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Give up a transistor radio, get a rare Kareem Abdul-Jabbar jersey that is going to fetch more than $1 million.
That was the parking-lot swap that auctioneers say a savvy consignor made in the late 1970s outside the Forum in Inglewood while waiting with fellow autograph seekers for players to emerge after a Lakers game.
Maybe that consignor has absolved the Milwaukee Bucks of making one of the worst trades in sports history when they shipped Abdul-Jabbar to the Lakers in 1975 for Junior Bridgeman, Dave Meyers, Elmore Smith and Brian Winters.
The jersey in question was one that Abdul-Jabbar – then known as Lew Alcindor – wore in one national championship and a subsequent Final Four semifinal while playing for UCLA in the late 1960s.
Give up a transistor radio, get a rare Kareem Abdul-Jabbar jersey that is going to fetch more than $1 million. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The jersey…
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