Kareem Abdul Jabber surprised several fans with a performance in Jackie Robinson’s Day tribute at Dodger Stadium in a wheelchair.
The NBA’s second all-time best scorer has arrived at a statue celebrating Robinson being pushed into a blue wheelchair before taking a photo.
A blonde woman in a beige coat rushed over and stabilized as the 78-year-old got out of her chair.
The Lakers legend successfully had hip surgery just 15 months before he fell to the concert.
“One of the goats… I hate seeing his big blowjob playing in his 40s vulnerable.” One fan commented.
“Poor Kareem. Men are such a legend.” Another wrote it with a crying emoji.
Standing 7 feet 2, Abdul Jabber attended UCLA 25 years after Robinson did so, and the two were involved before Robinson passed away in 1972.
“People who were interested in that knew that a key aspect of segregation had just been eliminated. MLB.com. “My mother didn’t know much about the game. But for all the attention Jackie got, I started listening to the game on the radio when I was two years old. And it was very important to me that Jackie’s team won.”
Abdul Jabber recounted the story of Robinson’s refusing to move behind the bus during his military days, which led to his final acquittal.
After leaving the army, Lakers legend said that Robinson “began preparing to do what he had to do for kids like me.”
Growing up as a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in New York, Abdul Jabber made his professional basketball debut in 1969 and was a member of the Milwaukee Bucks before forcing the Lakers to trade in 1975.
In his post-NBA career, Abdul Jabber spent time in the arts, Write on subsackHe also works as a columnist for the Hollywood Reporter.
