Featured Greats

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Lew Alcindor. Call him what you want. But one thing there is no doubt about is that he was one of the most talked about and most dominate players in the history of basketball.

Kareem was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor. He was wanted by colleges, and scrutinized by critics from an early age on. One time in elementary school, a new teacher walked into the room, and noticed Kareem in the back row. "You there, sit down." she said. To which Kareem replied, "I am."

When Kareem was a freshman at UCLA, NCAA rules did not allow freshmen to play on the varsity. So Jabbar led the "Brubabies" (as the freshman team was known) to an undefeated season, including a 15 point victory over the number 1 ranked UCLA varsity in an annual scrimmage. This prompted some to say "UCLA is number one in the nation and number two on their campus." In Kareem's first game on the varsity, he scored 61 points.

Kareem went on to lead UCLA to three consecutive NCAA Championships and an 88-2 record while he was there. When he arrived on the scene in the NBA in 1969-70, he immediately made an impact, winning the NBA Rookie-of-the-Year award. In just his second year as a pro, he led the Milwaukee Bucks to an NBA Championship. When he was later with the Los Angeles Lakers, he and Magic Johnson teamed up to lead the 'Showtime' Lakers to five titles in the 1980's.

His accomplishments are amazing. He was MVP 6 times, Finals MVP twice, won 6 NBA titles, was named to the NBA All-Defensive Team 10 times, and was a 19-time All-Star. In 1995, the games leading scorer with 44,149 points, was inducted into the hall of fame. "Kareem was just beautiful," said Lakers teammate Magic Johnson. "When he said, "OK, that's it, my show tonight, I'm going to affect the whole game," he just dominated with grace and style."

SEASON	TEAM	G	FGM	FGA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	REB	AST	PTS	RPG	PPG
69-70	BUCKS	82	938	1810	.518	485	743	.653	1190	337	2361	14.5	28.8
70-71	BUCKS	82	1063	1843	.577	470	681	.690	1311	272	2596	16.0	31.7
71-72	BUCKS	81	1159	2019	.574	504	732	.689	1346	370	2822	16.6	34.8
72-73	BUCKS	76	982	1772	.554	328	460	.713	1224	379	2292	16.1	30.2
73-74	BUCKS	81	948	1759	.539	295	420	.702	1178	386	2191	14.5	27.0
74-75	BUCKS	65	812	1584	.513	325	426	.763	912	264	1949	14.0	30.0
75-76	LAKERS	82	914	1728	.529	447	636	.703	1383	413	2275	16.9	27.7
76-77	LAKERS	82	888	1533	.579	376	536	.702	1090	319	2152	13.3	26.2
77-78	LAKERS	62	663	1205	.550	274	350	.783	801	269	1600	12.9	25.8
78-79	LAKERS	80	777	1347	.577	349	474	.736	1025	431	1903	12.8	23.8
79-80	LAKERS	82	835	1383	.604	364	476	.765	886	371	2034	10.8	24.8
80-81	LAKERS	80	836	1457	.574	423	552	.766	821	272	2095	10.3	26.2
81-82	LAKERS	76	753	1301	.579	312	442	.706	659	225	1818	8.7	23.9
82-83	LAKERS	79	722	1228	.588	278	371	.749	592	200	1722	7.5	21.8
83-84	LAKERS	80	716	1238	.578	285	394	.723	587	211	1717	7.3	21.5
84-85	LAKERS	79	723	1207	.599	289	395	.732	622	249	1735	7.9	22.0
85-86	LAKERS	79	755	1338	.564	336	439	.765	478	280	1846	6.1	23.4
86-87	LAKERS	78	560	993	.564	245	343	.714	523	203	1366	6.7	17.5
87-88	LAKERS	80	480	903	.532	205	269	.762	478	135	1165	6.0	14.6
88-89	LAKERS	74	313	659	.475	122	165	.739	334	74	748	4.5	10.1
TOTALS		1560	28307	57446	.559	6712	9304	.721	17440	5660	38387	11.2	24.6