Norm Nixon & Kareem Abdul Jabbar Tell SHOWTIME LAKERS Stories 👀

[@mytowntrill5441]

Where has this channel been? I just found it and just subscribed.

[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

Thank you!

[@edkiely2712]

Good stuff! Grew up in So Cal and moved up to Salt Lake City in 1980, but stayed a Laker fan the whole time. Jazz fans hated me! Makes me so nostalgic! Thanks for this my friend!

[@UJPratt]

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[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

Still hanging out? Some good rarities posted this week.

[@FibaFanatic]

Kareem would do better as the co-host. Someone needs to be moderating the discussion and keeping it moving like an EJ type. No offense to Kareem, but he's more of the "introverted" type.

[@josephhinkle3454]

Wow. For someone who was a kid in the 1970's, this is gold. Pure gold. Norm Nixon was a great player. I never thought the Lakers were better without Norm Nixon.

[@patguitare]

1985 NBA Championship in the Boston Garden was the greatest achievement for The Lakers back then. A remarkable triumph...

[@infiniteuniverse9528]

Jamaal Wilkes (20 ft layup) did have the best hands in the league. I can remember Magic throwing a back cut to Wilkes under the hoop at a million miles/hr and Silk somehow always snatched the rock with 2 hands and finish. Those 2 had a unique unspoken chemistry. Stormin' Norman, Kareem, Magic and crew were not only the best fast break team ever, but they were the best half court offense of their time as well. These are my OG's.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

Legends reminiscing about legendary times and people. Great stories all around.

[@willieduffie4967]

It was great hearing from these great dudes .

[@notoriouslystupid2770]

I love that he still calls Kareem Cap. Its a time machine lol.

[@Kbear9762]

Love listening to these LA Icons and their stories. I could listen to them all day.

[@tomswill9189]

Facts

[@homoerectus744]

Lakers had 2 former president on their team...Nixon & Ford.

[@phillyrich3249]

As a Philadelphia 76ers fan I absolutely love this. As an old-school fan of the NBA I have so much respect for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar career and life outside the game. Had a chance to sit with Norm Nixon and his whole family and Denzel Washington at a Laker game and got to talk with Norm for a long time during the Lakers Denver nuggets game awesome dude

[@jorgeB21LA.]

Lucky and Kareem is all legend in basketball and helping His ppl

[@gbIce44]

Norm was a killer. Extremely quick. Nice jumper. Led that Lakers fastbreak until Magic took over.

[@kmorr212]

God bless these two because they are actually giving flowers to their own era AND the eras after them.

[@royhurst1004]

This is truly one of the best sports conversations I've had the pleasure of listening to. Thank you.

[@tommyjohnson3294]

The Laker team with Bob McAdoo was extraordinary!

[@jonhrambro8241]

he was even better when he played for the buffalo braves in the mid seventies

[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

I N C R E D I B L E

[@johnnysengbusch9475]

Kareem is a super intelligent man and very interesting perfect podcast material

[@chikkipop]

He's reasonably intelligent - especially for an athlete - but it still amazes me that he believes an absurd religious story.

[@seanswinton6242]

Totally agree! I've said that for years. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an intellectual who happened to happened to play NBA basketball for a living for awhile and became one of its legends in the process!

[@seanswinton6242]

@@chikkipop Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a genius I.Q. that's not reasonable!

[@NSmith-hh1ys]

@@chikkipop that's a a low blow and completely uncalled for. Bro you really should be ashamed. It's not that simple.

[@chikkipop]

@@NSmith-hh1ys Please explain why it's a "low blow". Why should anyone believe absurd stories?

[@udiggit13]

THIS is a basketball junkies dream. Great podcast.

