All of his success on the court is minimized by his amazing achievements off the court. He wrote, documented, directed, lobbied, lived and advocated for more. He is a great man and a legendary basketball player. Above all he is an amazing human being.
Almlost undefendable. Kareem was a.student of Bruce Lee, BL had a quote 'I do not fear the man who knows 1000 kicks, I fear the man whon ok practices one kick 1000 times'. Some times being a 'one trick poney' if you know and are smart enough to set it up its better that have a huge offensive arsenal. Im a huge boxing fan, Mayweather is.another example with his pull counter.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the Real G.O.A.T.. I ALREADY POSTED THIS ON FACEBOOK A WEEK AGO. 6 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 WITH MILWAUKEE 5 WITH THE LAKERS 3. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 PEAT. 3 TIMES NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. UCLA HAVE A RECORS OF 88 WINS WITH 2 LOSES IN 3 YEARS IN THE UCLA VARSITY TEAM. HIS FRESHMAN TEAM IN UCLA BEAT THE UCLA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. THAT YEAR. WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. HIS HIGH TEAM POWER MEMORIAL WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WAS NAME HIGH SCHOOL OF THE CENTURY. JORDAN DIDN'T EVEN QUALIFY TO PLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR..JORDAN ONLY 1 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP.. NBA 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH 6 MVPS. 18 ALL STAR APPEARANCE. NBA SCORING LEADER 38837 POINTS . KAREEM IS THE REAL G.O.AT
@@j0tt0almost undefendable? You couldn't block the shot, much less defend against it. If he missed the shot, it's because he just missed the damn shot.
This is by far the best video on youtube that shows Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's entire scoring ability. From his skyhook to his baseline dunks, this center was the best to ever play in my opinion. I grew up watching the skyhook during the showtime era, he was the anchor of the Lakers half-court offense. Thanks for making this video, I know it was made from several video clips from past games.
Keep in mind the majority of the clips in this comp show an aged Kareem in LA, where he began to rely mostly on the skyhook to score. His years with the Bucks had him scoring with everything from floaters, midrange pull-ups, finger rolls, fadeaways within 15 feet, to his potent turnaround jumper.
@@manny4552 Wilt held him to under 18 pts in 1 game in Kareems best season. His first 2 encounters with Wilt he had to face Wilt when he could jump higher. Wilt was playing role of main scorer as was Kareem and Wilt still out scored and rebounded Kareem.
@@manny4552 Wilt could stop it. So could Nate Thurmond. Only a couple others could. Bill Walton being another. Everybody else including Parish, Hakeem, Sampson, Moses Malone, Ewing and so on needed a double team to stop him and it usually did not work. The issues with the skyhook is that he could do it with left hand and right and the other is if you jumped up to stop it he would up and under you for a easier 2. Kareem was not a 1 trick pony. His arsenal of moves Dunk Skyhook either hand Up and under Jump shot His counters made the skyhook even more unstoppable.
6 time champion, 10 time including ucla, 6 time MVP, all time scoring leader. still a dominate player well into his late 30's. complete & ridiculously dominate offensively, dominate defensively (highly underrated defensively) great passer, unselfish yet knew when to take over games. Kareem is the greatest basketball player ever
Keep in mind that over his entire 20 year NBA career, Kareem was surrounded by the Greatest Accumulation of Hall of Fame Teammates in basketball History. Never being forced to carry a team "single-handed" as the only Star player.
They need to make the skyhook the official NBA logo. Kareem needs some respect around here. No one mentions him anymore. He is top 3 candidates for GOAT to me.
He's the Real GOAT, who else has won Chips at every level, HS, College, and NBA... they had to change the game because of Kareem because no one could stop him...and that's when he unleashed the Sky Hook....in your face..
I am a huge Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fan and have been since I was a little kid. Nobody could stop the guy. Absolutely the best Center to ever play basketball. His defense was awesome as well. I often think of how well he would do against current NBA players. With today's offense so spread out due to the 3-pt shot, Kareem would dominate even more in the half court offense. Thanks for making this movie and sharing in.
Martyn Collins Well. He was "only" 38 in 1985. I don't believe in a GOAT player but he's the G.O.A.T Center to me. Im a Hakeem fan and he's my favorite player ever but i am in awe of Kareem's performances vs Houston's Twin Tower duo of Sampson & Olajuwon in the mid 80s.
Let's not forget that Kareem (Lew Alcindor) was the greatest college player of all -time. He was arguably the greatest high school player of all time. He has a legitimate case for greatest NBA player of all time. He was a great individual player, a great team player and a great leader. He had a well rounded game. He was beyond great at scoring, great rebounder in his younger days, great shot blocker, very good FT shooter (especially for a center), and one of the best passing big men of all-time. He took care of himself physically and was able to compete, with success, against men much younger than him for most of his career. No one else, not even MJ, can be associated with all of these attributes.
Keep in mind that over his entire 20 year NBA career, Kareem was surrounded by arguably the Greatest Accumulation of Hall of Fame Teammates in basketball History. Never being forced to carry a team "single-handed" as the only Star player.
manny4552 Yes. He was a great passer. His Free Throw Average was 72.1%(much better than Chamberlain). Excellent rebounder, defensive player and shot blocker.. I knew it in the early 70's when he would win the match-up with Wilt most of the time. In the 45 years of watching Basketball, nothing has changed - Kareem is the Greatest Player!
Born Lew Alcindor Two decades long between Milwaukee and Los Angeles, Jabbar's career began in Harlem. Lew (who converted to Islam in 1971) was born in New York on April 16, 1947, two years after the end of the Second World War. An only son, ultra-protected by his mother but severely shaken by a very strict father. The young Alcindor throws himself headlong into basketball to escape the family environment as quickly as possible. Spotted by the special envoys of John Wooden, he joined the West Coast of the United States and landed on the UCLA campus. With the Bruins, he won three NCAA titles in 1967, 68 and 69. Player of the Year twice, Alcindor is on the shelves of all scouts in the country. The Bucks chose him in 1st position in the 1969 draft. At the time, Milwaukee was a franchise with only two years of experience. When the 2.18 m giant arrives in Wisconsin, the big men begin to desert the League (Bill Russell has just covered in Boston) or are getting old, like Wilt Chamberlain who is approaching 35 years old. The door to success opens wide for the newcomer to the Bucks who begins with a title of Rookie of the Year, with an average of 28.8 points and 14.5 rebounds.
@@keandregreen5628 from high school to the Pro's? Kareem is absolutely the greatest basketball player of all time. Nobody has done what he did over that span of time.
