Description: English: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attending the AARP's 2011 Life@50+ National Event and Expo in September 2011. Date 23 September 2011 Source Image e-mailed from author to uploader Author: Angela George (Wikipedia Commons)
The NBA has announced the creation and introduction of a new award. The league announced the new award named after Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
“Introducing the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award, a new annual honor that will recognize a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and upholding the league’s decades-long values of equality, respect, and inclusion,” the league announced.
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“I was really very honored to be chosen to have the award named after me,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “As a kid, I was motivated by some of the people that you just mentioned like Muhammad Ali, Bill Russell, Jackie Robinson, these are people that motivated me.”
Regarding the significance of the award, the Hall of Famer said, “I think this award will enable various guys on various teams to start thinking about what they can do to help things in their community. They can become activists, people who are leaders in their community.”
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