[@sugaball1]

I told this story on afew occasions “that Norm was the first NBA player” that I rooted for. He was quick & I LOVED that sweet jumper, and after he got traded to San Diego , it was at that point I started rooting for the Clippers and not the Lakers “even until today” now let me make this clear, I LOVED Kareem, Magic & Worthy

[@mr.miamibeach4363]

Thank you Kareem for bringing back the memories and the little nuances that us die hard Laker fans want to hear thank you sir GOOD TO SEE YOU SMILE, 😁

[@orthotech9758]

As much as I like Winning Time, I enjoy hearing the real stories by the people that actually lived it. Also I love that they gave props to those before them, those that played during their time, and those playing now.

[@MrOctober44]

I'm a Nets fan and I find this utterly fascinating. Kareem is a legend and Norm was a really good, underrated player

[@patguitare]

Thank you, Cap and Norm, for your insights. No one can tell the real stories better than those that were there in the middle of everything.

[@kevinwilkins9627]

Kareem Abdul Jabbar my favorite player of all time

[@eckhardtsaid6697]

The first thing I’ve notice is the respect Mr. Nixon has for Mr. Abdul Jabar. He calls him Captain every time he addresses him. That’s love

[@braxtonthomas6194]

I grew up in Detroit. Saw many games at Cobo including The Great KAREEM'S last game as a Buck. I think his last game as a Buck was in Detroit. I remember him walking through Cobo Hall to the Ponchitrain Hotel after the game. I tried to catch up but his legs were too long and he was GONE!!!!

[@kdrickSportzHustLE]

Great episode! I grew up a 76ers fan in the mid 70’s with Doc and the crew and then became an MJ fan. I will say Kareem and those Lakers teams were great! Norm Nixon very underrated! I just stumbled upon this channel and you gained a new subscriber! 👏🏿👏🏿👊🏿

[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

⭐️❤️

[@markcepeda8144]

Always have been a Kareem fan ..norm always cool ..remember the 77 western conference finals Kareem had to take on the eventual champions(blazers) practically speaking by himself ..great win in Boston in '85 (on a. Birthday) great !!!!

[@misterm901]

2 real Kings!!! Not just basketball but also the way they carry and articulate themselves

[@tlt-ell1193]

I love that you guys gabbed about Cazzie Russell for a few moments!! I was an intern with the Columbus Horizon (CBA) when Cazzie was the head coach. He really was a funny, great guy!

[@johnnyguitarwatson5288]

KAREEM =GRACEFUL, FLEXIBILITY, SUPREMELY INTELLIGENT, ELEGANCE, YOGA, STRETCHING, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, HUMILITY, CHAMPION, HUMANITARIAN! ULTIMATE TEAM PLAYER & WINNER!

[@TheRookie738]

I Love Kareem the greatest of all time !

[@MarleneHusband]

That Dave Bing story was priceless.

[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

Here’s more Dave Bing kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH2nfpdufdh6ZrM

[@CSDonohue11]

This was Great. I really enjoyed it. Kareem , We need to get as many Kareem stories We can out of Him before it’s too late. Norm has to have some of the greatest stories as well with the teams & success He was apart of .

[@mrc302]

The Good Old Days! Enjoyed this.👍

[@theonemrham]

Legendary conversation 😎😎😎😎😎

[@michaelrussell4894]

My favorite Norm Nixon move is his turnaround fall away jump-shot on the baseline. He knew how to use his lower body to gain separation and gain lift in one motion that was impossible to defend.

[@noblelife344]

I love hearing yall talk freely. Love this

[@curiouslymavismade]

Love the both of these legends. Wish I was there to hear them speak in person.

[@tlt-ell1193]

Love this, love you guys!! Thanks, Cap, thanks Norm, for sharing these wonderful memories with us!! 💖💖😍😍👏🏻👏🏻

[@CelticsCLNS]

Congrats to Kareem on new podcast!

[@jamesvickers5004]

Norm was in the same stratosphere as Isiah Thomas and Chris Paul, to bad injuries shorten his career

[@TheIcemanthomas]

Nah

[@prof3ssor178]

This is beautiful right here!🙏🏾

[@4TFInfamous]

Kareem was my mom's fav player so I was named after cap so salute to you goat I'm living up to the name 😂✌️💯

[@forensicaccountant259]

25:32 Thanks for shouting us out, Norm! Much of the public is clueless about the role we play in getting money for and taking money FROM people.