@@thescentprofiler5539 I totally agree! But with an asterisk. True, there are a lot of things nobody has ever done, that Kareem did over that span of time. It's not even close! Here a few: Nobody else has played in the NBA eighteen out of twenty years with teammates who are in now the Hall of Fame. Nobody has ever done three NBA seasons where they played with a total of Three Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Four. Nobody has ever done another three NBA seasons, this time with FOUR Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Five. But as for his career in the NCAA, Kareem's Three Championships in Three Straight Years plus the myriad of NCAA records is unparalleled!! He is easily the Greatest Basketball Player in NCAA History!
@@thescentprofiler5539 I totally agree! But with an asterisk. True, there are a lot of things nobody has ever done, that Kareem did over that span of time. It's not even close! Here a few: Nobody else has played in the NBA eighteen out of twenty years with teammates who are in now the Hall of Fame. Nobody has ever done three NBA seasons where they played with a total of Three Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Four. Nobody has ever done another three NBA seasons, this time with FOUR Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Five. But as for his career in the NCAA, Kareem's Three Championships in Three Straight Years plus the myriad of NCAA records is unparalleled!! He is easily the Greatest Basketball Player in NCAA History!
The most successful HS, College, and NBA Player ever = Mr. Kareem Abdul Jabbar, The Known Goat of Basketball! Namasté, Peace, Love, Wisdom, Unity, and Truth. PS: Mr. Chris Jackson, LSU; the Unknown Goat of Basketball!
He bows out at 42. How to explain this longevity which will lead Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to play until the age of 42? We know that in recent years, he has turned to yoga and martial arts, while meditation allowed him to manage stress before matches. The 1985 Final against the Celtics perfectly illustrates the way Kareem approached his meetings at that time. Ridiculed by Robert Parish during Game 1, passed to posterity under the name of "Memorial Day Massacre" (the Lakers take a correction 148-114), Abdul-Jabbar must be satisfied with 12 points and 3 rebounds. During the two days of break preceding Match 2, he follows a specific preparation, at the same time of the matches, by embarking on a real marathon focused on the work of an interior player. In this Game 2, Parish no longer knows where he lives: Abdul-Jabbar plants 30 points on his head, grabs 17 rebounds, delivers 8 assists and counters three times. Lakers win 109-102. Needless to say, the L.A. pivot is decisive not only in this game but also in the series, won 4-2 by the Californians. The MVP title is for him. Moreover, it is always this 1985 Final that he highlights. A final won at Boston Garden, which had never happened to him in his career. The previous year, the Celtics had sent the Lakers back to their beloved studies, like so many other times during the reign of Bill Russell.
30 minutes of Kareem's scoring skills? Just great to watch, you certainly got one of the best youtube basketball-related channels. Jabbar was just a scoring machine and had one of the greatest peaks for a basketball player ever, not to mention amazing longevity.
Folks can argue about who is the NBA GOAT. But as far as I'm concerned Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the greatest basketball player ever. High School, College, NBA this dude was legendary.
His problem is Wilt. Wilt was a way better rebounder, had way more endurance and Wilt led the NBA in Assists 1 season, most rebounding titles, 2nd most scoring titles. Could run faster and jump higher than Kareem.
this was over before it even start. What I mean is I look and say "30 mins is a long time of video", but then I get hooked, the video over and I wish it was longer. thank you for this video. I can finally shut people up about how good today centers are with these clips. Kareem dominated young Sampson and Hakeem... wow...
+박준호 Kareem dominating a much younger bunch of legendary centers like the dream, patrick ewing, ralph samson, Artis gilmore and Robert Parish is almost ridiculous. lucky for us, the proof is caught on youtube
Without a doubt, Kareem is hands down one of the ALL-TIME greats, not just the NBA but, in the history of BASKETBALL!! It's asinine to say anything else. But if you're gonna start trying to say how he "dominated" Olajuwon. Let me think back to that time... I recall it being an extremely backbreaking ordeal for Kareem to carry that whole team on his shoulders. I mean, he had to play with such ordinary talent like Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Jamaal Wilkes, Bob McAdoo. Hmm... But oh wait! They're not ordinary talent. In fact, ALL of them are in the HOF! But wait again! They all played on the same Lakers team, at the same time. Counting Kareem, that's FIVE Hall of Famers together on the same team. Wow! Give that level of greatness to Hakeem and he would've destroyed the entire league. And even without it, that "young" Hakeem beat Kareem and the Lakers in the 1986 Western Conference Finals. I say again, this is NOT any disrespect for Kareem! But when talking about him vs. Hakeem Olajuwon, let's not go overboard please.
He looks so well coordinated for a 7 footer and almost more agile from being lighter on his feet than I’ve seen Shaq. Not to mention he even had a midrange shot he could use but he was just so dominant inside from his height and length plus his touch man. Always at the right place at the right time
12:45 damn kareem was 37 yrs old killing the towers. he used to really get up for the rockets back then. he wasn't like that most of the time by that point. imagine cap at 27 against any center
Great compilation! Thank you for doing this. I’m a big KAJ fan and i think he’s the greatest ever. Just to think that back i the day, there wasn’t much space In the paint and how the game has changed and the space In the paint now. Kareem would dominate NBA today also! In Many off these clips Kareem was in his 30’s or way more. And people dont remember that KAJ was 1985 finals MVP at 38 yrs old.
Chick Hearn at 12:30-35--"I'll guarantee you, Ralph (Sampson) won't be playing as well as this guy (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) when he's 37 years old," LMAO!!! RIP, Chick.
+Joseph Wright Kareem dominating the Dream, Samson and Parish is awesome to watch, if we didn't have youtube as proof, nobody would have believed it. Kareem is great, I don't see why the don't give him credit.
mcentepede He was private and hostile towards the media, so they got pissed and slanted the story of his legacy. Combine/contrast that with Magic Johnson who had a smile and a high-five for everyone and the combination of "Kareem and Magic," as it was properly called back then (trust me on that, I was there), became "Magic and Kareem." Crossing sports, it's kind of like how the media elevated Jim McMahon over Walter Payton when they covered and discussed the '85 Chicago Bears.
Most consider Magic or Kobe as the Greatest Laker, but Kareem may have been the very best to wear the purple and gold. He was their number one scoring option for the majority of the 80s until Riley asked Magic to take more of the offensive load to relieve the aging captain in 86-87.
