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The 1969 NBA draft was the 23rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 7 and May 7, 1969, before the 1969–70 season. In this draft, fourteen NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection.
Abdul-Jabbar met Habiba Abdul-Jabbar (born Janice Brown) at a Lakers game during his senior year at UCLA. [257] They married in 1971, [ 258 ] and together had three children: daughters Habiba and Sultana and son Kareem Jr., who played basketball at Western Kentucky after attending Valparaiso .
After signing a 4-year contract extension worth $215 million in 2021, Curry went on to become the first player to eclipse $50 million in the 2023–24 season. Damian Lillard is expected to be the first NBA player to eclipse $60 million in the 2026–27 season, having signed a contract worth $63,228,828.
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has led a pretty charmed life. Still, at age 66 he does have a few regrets. Twenty, to be exact. Over at Esquire.com the former Lakers center provides a ...
The 1970–71 Milwaukee Bucks season was the third season for the Bucks. Milwaukee posted a 66–16 record in only its third year of existence, and its second since drafting Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). [1]
The road jersey worn by legendary center Lew Alcindor — now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — during the Bucks’ championship-clinching win over the Baltimore Bullets in the 1971 NBA Finals is ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ranks among the NBA's all-time ... Giannis Antetokounmpo surpassed him as the all-time Milwaukee Bucks leader in rebounds — but the 76-year-old Hall of Famer is still a ...
The 1971–72 Milwaukee Bucks season was the fourth season in franchise history. [1] Led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Bucks finished in first place in the Midwest Division.. Abdul-Jabbar won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award ahead of Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lak