Karim Abdul-Jabbar is a legendary American basketball player. Center is the author of many records in the NBA. During his career, he was able to throw 38,387 points into the basket of his rivals, which is the best indicator in the history of the association. He was awarded the Presidential Freedom Medal for his contribution to the security of US national interests.
Carier start
Karim was born in 1947 in Manhattan. At the age of ten, Karim Abdul-Jabbar was already 185 cm tall, and at 15 years old, more than two meters. When the guy turned 18, he was forced to join the army, but this did not happen due to his high growth. After that, he entered the university, where he began to practice basketball. In the university league, Karim managed to bring his team to victory in the competition three times.
The successes of the young man could not remain without attention. In 1966, he was selected under the first peak of the NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks Basketball Club.
Career in the strongest league in the world
In a team from Wisconsin, Karim immediately became the main center and won the title of the best rookie of the league. In the first two seasons, the player spent all 82 games on the floor, and in the 1971/78 season he played 81 matches. In total, for “Milwaukee” Abdul-Jabbar played for 6 seasons, after which he moved to the “Lake” from the city of angels.
It was in Los Angeles that Karim became a real basketball legend. Colors The Lakers Center defended for 14 seasons and managed to win 5 NBA titles.
Statistics
In the first season, the association Abdul-Jabbar was able to get into the list of the best snipers of the league. The American scored an average of almost 29 points per game at 52% per game, spending 43 minutes on the court. In the second season, Karim was able to improve his personal performance. The center scored 31.7 points per match on average, and the percentage of hit shots increased to 57.7%.
In the 1971/72 season, on average 33 games, Milwaukee Bucks spent 44.2 minutes on average, which is the best indicator of a center-career. Also this season, he scored an average of 34.8 points. In the next three seasons in the composition of the “Bucks” Abdul-Jabbar scored an average of 30 points, spending 41 minutes on the floor. Only in the 1974/75 season did Milwaukee fail to reach the playoff round at the end of the season in the association, losing the fight for the 8th line of the Eastern Conference.
In 1975, Karim became a player in the Los Angeles Lakers. After moving to the club from the city of angels, the effectiveness of the center one fell significantly. During the 1975/76 season, Abdul-Jabbar scored an average of 27.7 points per game. This figure then dropped to 22 points in the 1984/85 season.
In the 1988/89 season, which was the last one for the basketball player in the National Basketball Association as a player, Karim scored 10 points per game with a percentage of sales from the game less than 50%.
In total, the athlete spent 1560 fights in the regular season during his career, gaining an average of 24.6 points per game and realizing 56% of shots from the game. 5 times in his career Karim played all 82 matches in the championship. In the 1979/80 season, his percentage of shots from the game exceeded 60%.
Only twice in his entire career did a basketball player take part in the playoff round. This happened in 1975 and 1976, when at first the Bucks and then the Lakers took turns remaining outside the top eight teams in their conferences. In total, within the framework of the elimination games, the center entered the parquet 237 times. Karim’s performance in the playoff round is 24.3 points per match.
During his career in the NBA, he made 17,440 rebounds, gave 5660 assists and put in 3189 blocks. And his 38387 points is the best indicator in the history of the league.
Awards and Achievements
Karim is a 6-time NBA champion. The first title was won in 1971 with the Milwaukee Bucks. The basketball player had to wait for the second championship until 1980. Then, from 1982 to 1988. The Lakers won the NBA 4 more times.
In 1971 and 1985, the centerpiece received the award as the most valuable player in the NBA finals. From 1971 to 1977 he also managed to become the regular season MVP 5 times. Karim won the same award for the sixth time in 1980.
Basketball player 19 times took part in stellar weekends. According to the results of the regular season, he was included in the first national team of all NBA stars 10 times, 5 times in the second national team, 5 times in the first national defense team and 6 times in the second NBA national defense team.
In the 1971/72 season, 34.8 points per game allowed Karim to become the most successful player in the league. In 1976, he became the best player in the tournament in terms of the number of rebounds. From 1974 to 1976 and from 1978 to 1980, the center was the leader in terms of the number of blocked shots.
Abdul-Jabbar was assigned number 33 in the NBA clubs where he played. Also, this number was assigned to him in UKLA Bruins. In 1995, Karim entered the Basketball Hall of Fame, and a year later he was included in the list of 50 legendary players in the history of the most powerful basketball league in the world.
In the seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10, Abdul-Jabbar became the champion as an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Karim Abdul-Jabbar: movies
Karim is known not only as a professional basketball player. Also, the central NBA starred in a number of feature films. The complete filmography of Karim Abdul-Jabbar has more than 20 films.
The most famous paintings are the series “Clinic” and “New Girl”, as well as the action movie “The Game of Death” with Bruce Lee in the title role. The last project in which Karim starred was the American series Boys with Children.