Kareem Abdul Jabbar was born, Lewis Alcindor on April 16th, 1947 in New York, N.Y. Kareem's career can be summed up as one of being sustained brilliance. Throughout his long 20 year career, he dominated the game of basketball. He holds all-time records for both scoring, rebounding and shot-blocking. Although Kareem grew up in New York City, he attended school in UCLA. There Kareem led bruins had a stanglehold on college basketball. In his three season the Bruins won three straight NCAA championships and had an amazing 88-2 record. Kareem was named the MVP of the NCAA tournament and College player of the year for all the three years. He was drafted by the Milwakee Bucks, and in his first season he won Rookie of the Year, scoring 29 points and grabbing 15 boards. Kareem played five years with Oscar Robertson and the Bucks, where he won a NBA Title (1971) and three NBA�MVP awards (1971, 1972, 1874). Kareem was traded to the Lakers before the 1975-76 season. Kareem brought his patented sky hook back to the west coast to stay. Kareem won three more MVP awards (1976, 1977, 1980) with the Lakers, bringing the record to a NBA record six. After being joined by Magic Johnson in 1979, Kareem also won five championships in the eighties. Kareem Abdul Jabbar, was the first athletic center in the NBA. His finnesse moves and athletic game, baffled would be defenders. The most deadly of these moves became the sky hook. Which was unstoppable to the day of his retirement. Kareem Abdul Jabbar holds the all-time record for most points scored (38,387), most games played (1,560) and most blocked shots (3,189), among others. At 7-2, Kareem is considered one of the All-Time greats of the game.

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