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A Banner Day for Lakers: Kareem Takes His Post, 1975

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A Banner Day for Lakers: Kareem Takes His Post, 1975

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May 2, 2022
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A Banner Day for Lakers: Kareem Takes His Post, 1975

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[This is a long article, so I’ll keep this brief. Brief enough to write that this article from the Los Angeles Times is one of my favorites from the 1970s. The reason: reporter Thomas Bonk took a seminal moment in NBA history and had the investigative wherewithal to fill in most of the blanks on the 1975 trade of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Laker. Bonk d…

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