re: Why do people dislike Kareem Abdul Jabbar?

I think he was very aloof toward teammates and fans. He also kept to himself off the court -- he collected Persian rugs and ran a jazz label. Kareem and Magic were as different as night and day.
A lot of that had to do with his size. I read his autobiography years ago and he talked about being insecure over his height -- like when he was in high school he got turned down for a job at a diner because he was too tall. Girls were scared of him too.
These were the days when a big center was kind of scary and intimidating. This was before the idea of the big man being an overgrown kid, like Shaq or Dwight Howard