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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.
Several films pay homage to the fight scene between Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The scene is parodied in two Jackie Chan films, City Hunter (1993) where Chan fights two tall black men, and Rush Hour 3 (2007) which reverses it by having a shorter African-American man Chris Tucker fight a taller Chinese basketballer Sun Mingming.
A statue of Abdul-Jabbar was unveiled in front of Staples Center on Chick Hearn Court in Los Angeles on November 16, 2012. College. National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (2007) Three-time NCAA champion (1967, 1968, 1969) Most Outstanding Player in NCAA Tournament (1967, 1968, 1969) Player of the Year (1967, 1969)
The 76-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, who was hospitalized Friday after breaking the hip, wrote that he will take around a week off over the holidays to recuperate and spend time with family.
Abdul-Jabbar single-handedly transformed Milwaukee from a 27-win team into a 56-win juggernaut as a rookie, and he delivered his first of six championships a year later, averaging a 27-19-3 on ...
It’s true,” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote via his Substack on Monday, December 18. ... Amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, ...
Other players are Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, March 14, 1976 and Ben Simmons, January 20, 2020; 13 rebounds, 5 steals and 4 blocked shots while shooting 80% from the field in a game (March 14, 1982) 7 assists and 4 blocked shots while shooting 80% from the field and 100% from the free-throw line in a game (March 14, 1982)
Why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the most misunderstood player in Lakers history. April 3, 2022 at 7:00 PM. There may be no figure in Lakers history more misunderstood than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. And ...