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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (/ k ə ˈ r iː m æ b ˈ d uː l dʒ ə ˈ b ɑːr / kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. (/ æ l ˈ s ɪ n d ər / al-SIN-dər); April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.During his career as a center, Abdul ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was inducted to the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1995 . When was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar drafted? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was drafted by Milwaukee Bucks , 1st round (1st pick, 1st overall), 1969 NBA Draft .
Sep 13, 2021 · On April 5, 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passed Wilt Chamberlain for No. 1 spot on NBA’s all-time scoring list. Abdul-Jabbar continued to average at least 20 points for the next six seasons. His ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. on April 16, 1947, in New York City. The only son of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr., a New York City policeman, and his wife, Cora, Alcindor ...
Feb 16, 2022 · For 38 years, Abdul-Jabbar has remained the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.His staggering total of 38,387 points has looked unbreakable for decades. His unstoppable, patented skyhook, combined ...
Apr 9, 2022 · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, a six-time NBA champion and the league’s only 6x MVP. He is one of a handful of influential and respected black men in America who has a national platform as a regular contributing columnist for newspapers and magazines around the world, such as The Guardian and The Hollywood Reporter where he shares his thoughts on some of the most ...
Jun 2, 2024 · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American collegiate and professional basketball player who dominated the game in the 1970s and early ’80s. He set numerous NBA records during his 20-year career, including most field goals made (15,837), most minutes played (57,446), and most MVP awards won (6).
Apr 5, 2022 · Abdul-Jabbar’s lifetime points total — 38,387 — will get celebrated and, sometime in 2022-23, waved at as James chugs past, grabbing one more achievement in his own remarkable career.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The world may never again see an athlete dominate a sport for as long and as masterfully as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From the time he stepped onto the court as Lew Alcindor at Power Memorial High School in his native New York City, to the years he owned college basketball at UCLA, to the time he retired as the NBA's all-time leader in nine statistical categories including the ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, played 21 seasons in the NBA, retiring as the league’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. To this day, that record still stands, his ...