[@brianksmith7450]

Thank you Show Time Lakers on of the great’s of all times!

[@RA-zc3ep]

Damn I loved Norm's game. He mentioned Sweet Lou Hudson brings to mind Devin Booker. Devin Booker is Sweet Lou on steroids 😂😂😂. That group of guys,with Kermit and Kareem was super scary. They would kick your arse you gotta outta line. 🤭🤭🤭 Enough can't be said about Spencer Haywood. Sure,he had his problems but truth is he is the reason players can leave college and go pro. This is when guys basketball fundamentals pushed the standard to be what the league is today. People don't understand the Lakers, if you only joined in when Magic came. These guys should say more and do more in terms of speaking of their era. I grew up pushing the ball down court because,of Norm. He was a blur on the break. And can't forget Silk Wilk. People never fully understood Silk's game. He was a master at moving without the ball. It was a fluidity and IQ to Lakers ball that is the foundation that Magic and then Kobe inherited. I remember Cassie Russell too. I attended his highschool in Chicago. He was a legend at Carver.Thanks guys. I grew up on yous.

[@petegobeckli1386]

RA. people always mention MAGICS' coming out 🥳 party in the 1980 finals against DOC & his 6ers. I'm watching 👀 the contest in gm.6 at the SPECTRUM. Maj jumps center, plays all positions. I kept askin myself as the INEVITABLE! unfolded that the Lakers would win the 🏆 trophy: " WHO! tf! Is guarding WILKES"? Silk, who already got uh championship 5 season earlier in 1975 with G.S. was UNCONCIOUS! his fg% was somewhere at the 54%. 10rebounds. 5 of 5 from the stripe & played all but 6minutes.

[@willieduffie4967]

Nice to hear the name of the great Lou Hudson.....nice.

[@MDN891]

Proper conversation between 2 homies, respect.

[@SurfDUI]

Love all the photos intercut through this conversation as well. Very cool.

[@marcyfan]

i enjoyed this show, kareem but would also like to listen to you discussing your favorite jazz records. only so many hours in the day for both of us!

[@vingthor13]

O WOW ! I wish they were doing this since the day they retired....I'd STILL be watch'n em lol....TYVM...this is great ^ ^

[@coachshawnkent397]

Kareem you are the Goat 🐐💯

[@Obiahjones]

It’s hilarious to hear Kareem talk in a positive happy way, he was always sort withdraw over the years, it’s wonder lol

[@vincentbrown1872]

Great stories from the inside and far more real than today's talking heads spinning the same " ying yang ". Kareem totally dispels the media's negative portrayal of his personality and it's nice to know that Norm who was a great pg before Magic started dominating continued to play and win championships. They covered so many players and paid homage to everybody. Great !

[@cocopuff6810]

It always amazes me how these guys remember these games. They remember every play.

[@chet732003]

This is pure gold. Insight from Cap like this is amazing

[@sfrank8687]

I was at that game in Philly I was devastated!!! The sweep helped out a lot

[@crissal4730]

“Fo Fo Fo” Lakers fan here, the Sixers kicked our buts that year. RIP to the Legend Moses Malone.

[@evonza4858]

I love my Laker brothers and the whole Laker nation🥰💜💛Norm l respect you and love you my brotha as a person and as a player🥰 Kareem l feel the same about you🥰💜💛and our Kobe too💜💛a blessed heavenly birthday to you Kobe 8/23/22 rest in peace our brotha and GiGi too ❤️🖤💚thank you Brothas for this clip🥰

[@kennethrobinson6738]

This was fantastic. Great stories and thanks for sharing.

[@cooper482011]

The interesting thing about the Showtime Lakers of the early 1980s was position-changing in four quarters of a game. When Magic and Stormin’ Norman was on the court together Nixon was the point guard🏀and Magic was the point forward🏀. When Nixon was resting on the bench Magic would become the point guard🏀I loved the position-changing of Lakers players back in those days.

