Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a center for 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. A member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Abdul-Jabbar won a record six NBA Most Valuable Player awards. He was a 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA Team member, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection. He was a member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, and was twice voted the NBA Finals MVP. He was named to three NBA anniversary teams. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Abdul-Jabbar broke the NBA's career scoring record in 1984, and held it until 2023. Abdul-Jabbar was known as Lew Alcindor when he played at Power Memorial, a private Catholic high school in New York City, where he led their team to 71 consecutive wins.

Data Source : Wikipedia

• Entity:  Infobox

• Born:  April 16, 1947, New York City, New York, U.s.
• Age:  79 Years
• Listed height:  7 Ft 2 In
• Listed weight:  225 Lb
• College:  Ucla (1966–1969)
• NBA draft:  1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1, Milwaukee Bucks
• Born:  16 April 1947
• Wikidata description:  American Basketball Player (Born 1947)
• Wikidata label:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• Wikidata aliases:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., Lew Alcindor

• Related Topics:  Seattle Supersonics Assistant Coaches, Los Angeles Clippers Assistant Coaches, United States Basketball League Coaches, African-American Former Christians, Los Angeles Lakers Assistant Coaches, New York Nets Draft Picks, American Jeet Kune Do Practitioners, Converts To Sunni Islam From Roman Catholicism, Milwaukee Bucks Draft Picks, National Collegiate Basketball Hall Of Fame Inductees, Time (Magazine) People, American Former Christians, Ucla Bruins Men's Basketball Players, African-American Non-Fiction Writers, African-American Muslims, African-American Basketball Coaches, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Inductees, Los Angeles Lakers Players, Milwaukee Bucks Players, College Basketball Announcers In The United States