholic championships and then picked up three NCAA titles at UCLA.

Although he led the Oklahoma Storm to the 2002 United States Basketball League title, he did not get the head coaching job at Columbia University later that year. Since then he has worked for several NBA teams, including as a scout for the Knicks in 2005.

"Wow, I can't believe it," one Harlem woman said as she peered into the legend's new home. "Kareem AbdulJabbar is my neighbor."

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So I guess this means he won't be tutoring Bynum any more?

 

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