"It was very frustrating having a 44-inch vertical leap and be way above the rim and not being able to dunk the ball," the 6-foot-4 Thompson said.
"Kareem (Abdul-Jabbar, a.k.a. Lew Alcindor) messed it up for everybody. He messed up all my college highlights."
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And in so doing, Kareem made the whole of America just a little bit unhappier during those years.
