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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (/ k ... At the time of his retirement at age 42 in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's regular season career leader in points (38,387), ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar † Milwaukee Bucks: C 1969–1975 Served under the name of Lew Alcindor for two seasons before becoming Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. [40] 2: Malik Sealy: Minnesota Timberwolves: F 1997–2000 Died in a car crash while playing for the team. [41] His jersey was retired posthumously. Flip Flip Saunders: Minnesota Timberwolves — 1995 ...
Lew Alcindor (blue), now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, against the USC Trojans in the 1966–67 season. Numbers retired by UCLA were originally limited to three-time consensus All-Americans. [4] In 1990, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known as Lew Alcindor during his UCLA career, and Bill Walton were the first to have their numbers retired. [5]
Abdul-Jabbar, an all-time great who played 20 seasons in the NBA, has dealt with multiple health issues in his retirement. He beat chronic myeloid leukemia in 2008, underwent coronary bypass ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 75, sits down with Prevention to share his atrial fibrillation diagnosis and experience. Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a common heart condition that causes irregular heartbeat.
Abdul-Jabbar retired with 15,837, while James entered Thursday sitting at 15,045. Notably, James was the NBA leader in minutes combined from the regular season and postseason before Thursday.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired in 1989 with a then-record of 20 seasons played. Kobe Bryant was the first guard to play 20 seasons. Jason Kidd had two stints with Dallas in his career, retiring tied with a then-record 19 seasons as a guard. John Stockton spent all 19 years of his NBA career with the Utah Jazz, from 1984 to 2003.
Following the series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar announced his retirement at 42, after 20 years with the NBA. [1] Pistons' guard Joe Dumars was named MVP for the series. [2] Prior to the 2014 NBA Finals, the Pistons were the last Finals champion to have been runner-up to the same opponent the previous season as they did in the 1988 Finals.