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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will play himself on Fresh Off the Boat's season premiere
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The NBA superstar, who already has booked a role this fall (not as himself) on The CW's iZombie, will appear on the Oct. 5 season premiere of the ABC comedy as a star NBA player who owns a car dealership in Orlando. He'll attempt to sell Louis Huang an RV.
TOPICS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, ABC, Fresh Off the Boat
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