Two things make today’s post incredibly relevant:
1. Tonight is Game 7 of the NBA finals. A. I know this, which is big in and of itself. B. I know that the San Antonio Spurs and their “Flying Frenchman” Tony Parker are playing the Miami Heat and their maybe-greatest-player-of-all-time LeBron James (huge of me!). I also know that some guy named Duncan was supposed to have a big game but hasn’t yet, some guy named Bosch (sp?) is potentially an alien, and the team from Miami has a player named Dwayne Wayne (what am I, some kind of ESPN person?!). Also the coach from Texas is hysterical and the coach from Miami looks like he’s 15 (that’s just simple observation, but still). That’s the gist of everything, right?
Back to Kareem Abdul Jabbar who is also a famous basketball player – relevancy connection #1.
2. Kareem Abdul Jabbar palmed my mother’s her belly when I was in her womb. That is a cold, hard fact.
My mom was teaching at a fancy, L.A. private school. KAJ’s child attended that school. KAJ came across my mom at that school when she was very pregnant with me and held onto her belly as if it were a basketball. I’m told it was very easy for him because he had, “hands bigger than [my mom’s] face.”
Now, prepare for your mind to be blown.
This palming occurred just before I was born, almost exactly 30 years ago. Just yesterday Kareem Abdul Jabbar just revealed the 20 Things He Wish He’d Know When He Was 30, ergo KAJ is speaking directly to me with this advice. It’s clear as day.
And so, I’d like to re-gift you the advice that one of the greatest basketball players of our time (wait, is that what you said R?) has give me on the almost eave of my 30th birthday. He also conveniently published it in Esquire magazine and posted in on the Huffington Post…
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Along a similar vein, buzzfeed posted this article today – http://www.buzzfeed.com/moerder/19-successful-people-who-had-a-rough-time-in-their-20s
You don’t need to have all the answers in your twenties, as long as you learn from your experiences!
As a person living near Miami who dislikes basketball, I feel qualified to chime in almost 3 months later:
1. Bosh. While I can see his similarities to an alien, he actually exactly resembles a velociraptor. This is made better by the fact that his previous team is the Toronto Raptors.
2. Dwyane Wade. Good dude. From Chicago. Big on charity. Well spoken and educated. Is either dating or engaged to Gabrielle Union, who is gorgeous.
3. Miami’s coach (Erik Spolestra) does look like a child. More specifically, a child-like version of Enrique Iglesias. I call him Coach Enrique… you know, whenever I refer to that sport with hoops and a ball…