Abdul-Jabbar and the last barrier against pain. His father, Ferdinand Sr, had served as a police lieutenant in New York.
A severe and bulky guy, nicknamed in the body as Big Al, who would transmit his overflowing passion for jazz. The most illustrious in the history of basketball. Kareem's glasses - which would serve as an example to Moses Malone, James Worthy, Hakeem Olajuwon and Horace Grant - were, in addition to being an icon, the only dam against pain."