[@Methadone4Life]

Kareem and Norm...gotta love this back and forth!!! Love hearing from Kareem, such an intelligent, thoughtful and well spoken man!! Much love for Cap and Norm!!!

[@magichands135]

Good to see cap doing well. Some monuments of the game are such a building block of your own life, you want them to live forever.

[@John-lv6uj]

Raleigh Simmons Coached by Fred Tex Winter. Norm Nixson was one of the best Point Guards in the NBA. Real talk.

[@braxtonthomas6194]

KAREEM!!!! I HATED WHEN THE LAKERS? MOVED NIXON... I HATED WHEN THE LAKERS STOPPED KEITH SILK WILKES. ALWAYS LOVED KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR SHOUT OUT FROM DETROIT COBO BABY!!!!!

[@MultiSWEETPEA26]

Great to hear Norm Nixon!!!

[@tomswill9189]

Man I love this .The Goat Kareem. Love Nixon.

[@jonathanharris9321]

Damn, Norm and Kereem still look great for there age .... great interview....his respect for Kareem is tremendous he still calls him captain

[@kevinforeman4485]

this is off subject but I always felt sorry for Jabbar losing his jazz collection in a fire. I went thru the same thing losing my record collection. on a basketball note nixon & Wilkes together was unfair competition. I was a philly fan & it was like they had 2 copies of my man Maurice Cheeks.

[@SurfDUI]

This is the good Winning Time brought about, there is a real interest for these old stories FROM the cats that where there. Yea, we know it's dramatized but it's based on actual people and it's dope to hear them talk about it. Not all of us are 20-somethings. These guys played before my time (mid 80s) but it's great stuff. I feel like Kareem talks a little smoother here with Norm than what he usually comes across.

[@kaydee1485]

Winning time could hv done better though. Had to stop midway because of how badly they were painting actual people's characters.

[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

It’s renewed for season 2

[@terryhill4732]

Never realized Dave Bing and Randy Smith played above the rim with such quickness

[@Witlessbox]

I think their characterizations were pretty good in Winning Time. I understand though Kareem is hard-headed and wouldn't like it lol. Really interesting to hear him just talk. My fav back in the day.

[@SirAntBo]

That was awesome‼️

[@heavybrandpodcast]

Excited about this podcast! ✊🏿

[@joeydosikmusic]

Really enjoyed this

[@ezedikeohamadike9003]

Great interview

[@brucedeuce2728]

I love and appreciate the perspectives of the NBA legends!

[@danandhibb]

I want more of this shit here!!!

[@coolpopparob4152]

Great Dave Bing story!!!

[@NBAHistoryCLNS]

Some more great Bing stuff kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH2nfpdufdh6ZrM

[@jesusplaza51]

Great video guy's

[@braxtonthomas6194]

Thank you. Great episode. Looking forward to part 2. Would love to hear Lou Hudson and please please please get number 16 BOB LANIER!!!! My uncle called him Greezy BOB!!! I saw some of the greatest at Cobo as a youngster. Marvin Barnes Randy Smith McAdoo John Shumate Jo Jo White John Havlicek Bobby Dandridge Lenny Wilkens Willis Reed Earl Monroe Walt Frazier Nate Archibald Nate Thurman Elvin Hayes Wes Unseld Kevin Porter and many others. That being said who ever came through Cobo had to see BOB LANIER and he was kicking plenty ASS!!!! Should have been on the top 50 and the top 75 team HANDS DOWN!!!