Alfredo Di Stéfano Laulhé Here is the problem, magic has 5 rings and is top 5 all all time assist leader and part of the dream team along with guarding moses Malone in the finals as a rookie. Kobe never had any moment such as that. Kareem is the all time leader in points and went toe to toe with wilt. Wilt. Kareem also has 6 rings along with 6 mvps. Wilt murders kobe in probably every stat except shooting percentages. Elgin Baylor career averages outshine kobe, Jerry west is the NBA logo for crist sake, Shaq single handedly gave the Lakers their first 3 peat since 1951. Yes kobe played with him but eeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvveeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyybody knows that shaq was the driving force and finals mvp along with being the person that the offense ran through. Kobe is easily an all time great not top 10 but all time. He is a top 10 Laker I give him that it's not his fault that he is part of the second biggest franchise in basketball that has two top 5 all time scorers and 2 top 5 all time rebounders along with a top 3 all time assist leader. Kobe just has too much that he will never live up to.
OneHundredPoints I tell you this, wilt's stats murder mikan and magic and kobe combined. Sorry, wilt is top 3 oh I forgot kareem has 6 mvps he is top 3 and is the all time leading scorer. Mikan aint even over jerry west.
shamier smith Wilt is the goat but he's not a top 3 Laker... Mikan is probably the greatest Laker... Jerry West's not better than Mikan, that's stupid.
If you take emotion out of it completely I think Kareem is the greatest player in the history of basketball and has the best on court legacy. He has every box checked.
Thank you for this vid. IMHO Kareem is the greatest. What's scary, is that it's even a debate cause of 3 things. 1. Lucious Allen gets hurt before the 74 NBA Finals they lose in 7. 2. KAJ hurts his foot in game 5 when he dropped 40 in the 80 finals(still should have been the MVP). 3. Tragic Magic 84 finals. MJ was fortunate that he or any key player never got hurt during any of the Finals runs(Only Scottie's back in 98 but he was still on the court).
I don't think he's the greatest at all, and i will tell you why. 1st He's not greatest winner, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell got more rings. 2nd He was not that athletic, Hakeem Olajuwon surpassed and dominated him (although i agree that Jabbar was too old and Hakeem was young), Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell were also better athletes, they were better rebounders and shot blockers than Kareem, and Wilt was even a better scorer and averaged more assits than Jabbar... Wilt was a great passer, but he didn't give more assists than Kareem because of his talent, but because he was the most dominant player of all time. Wilt in 1967 or 68 playoffs averaged 24points 24 rebounds and 9 assists, that's unsurpassed. Nobody can do that in any era, even in that era, except for Wilt. But i agree that in some way Kareem yes he's the greatest, i think he's the most gifted player to ever play the game. Even Jordan or Wilt weren't better basketball players than Kareem, but better athletes. Kareemwon 6 MVP and 6 rings in two different teams, that's un matched. Last thing. Haters and basketball illiterated always dismiss Wilt saying that he played against 5'9 players, but that's not true at all. 1st of all, Wilt Scored 60 points and grabbed 55 rebounds on Bill Russell. Russell was 6'11 and he's arguably the greatest defender of the game ever. 2nd, Kareem didn't play against taller guys than him, specially during the 70's, he used to play about shorter guys than him. In fact, players like Nate Thurmond or Wilt himself, knew how to stop him. Kareem averaged 43 % against Thurmond career. This means that Thurmond was the guy how best know how to stop Kareem 's game. Even Kareem admitted than Thurmond was his toughest guy to play against.
OneHundredPoints Not that athletic? That's a pretty dumb comment. And as for Jordan being a better "winner," Abdul-Jabbar won six titles and the MVP six times to go along with three NCAA titles. He won his first title with an expansion team in their third year. That's quite an accomplishment. He absolutely destroyed Chamberlain when he entered the league. Kareem's amongst the three greatest players ever, in my opinion.
Kedbuka Kareem wasn't that athletic, everybody knows it. I don't care if Kareem is better than Jordan, i rather like more Kareem than Jordan. Duncan won the ring with a loser team in his 2nd year... and Bill Russell the first year (the Celtics had 0 rings when Russell joined them). Kareem destroyed Chamberlain??????????????????????? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA shittiest coment of all time!!! You're pathetic!!! Wilt blocked Kareem 11 times in 1972 WCF, and the Lakers defeated the Bucks!!! Study the history, you fool. In the first game that Kareem and Wilt playd against, Wilt dominated Kareem. Kareem averaged a 43 % in the 1972 playoffs against Wilt. Your opinion? Opinions are like assholes. This article, destroys your opinion: courtsideanalyst.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/1972-wilt-ends-bucks-dynasty-dream/
OneHundredPoints Take it easy, spaz. It's my opinion that Abdul-Jabbar was a better all-around player than Chamberlain. And his accomplishments back it up. No reason to get so butt-hurt.
Kedbuka Ok, but your opinion and the actual stats disagreed and i think stats are more accurate than your random opinion. Other than that, if your opinion makes you happier, then i'm glad of that.
People talk about jordan kobe,magic,bird,shaq,hakeem,lebrun whoever but they forget alot of the older players were as good or better than they were in some cases.Who was better than abdul jabbar, elgin baylor, john ,havlicek,rick barry.,jerry west,dr j bill russell, wilt.chamberlain,bob petitt etc?
He actually had a full set of offensive skills, including mid range jump shot, fade away, turn around, etc. But of course he'll always be remembered for Skyhook. Funny how most defenders don't even bother to try to block his skyhook, and really, why bother? Better save your energy for possible rebound instead.
***** Lol idk if I would go that far but ya Jordan is easily the GOAT. He was the Finals MVP for all of his rings while Kareem was only the Finals MVP twice. That's the difference maker for me.
+rightway Do you have any info on how many All-Star teammates their opponent Superstars had? Every time the league expands you have more teams and less All-Stars per team even for great teams. In 1989-90 the NBA expanded by 4 teams. In 1995 by 2 more. Great try to disqualify all the other players from the G.O.A.T conversation but...not so great after all. Wilt Kareem MJ and Bird have great cases, everyone for different reasons. None of them or any other player is "easily" anything. MJ is the most celebrated no doubt beacause of the era he played in.
I do not care how you people think Kareem Abdul Jabbar, is the greatest then comes Chamberlain, Russell, Jordan, Bryant and James! You people refuse to acknowledge Kareem for whatever reason. The most unstoppable shot of the game!
Kareem had the most unstoppable scoring weapon in the history of basketball with his skyhook, why arent there any players now who try to replicate this? I know different eras had different strengths, but wouldnt something so dominant be viable in any era?
