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Giant Steps: The Autobiography of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1983, Bantam books, New York, Hardcover, ISBN: 0553050443, Book Condition: Used, 011204 1A
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Kareem Abdul Jabbar was the player I followed as a high school and into the pros..I met him in Denver at a book signing for a different book. He tried to be personable but it is just not who he is. regardless, I had to get this book in 1994. i wanted to learn as much about this man as I could...A good read.
Fascinating read about a fascinating player who grew up in an interesting period. I wish he would get a chance to coach, but doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Giant Steps is an autobiography of the great NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. First off this book was very fun to read because I'm a basketball player, if you are one as well this book will inspire you. Second this book had great detail and imagery I wasn't born in this era but I could picture everything really well. Giant steps is a great story and a must read for athletes!
This is a decent book. Being an autobiography, it focuses more on the personal than the big picture, which is what most people would be interested in. However, while it often spends an inordinate amount of time on minor episodes in Kareem's life it is a solid book. My only big criticism of the book is that it glosses over his career after around 1977. He says little about Magic Johnson, his relationship with him and the great Lakers' teams of the 1980's and their dominance of that decade, their
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Very candid and conversational. I realize that he's done a lot since this was published, but it's still an interesting look into the man's life.
A great read about an outstanding basketball player who was an even better man. Kareem was very intelligent and loved to read. His shy personality made him a very misunderstood man.
Good book. Hard to believe Kareem, or Lew back then, took LSD back in the day but he did come of age in the late '60s.
Kareem's got the cools!
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. on April 16, 1947 in New York City, New York, United States) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach. Typically referred to as Lew Alcindor in his younger days, he changed his name when he converted to Islam.
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