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I shuttered when I saw the headline, Abdul-Jabbar being Treated for Leukemia, Remains Optimisic,  scrolled across my igoogle homepage from NBA.com’s rss feed.

NBA.com reported this morning that Kareem is suffering from a rare form of blood cancer and is taking oral treatments. Kareem told the associated press on Monday,

“I’ve never been a person to share my private life. But I can help save lives,” he said at a midtown Manhattan conference room. “It’s incumbent on someone like me to talk about this.”

His Doctor’s told him that his condition is completely treatable with monitoring and medication. Kareem will continue his roll as special assistant for the Lakers and is not expected to have any interruption in his duties.

We all know that Kareem is addicted to Twitter. During the finals, he posted more tweet updates then NBA.com (lol). Kareem says he will continue post twitter and facebook updates regarding his health and I will be looking for them.

Kareem, I lived my life rooting against you and the Lakers in the 80’s. You frustrated me (and scared the sh*t out of me) with your unstoppable sky hook. You were always age-less on the basketball court. I often found myself asking when father-time was going to catch up with you and you take you out of the NBA equation.

Well, let me tell you, today I am completely in the Captian’s corner.

We, at NSS, are rooting for you all the way!