If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won two new NBA titles in 1987 and 1988, Abdul-Jabbar was not fooled when it came time to retire. American society had evolved. She no longer looked at him as a curious beast. But the distrust of this player definitely apart was still there. “Since I retired, everyone sees me as a venerable institution. Things are changing…”, he laughs today. Without ever really leaving the shadows. We saw him assistant coach with the Clippers for a few months in 2000 (looking into the Michael Olowokandi case…) then head coach of Oklahoma, a minor league team, in 2002. Returning to the Lakers, he was responsible for frame the pivots. He worked with Kwame Brown, he does the same with Andrew Bynum. But he was rarely seen chatting with Phil Jackson or his assistants… Few or no interviews, as always. A real lone wolf even though eight years ago he agreed to respond to the readers of Basket USA! During a transit through Houston Airport a few years ago, we saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the basketball player with all kinds of titles, buying himself an ice cream like an average traveler before taking a flight to Los Angeles. Alone with his kit, like a globetrotter. And obviously without being bothered by anyone. A strange sequence to say the least. As if this exceptional player reflected the image of ordinary mortals. There will always be a blur between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and America, even if today an award bears his name: the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award. It distinguishes the player who stands out for his actions for social justice, and he presented his trophy to Carmelo Anthony this season. MVP titles: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980 Number of NBA matches: 1,560 Number of career points: 38,387
Ironically, Michael Jordan, who, in my opinion is the G.O.A.T, had a horrible indirect effect on the game. After his era, both the notion of athleticism and skill have narrowed only to include speed and jumping ability for the former and ball handling, driving and jump shooting for the later. This was further exacerbated by Allen Iverson and Shaquile O'neal so that speed and power took incredible primacy over all else. In the early 2000s, the NBA received its poster child to represent what the ideal basketball player ought to be, speed, power, size and jumping ability, enter LeBron James. Dont get me wrong, LeBron and all other player that I am talking about are phenomenal basketball players. The point is that the game has become progressively about linear motion and less and less about the rotational movements that require a greater degree of flexibility, balance and coordination as opposed to speed, strength and jumping ability. Look at Kareem, endless head jukes, turn fakes and actually rotating pretty much every time before the shot. In fact, the skyhook is released prior to fully facing the basket so it can even be said that it is done mid rotation on one foot. Scouts have to look for kids that can turn, twirl and juke as much as they look for kids that can run jump and push.
+bfab Good points. And yet, skill players like the Spurs and Warriors still win championships, looking at the last 2. Neither of these teams have other worldy athletes in their rotations. Not disagreeing with you, but saying fundamentals are still the best foundation to win games, and the scouts on these particular teams have some things figured out.
+bfab True, but I would argue that players such as Curry are making the fundamentals cool again. Plus, rookie bigs like Porzingis, Towns, and Okafor all seem to have a better feel for the game and better mastery of the fundamentals than most of the bigs we've seen since the Shaq era, so I think the NBA is headed away from all that now. The desire to be bigger, faster and stronger always has and almost certainly always will be there, but I think that the more time goes by, the more that teams are going to start valuing skill as well.
+bfab You have great insight. You've put into words what I've felt for quite some time. Athleticism comes in many packages, the "Lebron/Shaq"-type being but one of them. Like others have commented, however, I feel that this newer generation of players features several players more in Kareem's athletic mode. They include Steph Curry, James Harden, Chris Paul and Klay Thompson. Tim Duncan, from an earlier era, is another exemplar of this kind of supple athleticism.As a track and field athlete and fan, I generally prefer the power-speed type, but either type of athlete is incredible and can be phenomenally effective.
+bfab Except that MJ was also fundamentally sound. There really was no question about his talent, fundamentals, athleticism, and basketball IQ. The point is that MJ knew that it will take more than all of that to elevate the sport to greater heights. He knew the value of work ethic, professionalism, learning from mistakes and bad decisions, heart, pride, humility, team, and gratitude. He saw through the false paradigm of "skill vs strength", as he saw that these two entities are only two of the many elements of the sport of basketball. Few other players understood this (e.g. Bird, Hakeem, Magic, Kareem). The reason why these guys are timeless is because they got out of the false paradigm of "skill vs strength". They got out of the cycle wherein the game swings from strength to skill through the eras. While everyone else is subjected to that cycle, they take the game as an organic entity... and, instead of being slaves to the paradigm, they utilized those two elements along with a lot of others to make the game grow.
Ok I'll compromise. MJ has the best case for best NBA player ever. But Kareem is the greatest basketball player ever no doubt about it. You're in the conversation for best NBA player and you're the basketball GOAT. There's nothing else you can ask for.
Keep in mind that over his entire 20 year career, Kareem was surrounded by arguably the Greatest Accumulation of Hall of Fame Teammates in basketball History. Never being forced to carry a team "single-handed"as the only Star player.
Champion in his second year. During the summer of 1970, Milwaukee went from strength to strength with Oscar Robertson and young Lucius Allen. The effect is immediate. In the wake of Alcindor, who won his first MVP title of the season, Bob Dandridge, Jon McGlocklin and Greg Smith, the Bucks are crowned champions against the Baltimore Bullets (4-0). Kareem has plenty of time to admire himself in his first ring. He will have to wait nine years before winning a new one! He is certainly sacred four times MVP of the regular season (1972, 74, 76, 77) but it is only with the Lakers showtime version that he will know the consecration again. The divorce from Milwaukee came in the summer of 1975. Lew Alcindor, now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, stirred up trouble among Bucks fans. We do not understand his religious beliefs. We wonder about his culture, his opinions, his aspirations. Kareem demands a trade in a big city. Either Los Angeles or New York. There, tolerance and openness are greater, without being exceptional either. A deal is made with the Lakers. But it is a bruised man who sets foot on the Pacific Coast. Abdul-Jabbar lost a house and, even more, his childhood memories in a fire of unexplained origin. It will take a long, long time to win a smile from this extraordinary athlete who will win six NBA rings (five with the Magic Johnson Lakers), six regular season MVP titles and two Finals MVP trophies (in 1971 and 85), to name but a few.
I like how Kareem would often fake a step in the hook direction and then turn the other way for a quick jumper or a drive to the bucket. almost always caught defenders leaning toward the hook
5 skyhooks in a row over 7.4 Mark Eaton of Utah, caused Eaton to realize who the King of the NBA really was. Altho Kareem did not rebound like incredible Russell or Wilt. He is the Goat
I remember watching Kareem Abdul jabbar with my dad PRE 1980. ALWAYS A #Lakers fan. Win lose or draw. I gotta MEAN skyhook just because of Kareem. Practiced it daily. Don't make me post a video.
