Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: career, statistics and achievements

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - the legendary Americanbasketball player. Centrova is the author of many records in the NBA. During his career, he was able to throw 38387 points into the basket of his rivals, which is the best indicator in the history of the association. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contribution to the security of US national interests.

Carier start

Karim was born in 1947 in Manhattan. At the age of ten years, the growth of Karim Abdul-Jabbar was already 185 cm, and at 15 years - more than two meters. When the boy was 18 years old, he was forced to join the army, but this did not happen because of his high growth. After that, he entered the university, where he started to play basketball. In the university league, Karim managed to lead his team to victory in the competition three times.

The young man's successes could not be ignored. In 1966, he was selected under the first peak in the NBA draft by the basketball club "Milwaukee Bucks".

Career in the strongest league in the world

In a team from Wisconsin, Karim immediately becamethe main center and won the title of the best rookie of the league. In the first two seasons the player played all 82 games on the floor, and in the 1971/78 season he played 81 matches. In total for "Milwaukee" Abdul-Jabbar spoke for 6 seasons, after which he moved to the "Ozerny" from the city of angels.

It was in Los Angeles that Karim became a true basketball legend. The colors of the "Lakers" center defended for 14 seasons and managed to win 5 titles of the NBA champion.

Statistics

In the first season in the association Abdul-Jabbarcould get into the list of the best snipers of the league. The American scored an average of almost 29 points per game at 52% of the game, spending 43 minutes on the site. In the second season, Karim was able to improve his personal indicators. Center scored 31.7 points per match on average, and the percentage hit hit increased to 57.7%.

In the 1971/72 season an average of 33 game numbers per game"Milwaukee Bucks" spent 44.2 minutes, which is the best indicator in the career of the center. Also this season he scored an average of 34.8 points. In the following three seasons, in the "Bucks" Abdul-Jabbar scored an average of 30 points, spending 41 minutes on the parquet. Only in the season 1974/75 "Milwaukee" could not reach the round of the playoffs for the season in the association, losing the fight for the 8th line of the Eastern Conference.

In 1975, Karim became a player of "Los Angeles"The Lakers. " After the transition to the club from the city of angels, the effectiveness of the center dropped significantly. During the season 1975/76 Abdul-Jabbar scored an average of 27.7 points per game. Then this figure dropped to 22 points in the 1984/85 season.

In the 1988/89 season, which was the last for the basketball player in the National Basketball Association as a player, Karim was 10 points per game with a sale percentage of less than 50%.

In total for the career the sportsman has spent 1560 duelsin the regular season, gaining an average of 24.6 points per game and realizing 56% of the shots from the game. 5 times in his career, Karim played all 82 games in the championship. In the 1979/80 season, his percentage of rolls from the game exceeded the mark of 60%.

Only two times in his career a basketball player does notparticipated in the round of the playoffs. It happened in 1975 and 1976, when 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 knockout games, the center went to the parquet 237 times. Karim's performance in the round of the playoffs - 24.3 points per match.

During his career in the NBA, he made 17,440 rebounds, gave 5,660 assists and placed 3,189 blocks. And his 38387 points is the best indicator in the history of the league.

Awards and achievements

Karim is a 6-fold champion of the NBA. The first title was won in 1971 with the "Milwaukee Bucks". The second championship basketball had to wait until 1980. Then in the period from 1982 to 1988, "Lakers" won the NBA four more times.

In 1971 and 1985, the center received the award asthe most valuable player in the finals of the NBA. From 1971 to 1977 he also managed 5 times to become MVP regular season. The same award for the sixth time Karim won in 1980.

Basketball player 19 times participated in the stellarweekends. As a result of the regular season, he was 10 times in the first team of all NBA stars, 5 times in the second team, 5 times in the first defense team and 6 times in the second NBA defense team.

In the 1971/72 season, 34.8 points per game allowedKarim to become the most productive 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 the number of blocked throws.

For Abdul-Jabbar in the NBA clubs, in which heperformed, number 33. This number is also 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 strongest basketball league in the world.

In the seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10, Abdul-Jabbar became the champion as an assistant to the head coach of Los Angeles Lakers.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: movies

Karim is known not only as a professional basketball player. Also, the center NBA starred in a number of feature films. The complete filmography of Karim Abdul-Jabbar has more than 20 films.

The most famous pictures are serials"Clinic" and "New", as well as the action movie "The Game of Death" with Bruce Lee in the title role. The last project, which starred Karim, was the American TV series "Guys with children."