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  1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( / kəˈriːm æbˈduːl dʒəˈbɑːr / kə-REEM ab-DOOL jə-BAR; born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. ( / ælˈsɪndər / 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.

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    Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., was born in Harlem, New York City, on April 16, 1947. His family was not poor: his father was a graduate of the famed Juilliard School of Music in virtuoso trombone. He attended Power Memorial High School in New York.

    Alcindor went to college at UCLA. When he played on the freshman team, it beat the UCLA varsity team that had won two national championships. When he played on the varsity team, it won three national championships. When Alcindor was at UCLA, the NCAA did not allow the dunk, so he developed a hook shot called the skyhook. Alcindor also got a degree ...

    Alcindor was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1969 NBA Draft. He lead the league in scoring twice with the Bucks. He also won three MVP awards with them. In 1975, Abdul-Jabbar was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He won three more MVP awards with them, as well as five championships. Abdul-Jabbar played in the NBA until 1989. When he left, he ...

    Abdul-Jabbar studied martial arts with Bruce Lee, and appears in the Lee movie The Game of Death. He is also in the movie Airplane!. Abdul-Jabbar has written several books. Some of them are on basketball, but he has also written a book about the Harlem Renaissance. His book was later made into a documentary movie. Abdul-Jabbar has also been an assi...

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  2. Apr 2, 2014 · Hall of Fame basketball center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. He won six NBA titles, five with the Los Angeles Lakers, over 20 years.

  3. Sep 13, 2021 · Learn about the life and career of the NBA's all-time leading scorer, who won six championships, six MVPs and 19 All-Star selections. Find out how he dominated the league with his sky hook, his fitness regimen and his conversion to Islam.

  4. Abdul-Jabbar won the award with the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971 and with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1985. Achieved by LeBron James with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013 and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. Also by Kawhi Leonard in 2014 with the San Antonio Spurs and in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors.

  5. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, né Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor (ou Lew Alcindor) le 16 avril 1947 à New York, est un joueur de basket-ball de National Basketball Association (NBA). Il est considéré comme le plus grand joueur universitaire américain, remportant à trois reprises le titre de champion de la NCAA et trois titres consécutifs de meilleur joueur du tournoi NCAA, fait unique dans l'histoire.

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