Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball Legend
Kareem`s Birth
- Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the premier basketball center of the 1970s and 1980s and one of the National Basketball Association’s preeminent “big men.”
Highest scoring scorer
- When Jabbar left the league after the 1989-90 season, he was the NBA’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points and had blocked 3,189 shots—also a league high.
All time awards
- NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, 1967, 1968, 1969; NBA Rookie of the Year, 1970; NBA Most Valuable Player 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980; NBA All-Star Team 19 times; NBA Play-off Most Valuable Player, 1971, 1985.
- Abdul-Jabbar was named the league’s most valuable player a record six times.
- Professional basketball player, 1969-89; member of Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, 1969-75; member of Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, 1975-89. Founder of Cranberry Records, a jazz label.
- Although the Bucks lost the Finals against the Boston Celtics that year, Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar`s sky hook in double overtime in Game 6 won the game 102-101 and is considered one of the greatest NBA finals moments.