The Houston Rockets were aiming to win the championship in the 1986 playoffs, but needed to get past a huge hurdle in the Los Angeles Lakers. Further, the key to achieving that was to figure out how ...
Simply put, no player in hoops history achieved as much individual and team success as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did. From NBA.com Staff Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, known for his trademark sky hook, is the NBA’s ...
When people discuss the signature moves of NBA players, a few immediately come to mind. There's Michael Jordan's fadeaway jumper, Stephen Curry's long 3-pointers, and of course, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's ...
From Jerry West and Elgin Baylor in the 1960s all the way to LeBron James and Luka Doncic today, every era of NBA history has had an exciting chapter of LA Lakers history. Many will cite the Shaq-Kobe ...
Signature moves aren't seen in the NBA as often as they once were. With today's stars boasting such versatile offensive repertoires, it is hard to pinpoint a single move that is unconditionally ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, played 21 seasons in the NBA, retiring as the league’s all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points. To this day, that record still stands, his ...
There's no doubt that UCLA and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest to ever play the game of basketball -- in fact, some even consider him the greatest. Discussing Abdul-Jabbar in any ...
NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put pen to paper and made a case for why college athletes should be paid. In a 1,300-word essay published in Jacobin magazine, Abdul-Jabbar spoke firsthand about his ...