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<blockquote data-quote="BretMyBeachHouse" data-source="post: 1708061" data-attributes="member: 747827"><p>So I did a refresher on Kareem and found this little nugget in his wiki page. So when cheating UCLA was coming up short, he looked toward cheating Michigan.</p><p></p><p>Alcindor had considered transferring to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball" target="_blank">Michigan</a> because of unfulfilled recruiting promises. UCLA player <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Naulls" target="_blank">Willie Naulls</a> introduced Alcindor and teammate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Allen" target="_blank">Lucius Allen</a> to athletic booster <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gilbert_(businessman)" target="_blank">Sam Gilbert</a>, who convinced the pair to remain at UCLA.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar#cite_note-SAMCAGERS-43" target="_blank">[43]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BretMyBeachHouse, post: 1708061, member: 747827"] So I did a refresher on Kareem and found this little nugget in his wiki page. So when cheating UCLA was coming up short, he looked toward cheating Michigan. Alcindor had considered transferring to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_men%27s_basketball']Michigan[/URL] because of unfulfilled recruiting promises. UCLA player [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Naulls']Willie Naulls[/URL] introduced Alcindor and teammate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Allen']Lucius Allen[/URL] to athletic booster [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Gilbert_(businessman)']Sam Gilbert[/URL], who convinced the pair to remain at UCLA.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar#cite_note-SAMCAGERS-43'][43][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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