Artis Gilmore was only 240 lbs as a rookie, but hitting the weight room like a madman for years, he was transformed to 345 lbs of shredded muscle later on in his career. Artis Gilmore was MUCH MUCH stronger than guys like Shaq or Anthony Mason. Wilt with his 550 lbs bench press is probably the only guy on NBA history who's stronger than Gilmore. 7'2" barefoot Gilmore also had a 36" Vertical. Kareem was so good that he made a monster like Artis Gilmore seem human.
I want to see a compilation of Kareem taking the long 2. Had textbook mechanics but his game was restricted by coaches thinking big men shouldn't do anything outside of the paint
April 5, 1984 remains an exceptional - yet little known - date in the career of the prodigious Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That year, he won nothing. Just a new quote in the All-NBA First Team. The main thing is elsewhere. As the season draws to a close, the Lakers center broke Wilt Chamberlain's career points record in a game against Utah. Record which then stood at 31,419 units. Sublime moment for the League. For five seasons, the interior of the Lakers will continue to improve the mark. In 1989, the date of the end clap, it amounted to 38,387 points. Karl Malone and Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in turn overtook Chamberlain during their careers, but the bar passed by Abdul-Jabbar remained unbroken. But it seems less untouchable since LeBron James could cross it if he averages 15.5 points until the end of next season.
I watched all of his games when I was in my 30’s and my 40’s. I’m 83 now
6 time NBA champion, 6 time MVP, 2 time finals MVP, & 19 time all-star. n my opinion Kareem is the greatest player ever.
19 Time All Star?!!?! DAAAAAAMMMMMNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed. Chamberlain was more dominant in the NBA. But, Kareem is the GOAT in high school, college, and professional.
Jack McLane He got rob big time big time when they voted Dave Cowens MVP over Kareem.
Kareem overrated
@@allanhouston6759 underrated 😭
All of his success on the court is minimized by his amazing achievements off the court. He wrote, documented, directed, lobbied, lived and advocated for more. He is a great man and a legendary basketball player. Above all he is an amazing human being.
Kareems sky hook was the greatest offensive weapon in the history of the entire sport.
Almlost undefendable. Kareem was a.student of Bruce Lee, BL had a quote 'I do not fear the man who knows 1000 kicks, I fear the man whon ok practices one kick 1000 times'. Some times being a 'one trick poney' if you know and are smart enough to set it up its better that have a huge offensive arsenal. Im a huge boxing fan, Mayweather is.another example with his pull counter.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the Real G.O.A.T.. I ALREADY POSTED THIS ON FACEBOOK A WEEK AGO. 6 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 WITH MILWAUKEE 5 WITH THE LAKERS 3. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 PEAT. 3 TIMES NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. UCLA HAVE A RECORS OF 88 WINS WITH 2 LOSES IN 3 YEARS IN THE UCLA VARSITY TEAM. HIS FRESHMAN TEAM IN UCLA BEAT THE UCLA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. THAT YEAR. WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. HIS HIGH TEAM POWER MEMORIAL WON STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS WAS NAME HIGH SCHOOL OF THE CENTURY. JORDAN DIDN'T EVEN QUALIFY TO PLAY IN HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR..JORDAN ONLY 1 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP.. NBA 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH 6 MVPS. 18 ALL STAR APPEARANCE. NBA SCORING LEADER 38837 POINTS . KAREEM IS THE REAL G.O.AT
@@j0tt0almost undefendable? You couldn't block the shot, much less defend against it. If he missed the shot, it's because he just missed the damn shot.
Wilt, Artis Gilmore and atleast 3 other guys have blockdd Kareems Skyhook.
Wilt did it 3 shot attempts in a row before.
@@Johnkoth Wilt Chamberlain Had A 52 Inch Vertical, I Don't Think Artis Gilmore Did But I'll Give You That,Mark Eaton and Manute Bol
This is by far the best video on youtube that shows Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's entire scoring ability. From his skyhook to his baseline dunks, this center was the best to ever play in my opinion. I grew up watching the skyhook during the showtime era, he was the anchor of the Lakers half-court offense. Thanks for making this video, I know it was made from several video clips from past games.
+FuckStyle chill
+BronGotFuckedUp
Stop trolling and respect his opinion.
not better than hakeem
@@ryanr20091Hakeem was better defensively, but Kareem's scoring total says it all. No center ever scored as consistently.
Keep in mind the majority of the clips in this comp show an aged Kareem in LA, where he began to rely mostly on the skyhook to score. His years with the Bucks had him scoring with everything from floaters, midrange pull-ups, finger rolls, fadeaways within 15 feet, to his potent turnaround jumper.
Your right I watched it live on tv or in person too.. when he was with the bucks he was unstoppable
@@manny4552 Wilt held him to under 18 pts in 1 game in Kareems best season. His first 2 encounters with Wilt he had to face Wilt when he could jump higher. Wilt was playing role of main scorer as was Kareem and Wilt still out scored and rebounded Kareem.
@@Johnkoth wilt was great but no one really ever could stop Kareems sky hook when he needed to put it up
@@manny4552 Wilt could stop it. So could Nate Thurmond. Only a couple others could. Bill Walton being another. Everybody else including Parish, Hakeem, Sampson, Moses Malone, Ewing and so on needed a double team to stop him and it usually did not work.
The issues with the skyhook is that he could do it with left hand and right and the other is if you jumped up to stop it he would up and under you for a easier 2.
Kareem was not a 1 trick pony.
His arsenal of moves
Dunk
Skyhook either hand
Up and under
Jump shot
His counters made the skyhook even more unstoppable.
@@Johnkoth well occasionally he missed but no one ever stopped it on a consistent basis .not even wilt
Kareem was an absolute baller....great hands, footwork, skill, grace and power...
Kareem is the most underrated player of all time.. he the real GOAT..
He's universally regarded as top 3-5 and is always acknowledged as the all-time NBA scorer..
6 time champion, 10 time including ucla, 6 time MVP, all time scoring leader. still a dominate player well into his late 30's. complete & ridiculously dominate offensively, dominate defensively (highly underrated defensively) great passer, unselfish yet knew when to take over games. Kareem is the greatest basketball player ever
timsmith1033 try again buddy
Keep in mind that over his entire 20 year NBA career, Kareem was surrounded by the Greatest Accumulation of Hall of Fame Teammates in basketball History. Never being forced to carry a team "single-handed" as the only Star player.
