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Butch Lee: Marquette: PG: Senior: 1978–79: Larry Bird: Indiana State: SF: ... a Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 after converting to ...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, [2] [3] [4] he has been called the greatest basketball player of all time by many of his contemporaries such as Pat Riley, Isiah Thomas, and Julius Erving. [5] [6] [7] Abdul-Jabbar broke the NBA's career scoring record in 1984, and held it until LeBron James surpassed him in 2023.
1: Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971. [ 11 ] ^ 2: The Los Angeles Lakers were awarded an extra first-round draft pick as settlement of the Rudy LaRusso trade to the San Francisco Warriors on August 31, 1967.
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The jersey is the last one he wore while known as Lew Alcindor. He announced before the following season that he wanted to be called by his Muslim name moving forward.
a Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. [552] He missed the 1973 All-Star Game for personal reasons. [553] b When Hakeem Olajuwon arrived in the United States, the University of Houston
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) makes a slam dunk during a game while at UCLA Bill Walton was a three-time winner at UCLA Michael Jordan won the award in 1983 and 1984 Kevin Durant was the first freshman winner in the award's history The 2010 winner, Evan Turner of Ohio State Luka Garza won the award in 2020 and 2021, becoming the first repeat winner in 37 years