At the time of his retirement, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA ’ s all-time leader in points scored, games played, minutes played, field goals made, field goal attempts, blocked shots, defensive rebounds, and personal fouls.

In Game Six, rookie Magic Johnson played center for the Lakers in place of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( who was out because of a sprained ankle sustained in Game Five ) and scored 42 points.

The front office was unable to convince him otherwise and on June 16, 1975, the Bucks pulled a mega-trade by sending Abdul-Jabbar to the Lakers for Elmore Smith, Junior Bridgeman, Brian Winters and David Meyers.

After the retirement of West and Chamberlain, the team acquired another center, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had won multiple MVP awards, but was unable to make the Finals in the late 1970s.

Most of his time in Milwaukee was spent as a back-up on a rebuilding team that lost Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In addition, when superstar center Shaquille O ' Neal became a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, Sports Illustrated graced its November 1996 issue with Mikan, O ' Neal and fellow Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, calling Abdul-Jabbar and Mikan " Lakers legends " to which O ' Neal was compared, establishing Mikan as one of the greatest Lakers players of all time.

Walk was drafted in the first round ( second pick overall ) of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, after they lost a coin toss with Milwaukee Bucks for the number one pick, which turned out to be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the first.

He was one of the most revered coaches and was beloved by his former players, among them Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.

Utah used the arena in the mid-1980s, and was where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar broke Wilt Chamberlain's record for points in a career in 1984.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, was recruited to UCLA partly on the promise of playing in the new arena.

It was later autographed by coach John Wooden and several former Bruins ' players including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton.

Incidentally, one shot he failed to block during the 1983-84 season was the skyhook which gave Kareem Abdul-Jabbar his 31, 421st point and the NBA's all-time scoring record.

He was present to see Lee train other martial artists, including Karate Champion Joe Lewis and basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

) Unfortunately for the Condors, Alcindor -- who had changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar just a few days before the game -- was injured and did not play.

" In fact, at all times, Upper Deck was fully aware that Abdul-Jabbar had never authorized Upper Deck to use his photograph, name and signature for college-themed cards, and Abdul-Jabbar had previously rejected Upper Deck's request for such authorization.

Although the pagoda was supposed to have five floors, complete scenes were only shot for three of the floors: the " Temple of the Tiger ," where Lee faced Inosanto ; the " Temple of the Dragon ", where he fought Ji Han Jae ; and the final floor, where he fought Abdul-Jabbar was the " Temple of the Unknown ".

Before the season was over, he would be traded once again, to the Los Angeles Lakers, where, he played alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, among others, for eleven games, before his injury recurred, forcing him to retire.

Los Angeles had acquired Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Washington's style of play complemented him, as Jabbar was not an especially physical player.

He, along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson, was a member of five Lakers championship teams in 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987 and 1988.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., April 16, 1947 ) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, previously Karim Abdul-Jabbar ( born Sharmon Shah on June 28, 1974 ), is a former American football player.

* Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. ( Lew Alcindor ), American basketball player who changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The NBA landed the most important college star of the era, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( then known as Lew Alcindor ).

During the year, Lew Alcindor converted to Islam and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The next season the Lakers were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks, led by future Laker Lew Alcindor ( now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) in the Western Conference Finals.

Many people have attributed this to the dominance of the then-college phenomenon Lew Alcindor ( now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) upon his entry into the NCAA.

Colangelo got off to an unlucky start, losing a 1969 coin flip to the Milwaukee Bucks for the rights to UCLA phenom Lew Alcindor ( now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ).

Linton High School's 74 – 68 victory over New York City's Power Memorial on December 29, 1961, is remembered mostly for its two stars: Power Memorial's Lew Alcindor ( who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ); and his future coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, Linton's Riley.

* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ( played under his original name of Lew Alcindor ) # 33

* 1967, 1968 and 1969 – Lew Alcindor ( later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ), UCLA

Named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1970, Dandridge was also an important part of the Milwaukee Bucks team that won the NBA championship in 1971 alongside the Hall-of-Fame duo of Lew Alcindor ( Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) and Oscar Robertson.

UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year, with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor ( now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) winning the U. S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.

He would attempt 31 field goals, and score 25 points and 24 rebounds in a semi-final loss to the eventual champion UCLA Bruins featuring Lew Alcindor ( now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ).

Dunking was banned in the NCAA from 1967 to 1976, not least due to the success of the Texas Western team and a UCLA player named Lew Alcindor ( better known later as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ) then entering the league.

Baylor played in only two games due to injuries, and the Milwaukee Bucks, led by Lew Alcindor ( now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ), defeated Los Angeles in the Western Conference Finals.

Alcindor, now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, wanted out of Milwaukee, and the Lakers acquired him in a trade.

John F. Kennedy, Lord Kitchener, Karl Marx, Gene Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Ken Dodd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Danny Kaye, Kal-El ( Superman ), Boris Karloff ( as Frankenstein ), Krishna, King Kong, Martin Luther King, Jr., 2 Knights ( a pair of Keys on one of them ), a Kettle, Kali, the Kaiser, Nikita Khrushchev, Grace Kelly, the number 11 ( symbolizing K ) and Rudyard Kipling's book Kim.

However, the Lakers won the game, 103 – 102, on a pair of last-minute free throws by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar following a controversial foul called on Bill Laimbeer, referred to by many Piston supporters, and Laimbeer himself, as a " phantom foul.

* On 26 May 2010, Amer Abdul-Jabbar, Iraq's transport minister, said the cabinet had decided on Tuesday to dissolve the company over the next three years and pursue private options to avoid asset claims made by Kuwait over their 1990-91 war.

, Erving ranks fifth on the list, behind only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain.

* Second all-time on the NBA career scoring list, behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

A sixth statue of Laker legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be unveiled on November 16, 2012.

Jackie Chan as Ryu Saeba takes on two tall black men and the film uses clips of Bruce Lee vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to get the better of the two.

His most distinct features are his tall, Kid ' n Play-style hair ( classmate Helga often calls him " Tall Hair Boy "), and his shirt with the number 33 on it ( he also wears 33 on sports uniforms, probably as a reference to either NBA Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Patrick Ewing, or Scottie Pippen ).

Knobler went on to collaborate on numerous best-selling books, including the political memoir All's Fair by James Carville and Mary Matalin and the autobiographies of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Governor Ann Richards, NYPD Commissioner William Bratton, and Sumner Redstone.

The video features appearances from numerous celebrities including Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Adam Rodríguez, Kelly Hu, Hill Harper, Amber Valletta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger, Nick Cannon, Bryan Greenberg, and Common and first appeared on the website for Dipdive.

Notable NBA players in history include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Shaquille O ' Neal, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Bill Walton, George Mikan, Bob Pettit, Bob Cousy, Pete Maravich, Julius Erving, John Havlicek, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Earl Monroe, Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, Elvin Hayes, Oscar Robertson and Jerry West, whose particular silhouette is featured on the NBA's logo.

In 2000, Long first had the idea of establishing a youth boot camp on the Fort Apache Reservation from NBA legend ( and fellow history buff ) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who had recently coached a basketball camp for Apache children.

The name controversy was periodically spoofed on postgame recaps, such as in 1996 when Chris Berman of ESPN called an Abdul-Jabbar touchdown rush with an imitation of Marv Albert, who was famous for announcing basketball as well as football games.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the NBA all-time scoring record against Utah on April 5, 1984, topping Wilt Chamberlain's 31, 419.