Kareem overrated
Allan Houston you are the most overrated basketball player
never won a dunking competition
Kareem's ability to take outside shots and his athleticism as a 7'2 center is just really underappreciated.
Only one 3 sport shot made :: david tobinson : hakeen olzjuwon one 3 point shot witha masked on
@@lloydkline1518 Yeah, outside shots for a center in the 70's not threes. Half his career the 3 point shot didn't even exist.
He's more like 7ft5
They need to make the skyhook the official NBA logo. Kareem needs some respect around here. No one mentions him anymore. He is top 3 candidates for GOAT to me.
He's top 2 of all time to me, Jordan and Kareem.
He's the Real GOAT, who else has won Chips at every level, HS, College, and NBA... they had to change the game because of Kareem because no one could stop him...and that's when he unleashed the Sky Hook....in your face..
I am a huge Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fan and have been since I was a little kid. Nobody could stop the guy. Absolutely the best Center to ever play basketball. His defense was awesome as well. I often think of how well he would do against current NBA players. With today's offense so spread out due to the 3-pt shot, Kareem would dominate even more in the half court offense. Thanks for making this movie and sharing in.
He is not. The greatest center is Wilt. The main job of centers is rebounds.
Guys m.. Until 1996.. Shaq and olajuwon would destroy them..
That skyhook was unstoppable the greatest shot in the entire sport hands down. Kareem is greatest of all time
The only 40 year old Championship finals go to player ever. The GOAT.
Martyn Collins Well. He was "only" 38 in 1985. I don't believe in a GOAT player but he's the G.O.A.T Center to me. Im a Hakeem fan and he's my favorite player ever but i am in awe of Kareem's performances vs Houston's Twin Tower duo of Sampson & Olajuwon in the mid 80s.
Let's not forget that Kareem (Lew Alcindor) was the greatest college player of all -time. He was arguably the greatest high school player of all time. He has a legitimate case for greatest NBA player of all time. He was a great individual player, a great team player and a great leader. He had a well rounded game. He was beyond great at scoring, great rebounder in his younger days, great shot blocker, very good FT shooter (especially for a center), and one of the best passing big men of all-time. He took care of himself physically and was able to compete, with success, against men much younger than him for most of his career. No one else, not even MJ, can be associated with all of these attributes.
Keep in mind that over his entire 20 year NBA career, Kareem was surrounded by arguably the Greatest Accumulation of Hall of Fame Teammates in basketball History. Never being forced to carry a team "single-handed" as the only Star player.
Kareem is absolutely the greatest of all time. That skyhook was unstoppable the greatest offenses weapon hands down.
Kareem would still dominate the game if he played in this era even with the high pace the game is played at now
No center today can guard him well.
Hell nah
U tweakin
Jabber only one 3 point shot in career made : hakeen olajuwon ; david robinson wouldve that done with z n.madhed
@@lloydkline1518Who’s stopping Kareem’s skyhook today? I’ll wait
"Kareem's sky hook is synonymous with the MX missile. there's only one of them, and it's unstoppable."
Pat Riley
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Alot of people forget that abdul jabbar was a great passer too.
Wilt Chamberlain is the only center who led the league in assists... facts and not opinions...
***** I didn't say that, Kareem was a great passer.
nahh a lot of people forget....PERIOD..!!
nowadays everybody is on shotjacker Kobe and no competitiveness Lebron's dick
manny4552 Especially in the eighties. The Lakers ran their whole offense through Kareem. Out side of the fast-break, it was all about Abdul Jabaar.
manny4552 Yes. He was a great passer. His Free Throw Average was 72.1%(much better than Chamberlain). Excellent rebounder, defensive player and shot blocker.. I knew it in the early 70's when he would win the match-up with Wilt most of the time. In the 45 years of watching Basketball, nothing has changed - Kareem is the Greatest Player!
People keep on mentioning the sky hook, but Kareem also possessed amazing athleticism for a guy who's 7'2 which means he can dunk on everyone.
Born Lew Alcindor Two decades long between Milwaukee and Los Angeles, Jabbar's career began in Harlem. Lew (who converted to Islam in 1971) was born in New York on April 16, 1947, two years after the end of the Second World War. An only son, ultra-protected by his mother but severely shaken by a very strict father. The young Alcindor throws himself headlong into basketball to escape the family environment as quickly as possible. Spotted by the special envoys of John Wooden, he joined the West Coast of the United States and landed on the UCLA campus. With the Bruins, he won three NCAA titles in 1967, 68 and 69. Player of the Year twice, Alcindor is on the shelves of all scouts in the country.
The Bucks chose him in 1st position in the 1969 draft. At the time, Milwaukee was a franchise with only two years of experience. When the 2.18 m giant arrives in Wisconsin, the big men begin to desert the League (Bill Russell has just covered in Boston) or are getting old, like Wilt Chamberlain who is approaching 35 years old. The door to success opens wide for the newcomer to the Bucks who begins with a title of Rookie of the Year, with an average of 28.8 points and 14.5 rebounds.
The greatest basketball player of all-time,no disrespect to any of the other legends.
Rick Scorsese Hell now
@@keandregreen5628 from high school to the Pro's? Kareem is absolutely the greatest basketball player of all time. Nobody has done what he did over that span of time.
@@thescentprofiler5539 I totally agree! But with an asterisk. True, there are a lot of things nobody has ever done, that Kareem did over that span of time. It's not even close! Here a few:
Nobody else has played in the NBA eighteen out of twenty years with teammates who are in now the Hall of Fame.
Nobody has ever done three NBA seasons where they played with a total of Three Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Four.
Nobody has ever done another three NBA seasons, this time with FOUR Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Five.
But as for his career in the NCAA, Kareem's Three Championships in Three Straight Years plus the myriad of NCAA records is unparalleled!! He is easily the Greatest Basketball Player in NCAA History!
@@thescentprofiler5539 I totally agree! But with an asterisk. True, there are a lot of things nobody has ever done, that Kareem did over that span of time. It's not even close! Here a few:
Nobody else has played in the NBA eighteen out of twenty years with teammates who are in now the Hall of Fame.
Nobody has ever done three NBA seasons where they played with a total of Three Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Four.
Nobody has ever done another three NBA seasons, this time with FOUR Hall of Fame teammates. And Kareem makes Five.
