Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. on April 16, 1947, is a former American basketball player and is considered one of the NBA’s all-time greats. He played as a center for 20 seasons, from 1969 to 1989, with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. Abdul-Jabbar is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and holds records for six NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, 19 All-Star selections, 15 All-NBA selections, and 11 All-Defensive Team honors. He won six NBA championships as a player, one with the Bucks and five with the Lakers, and added two more as an assistant coach for the Lakers. He was named NBA Finals MVP twice. Abdul-Jabbar held the NBA career scoring record with 38,387 points from 1984 until LeBron James broke it in 2023. He still leads in field ...