Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Among the 50 greatest players in the NBA’s history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had an exceptional career in sports. In his playing years as a Center, Kareem won six NBA Most Valuable Player Awards and NBA Championships, among many others. When he was playing for a high school team in New York City and winning 71 consecutive basketball games, he was recruited by Jerry Norman, assistant coach of UCLA. Since then, he played for coach John Wooden on three consecutive national championship teams and became a three-time Most Valuable Player of the NCAA.

Kareem began his NBA career in 1969 with the Milwaukee Bucks, leading the team to their first championship game in 1971. He played for six seasons with the team before he got traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975. From then on, he had established a successful career, full of accolades and recognitions—credit to his outstanding basketball prowess. After his retirement in 1989,  worked with the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks. He also served as an assistant coach for the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation basketball team in Arizona.