But as for his career in the NCAA, Kareem's Three Championships in Three Straight Years plus the myriad of NCAA records is unparalleled!! He is easily the Greatest Basketball Player in NCAA History!
So dominant and yet graceful. Just kept his mouth shut and let his hard work and ridiculous big man skills do the talking.
The most successful HS, College, and NBA Player ever = Mr. Kareem Abdul Jabbar, The Known Goat of Basketball!
Namasté, Peace, Love, Wisdom, Unity, and Truth.
PS: Mr. Chris Jackson, LSU; the Unknown Goat of Basketball!
Slow clap.. this is terrific. Damn. The GOAT.
He bows out at 42.
How to explain this longevity which will lead Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to play until the age of 42? We know that in recent years, he has turned to yoga and martial arts, while meditation allowed him to manage stress before matches. The 1985 Final against the Celtics perfectly illustrates the way Kareem approached his meetings at that time. Ridiculed by Robert Parish during Game 1, passed to posterity under the name of "Memorial Day Massacre" (the Lakers take a correction 148-114), Abdul-Jabbar must be satisfied with 12 points and 3 rebounds.
During the two days of break preceding Match 2, he follows a specific preparation, at the same time of the matches, by embarking on a real marathon focused on the work of an interior player. In this Game 2, Parish no longer knows where he lives: Abdul-Jabbar plants 30 points on his head, grabs 17 rebounds, delivers 8 assists and counters three times. Lakers win 109-102. Needless to say, the L.A. pivot is decisive not only in this game but also in the series, won 4-2 by the Californians. The MVP title is for him. Moreover, it is always this 1985 Final that he highlights. A final won at Boston Garden, which had never happened to him in his career. The previous year, the Celtics had sent the Lakers back to their beloved studies, like so many other times during the reign of Bill Russell.
David Robinson would've been coming 1988/ 1989 : David Robinson would've scored 50s & 44points against 40s years jabber
The most unipreatiated superstar in sports history! His body of work speaks for itself.
30 minutes of Kareem's scoring skills? Just great to watch, you certainly got one of the best youtube basketball-related channels. Jabbar was just a scoring machine and had one of the greatest peaks for a basketball player ever, not to mention amazing longevity.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is NBA's ALL TIME LEADING SCORER or SCORING CHAMPION thats still Unbreakable until now. Is that a GOAT or What?!
No it shows kareems longevity, nothing else. Lebron james is way worse scorer than jabbar but probably he will surpass him.
Folks can argue about who is the NBA GOAT. But as far as I'm concerned Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the greatest basketball player ever. High School, College, NBA this dude was legendary.
His problem is Wilt.
Wilt was a way better rebounder, had way more endurance and Wilt led the NBA in Assists 1 season, most rebounding titles, 2nd most scoring titles.
Could run faster and jump higher than Kareem.
It's weird how great moments always happen to the the Jazz lol Jordan's 6th ring, Kobe's final game and Kareem all time scoring record lol
this was over before it even start. What I mean is I look and say "30 mins is a long time of video", but then I get hooked, the video over and I wish it was longer.
thank you for this video. I can finally shut people up about how good today centers are with these clips. Kareem dominated young Sampson and Hakeem... wow...
+박준호 Kareem dominating a much younger bunch of legendary centers like the dream, patrick ewing, ralph samson, Artis gilmore and Robert Parish is almost ridiculous. lucky for us, the proof is caught on youtube
Pun intended
Without a doubt, Kareem is hands down one of the ALL-TIME greats, not just the NBA but, in the history of BASKETBALL!! It's asinine to say anything else.
But if you're gonna start trying to say how he "dominated" Olajuwon. Let me think back to that time...
I recall it being an extremely backbreaking ordeal for Kareem to carry that whole team on his shoulders. I mean, he had to play with such ordinary talent like Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Jamaal Wilkes, Bob McAdoo. Hmm...
But oh wait! They're not ordinary talent. In fact, ALL of them are in the HOF! But wait again! They all played on the same Lakers team, at the same time. Counting Kareem, that's FIVE Hall of Famers together on the same team. Wow!
Give that level of greatness to Hakeem and he would've destroyed the entire league. And even without it, that "young" Hakeem beat Kareem and the Lakers in the 1986 Western Conference Finals.
I say again, this is NOT any disrespect for Kareem! But when talking about him vs. Hakeem Olajuwon, let's not go overboard please.
He looks so well coordinated for a 7 footer and almost more agile from being lighter on his feet than I’ve seen Shaq.
Not to mention he even had a midrange shot he could use but he was just so dominant inside from his height and length plus his touch man.
Always at the right place at the right time
12:45 damn kareem was 37 yrs old killing the towers. he used to really get up for the rockets back then. he wasn't like that most of the time by that point. imagine cap at 27 against any center
maaaann, you aint no joke, what a great material, this is cinema-like
Great job on this
Great compilation! Thank you for doing this. I’m a big KAJ fan and i think he’s the greatest ever. Just to think that back i the day, there wasn’t much space In the paint and how the game has changed and the space In the paint now. Kareem would dominate NBA today also! In Many off these clips Kareem was in his 30’s or way more. And people dont remember that KAJ was 1985 finals MVP at 38 yrs old.
Back then (*like maybe the 70's), the name Jabbar was synonymous with NBA. The NBA was Jabbar, and Jabbar WAS the NBA.
ONE OF THE GREATEST VIDEOS ABOUT KAREEM IF NOT THE GREATEST
This is beautiful, he's literally my favorite player of all time. He makes it look so easy, and I'm not that bad at it myself🤷🏾♂️
3 mvp in 5 yrs as a buck before any of these clips .. amazing
His sky hook is just beautiful and no one on earth to this day can master it!
Chick Hearn at 12:30-35--"I'll guarantee you, Ralph (Sampson) won't be playing as well as this guy (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) when he's 37 years old," LMAO!!! RIP, Chick.
+Joseph Wright Kareem dominating the Dream, Samson and Parish is awesome to watch, if we didn't have youtube as proof, nobody would have believed it. Kareem is great, I don't see why the don't give him credit.
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He was private and hostile towards the media, so they got pissed and slanted the story of his legacy. Combine/contrast that with Magic Johnson who had a smile and a high-five for everyone and the combination of "Kareem and Magic," as it was properly called back then (trust me on that, I was there), became "Magic and Kareem." Crossing sports, it's kind of like how the media elevated Jim McMahon over Walter Payton when they covered and discussed the '85 Chicago Bears.
