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Abdul-Jabbar finally regrets referring to Nowitzki as a “one-trick pony”

DALLAS – It took over a year and apparently a lot of soul-searching. But superstar center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has finally regretted calling Dallas Mavericks superstar forward Dirk Nowitzki as a "one-trick pony."

Abdul-Jabbar made the controversy comment about Nowitzki during a February 2016 interview at George Mason University. But on ESPN’s The Jump on Wednesday, Abdul-Jabbar decided to set the record straight through host Rachel Nichols.

"I want to make a shout-out to Dirk," Abdul-Jabbar told Nichols. "Some of the statements I made about him were misconstrued to make it seem like I was trying to knock him and knock his career.