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Kareem Abdul Jabbar - Superior

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947 as Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr) is considered one of the greatest American basketball players of all time. Abdul-Jabbar played basketball professionally for twenty years, from 1969 to 1989. In that time, he scored 38,387 points -- professional basketball's highest career total. He was known for his "Skyhook" shot, which was famously difficult to block because it put his 7 ft-2 in body between the basket and the ball. His on-court success had an early start. In college, he played on three championship teams, and his high school team won 72 consecutive games. As a pro, he won a record six Most Valuable Player Awards. The Harlem Globetrotters offered him $1 million to play for them, but he declined, and was picked first in the 1969 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, only in their second season, who won the coin-toss for first pick over the Phoenix Suns. He was also chosen first overall in the 1969 American Basketball Association draft by the New York Nets. The Nets believed that they had the upper hand in receiving Kareem's services because he was from New York; however, when Kareem told both the Bucks and the Nets that he would accept one offer only from each team, the Nets bid too low. Thus, Kareem chose the NBA over the struggling ABA. Lew Alcindor's entry into the NBA was timely, as center Bill Russell had just left the Boston Celtics, and Wilt Chamberlain, though still effective, was then 33 years old. Alcindor's presence enabled the 1969-70 Bucks to claim second place in the NBA's Eastern Division with a 56-26 record (up from 27-55 the previous year), and he was an instant star, ranking second in the league in scoring (28.8 ppg) and third in rebounding (14.5 rpg), for which he was awarded the title of NBA Rookie of the Year. With the addition of Oscar Robertson, Milwaukee went on to record a league-best 66 victories in 1970-71, including a then-record of 20 straight wins. Alcindor was awarded his first of six NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, along with his first scoring title (31.7 ppg). In the playoffs, the Bucks went 12-2 (including a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Bullets in the NBA Finals) and Alcindor was named Finals MVP. On defense, Abdul-Jabbar maintained a dominant presence. He was selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team eleven times. He frustrated opponents with his superior shot-blocking ability, denying an average 2.6 shots a game. Abdul-Jabbar was well known for his trademark "sky hook", a hook shot in which he bent his entire body (rather than just the arm) like a straw in one fluid motion to raise the ball and then release it at the highest point of his arm's arcing motion. Combined with his long arms and great height in which he stood 7 feet 2 inches tall, the sky hook was nearly impossible for a defender to block without goaltending.

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Uploaded: February 24, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Author: VeoShock

Length: 0:05:58
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Vader58 (Wednesday 22nd of October 2008 11:05:18 AM)
Kareem was the greatest all around center of all time and had the most unstopable shot of anyone to ever play the game.
21312312321 (Monday 6th of October 2008 02:39:50 AM)
1 of the best center in Basketball history Ultimate skyhook!
FMAN13 (Sunday 28th of September 2008 07:33:01 AM)
wats da song
IdanTal (Friday 26th of September 2008 03:05:53 AM)
after shaquille oneal
billclinton (Friday 17th of October 2008 12:15:13 AM)
lol sorry, but no, not even close
IdanTal (Friday 17th of October 2008 02:53:48 AM)
what not even close?shaq would win in one one aggaints those players
billclinton (Saturday 18th of October 2008 04:20:57 AM)
what a stupid argument
Vader58 (Wednesday 22nd of October 2008 11:09:36 AM)
Shaq aint nowhere near the top three centers, Kareem, Wilt and Russell. They would have took him apart and schooled him all over the court.
matfdp123 (Wednesday 10th of September 2008 10:04:42 AM)
larry bird best FUCK abdul jabbar loser :P
scenekidacide (Sunday 5th of October 2008 12:53:48 AM)
shut the fuck up dip shit larry bird is NOT the best and no way in hell better than KAREEM. KAREEM is a 6x nba champion HE and the LAKERS beat larry bird and the celtics twice in the finals so know your shit and don't make comments that make you look like a stupid jackass.