There are many oft-told tales about the Nets history of incompetence and bad luck. Every team has some of that, of course, but on Tuesday, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retells a story of how he almost became a New York Net out of UCLA.
Must you, Kareem?
In his latest offering on substack, the Hall of Famer and six-time NBA champion wrote about his relationship with Wilt Chamberlain in the context of how the Lakers historic 33-game winning streak came to an end 50 years ago this week. The two seven-footers dominated two different NBA eras but their careers did overlap and they competed against one another.