"It was very frustrating having a 44-inch vertical leap and be way above the rim and not being able...

by Akula Wolf on Jul 22, 2011 3:09 PM EDT

"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." And in so doing, Kareem made the...