[@alanfortune3092]

Hello Mr. Thomas, You come across as a Detroiter? I am as well, and throughly LOVED going to Cobo Hall to watch the Pistons! Sorry to announce that unfortunately Big Bob, the Dobber passed recently in Arizona. I am heartbroken about that. I and a few friends used to sneak into COBO to watch the Pistons and when they left for Pontiac, some of my interest did as well. I remember George Trapp, Eric Money. "Crash" Mengelt, AL Eberhard, of course Dave Bing, etcetera,etcetera, etcetera... I can go on and on.... Glad they're back Downtown.... Also, glad to see Kareem establishing this platform and sharing his stories and wisdom... I'm subscribing!

[@mrc302]

Lou Hudson passed away in 2014. Bob Lanier passed in May.

[@braxtonthomas6194]

No way!!!! Yes, I forgot about Lou Hudson but I didn't hear about Bob! I heard that he was very ill but...... He was a great great presence in DETROIT and a great great player. Bob beat'em up like no other. And he lit'em up like few others. He did his thang FOSHO!!!!

[@braxtonthomas6194]

Yeah, Mr. Fortune. That was my move too once I found out that the ticket takers let thier friends in for free. I never paid after that. I recall one time Mayor Coleman Young peeped me scheming my way into the game and was laughing his ass off and I straightened up and shook his hand. After he went in I snuck in anyway. Those were the days. Yeah, Eric Money Ray Scott Erroll Lloyd Herb Brown Dancing GUS and most definitely George Trapp "HEAT" ya dig. And top it all off at Lafayette Coney Island till the Tireman bus came at 11 oclock like clockwork baby!!!! You gotta read Kareem's autobiography. He mentions Cobo in it. P.S. I was Erroll Lloyd's paperboy and he'd give us tickets at Christmas time.

[@pizzasteve2746]

Great podcast. KAJ my #1 all time even as a Warriors fan. LOL on the dude who told Nixon legendary Russell couldn't play today. Great response by Kareem

[@tonylaughlin6663]

Great stuff. Thanks!!

[@terryhill4732]

Silk had one of the most unorthodox jumpshots I ever seen but effective

[@mariomichael589]

Great conversation !!!

[@byronpaisleysr4151]

These guys aged very well excellent players both of them Kareem that sky hook is legendary

[@bignose3639]

Thank you

[@rchuckins]

What a great conversation. Both are hoop legends in their own ways. They also seem happy to be able to share time together and reflect on their careers. You don’t see talks like this in sports these days-usually loud and opinionated podcasts.

[@Bigweeeeezy]

I stubbled onto this channel and I wonder why did I not know about this sooner great story's and not just because I am the #1 laker fan since 1978 :)

[@genobourn7423]

Outstanding! SALUTE!

[@kincamell2]

Much Gratitude

[@вернат]

Phenomenal talk, keep it up!

[@dexterscarbrough3142]

I’m a Macon Knight! Norm Nixon was always known as Storming Norman! We love you Norman! A hometown Hero!

[@Backpackfiles]

In 1980, there was this 9-year-old, not from Cali, that these dudes made a Lakers fan for LIFE.

[@omniamericana2172]

Shout out to those in the background: Greyhound (Walter Davis) Orlando Woolridge Caldwell Jones Dave Cowens Jeff Hornichek Bob McAdo Darin Day Bobby Jones

[@randallmadison9910]

Really nice conversation.

[@jamilray2]

So some of The Winning Showtime Lakers Dynasty was somewhat true story listening to these great legends tell their story.

[@burnellgraham8171]

I enjoyed that conversation

[@doncnunez6231]

Very good memories!! Gotta get Kareem some Poly-Grip for his dentures , bad boys slipping !!

[@willieduffie4967]

What is wrong with you guys?

[@braxtonthomas6194]

RANDY SMITH!!!

[@Ipadstands]

Fun to watch these greats

[@DrJohnnyJ]

Weird seeing Norm Nixon old; he was so cocky and youthful throughout his career. Kareem was old at 18.

[@mudiabubakar8503]

Norm Nixon was in the same mold with Maurice Cheeks, Jay Humphreys, Kevin Johnson...all highly underrated.

[@djmadmike23]

This is gold

[@bigcat6141]

Kareem got podcast? Y'all in trouble!