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The NBA will suspend you if you do not stand.
Taking a stand here is effectively a career sinker
-Geaux
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was on his way to a long career as one of the league's most electrifying guards. Then, he took a stand on something he believed in and he quickly faded into obscurity.
The rest remember Abdul-Rauf for one stand in the dog days of the 1996 regular season. Had that not happened, who knows how long he would have stayed in the league?
Long enough to shoot 39 more free throws, that's for sure. If Abdul-Rauf had that record, maybe that would give him the prestige that only enhances Nash's and Price's legacies.
We'll never know how good he could have been. Thankfully, we have videos like this.
Ultimately, Abdul-Rauf decided that standing during the national anthem and saluting the American flag wasn't a part of his Islamic belief system. Abdul-Rauf's willingness to stay strong for what he believed in ultimately helped lead to an early exodus from the NBA and played a role in our faded memory of his game.
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Here gone and quickly forgotten - SBNation.com
Taking a stand here is effectively a career sinker
-Geaux
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Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was on his way to a long career as one of the league's most electrifying guards. Then, he took a stand on something he believed in and he quickly faded into obscurity.
The rest remember Abdul-Rauf for one stand in the dog days of the 1996 regular season. Had that not happened, who knows how long he would have stayed in the league?
Long enough to shoot 39 more free throws, that's for sure. If Abdul-Rauf had that record, maybe that would give him the prestige that only enhances Nash's and Price's legacies.
We'll never know how good he could have been. Thankfully, we have videos like this.
Ultimately, Abdul-Rauf decided that standing during the national anthem and saluting the American flag wasn't a part of his Islamic belief system. Abdul-Rauf's willingness to stay strong for what he believed in ultimately helped lead to an early exodus from the NBA and played a role in our faded memory of his game.
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Here gone and quickly forgotten - SBNation.com