Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

  1. Abdul-Jabbar won a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) 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.

  2. Feb 16, 2022 · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook is one of basketball’s all-time greatest weapons. He helped lead the Milwaukee Bucks to an NBA title in 1971, the third year of the franchise’s existence ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Sep 15, 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).

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  5. Feb 7, 2023 · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did just that, including for LeBron James, who has laid claim to the N.B.A. career scoring record that Abdul-Jabbar had held so tight for nearly 39 years.

    • Kurt Streeter
  6. 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 ...

  7. People also ask

  8. Jun 22, 2021 · Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players of all time: an NBA Hall of Famer, six-time MVP, 19-time All-Star and, of course, the master of the skyhook shot. He excelled at ...