The most underappreciated superstar ever!!!!! His body of work speaks for itself. Dominated in high school, college, and the pros. 6 time map wow!!!
Lewis Alcindor a.k.a. Kareem Abdul-jabbar I really love him and want to use him in NBA 2K so badly... thank you for uploading from Japan :D
1:18 Kareem with the eurostep
Most consider Magic or Kobe as the Greatest Laker, but Kareem may have been the very best to wear the purple and gold. He was their number one scoring option for the majority of the 80s until Riley asked Magic to take more of the offensive load to relieve the aging captain in 86-87.
Yeah but Kareem wasn't a 100% Laker, Magic and Kobe were.
Alfredo Di Stéfano Laulhé Here is the problem, magic has 5 rings and is top 5 all all time assist leader and part of the dream team along with guarding moses Malone in the finals as a rookie. Kobe never had any moment such as that.
Kareem is the all time leader in points and went toe to toe with wilt. Wilt. Kareem also has 6 rings along with 6 mvps. Wilt murders kobe in probably every stat except shooting percentages. Elgin Baylor career averages outshine kobe, Jerry west is the NBA logo for crist sake, Shaq single handedly gave the Lakers their first 3 peat since 1951. Yes kobe played with him but eeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvveeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyybody knows that shaq was the driving force and finals mvp along with being the person that the offense ran through.
Kobe is easily an all time great not top 10 but all time. He is a top 10 Laker I give him that it's not his fault that he is part of the second biggest franchise in basketball that has two top 5 all time scorers and 2 top 5 all time rebounders along with a top 3 all time assist leader. Kobe just has too much that he will never live up to.
Kobe is top 3 Laker and i will tell you why. Mikan 5 rings, Magic 5 rings, and Kobe 5 rings. Enough said.
OneHundredPoints I tell you this, wilt's stats murder mikan and magic and kobe combined. Sorry, wilt is top 3 oh I forgot kareem has 6 mvps he is top 3 and is the all time leading scorer. Mikan aint even over jerry west.
shamier smith Wilt is the goat but he's not a top 3 Laker... Mikan is probably the greatest Laker... Jerry West's not better than Mikan, that's stupid.
Kareem is the best and greatest player of all time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you take emotion out of it completely I think Kareem is the greatest player in the history of basketball and has the best on court legacy. He has every box checked.
best offense tall guy ever !
best Lakers team ever !
best NBA team ever !
Thank you for this vid. IMHO Kareem is the greatest. What's scary, is that it's even a debate cause of 3 things. 1. Lucious Allen gets hurt before the 74 NBA Finals they lose in 7. 2. KAJ hurts his foot in game 5 when he dropped 40 in the 80 finals(still should have been the MVP). 3. Tragic Magic 84 finals. MJ was fortunate that he or any key player never got hurt during any of the Finals runs(Only Scottie's back in 98 but he was still on the court).
I don't think he's the greatest at all, and i will tell you why. 1st He's not greatest winner, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell got more rings. 2nd He was not that athletic, Hakeem Olajuwon surpassed and dominated him (although i agree that Jabbar was too old and Hakeem was young), Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell were also better athletes, they were better rebounders and shot blockers than Kareem, and Wilt was even a better scorer and averaged more assits than Jabbar... Wilt was a great passer, but he didn't give more assists than Kareem because of his talent, but because he was the most dominant player of all time. Wilt in 1967 or 68 playoffs averaged 24points 24 rebounds and 9 assists, that's unsurpassed. Nobody can do that in any era, even in that era, except for Wilt.
But i agree that in some way Kareem yes he's the greatest, i think he's the most gifted player to ever play the game. Even Jordan or Wilt weren't better basketball players than Kareem, but better athletes.
Kareemwon 6 MVP and 6 rings in two different teams, that's un matched.
Last thing. Haters and basketball illiterated always dismiss Wilt saying that he played against 5'9 players, but that's not true at all. 1st of all, Wilt Scored 60 points and grabbed 55 rebounds on Bill Russell. Russell was 6'11 and he's arguably the greatest defender of the game ever. 2nd, Kareem didn't play against taller guys than him, specially during the 70's, he used to play about shorter guys than him. In fact, players like Nate Thurmond or Wilt himself, knew how to stop him.
Kareem averaged 43 % against Thurmond career. This means that Thurmond was the guy how best know how to stop Kareem 's game. Even Kareem admitted than Thurmond was his toughest guy to play against.
OneHundredPoints Not that athletic? That's a pretty dumb comment. And as for Jordan being a better "winner," Abdul-Jabbar won six titles and the MVP six times to go along with three NCAA titles. He won his first title with an expansion team in their third year. That's quite an accomplishment. He absolutely destroyed Chamberlain when he entered the league. Kareem's amongst the three greatest players ever, in my opinion.
Kedbuka Kareem wasn't that athletic, everybody knows it. I don't care if Kareem is better than Jordan, i rather like more Kareem than Jordan. Duncan won the ring with a loser team in his 2nd year... and Bill Russell the first year (the Celtics had 0 rings when Russell joined them). Kareem destroyed Chamberlain???????????????????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA shittiest coment of all time!!! You're pathetic!!!
Wilt blocked Kareem 11 times in 1972 WCF, and the Lakers defeated the Bucks!!! Study the history, you fool. In the first game that Kareem and Wilt playd against, Wilt dominated Kareem. Kareem averaged a 43 % in the 1972 playoffs against Wilt.
Your opinion? Opinions are like assholes.
This article, destroys your opinion:
courtsideanalyst.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/1972-wilt-ends-bucks-dynasty-dream/
OneHundredPoints Take it easy, spaz. It's my opinion that Abdul-Jabbar was a better all-around player than Chamberlain. And his accomplishments back it up. No reason to get so butt-hurt.
Kedbuka Ok, but your opinion and the actual stats disagreed and i think stats are more accurate than your random opinion. Other than that, if your opinion makes you happier, then i'm glad of that.
People talk about jordan kobe,magic,bird,shaq,hakeem,lebrun whoever but they forget alot of the older players were as good or better than they were in some cases.Who was better than abdul jabbar, elgin baylor, john ,havlicek,rick barry.,jerry west,dr j bill russell, wilt.chamberlain,bob petitt etc?
Because of him I learned the hook shot and used it in HS and college.
Kareem skyhook is the absolutely best offensive weapon in Nba history
He actually had a full set of offensive skills, including mid range jump shot, fade away, turn around, etc. But of course he'll always be remembered for Skyhook. Funny how most defenders don't even bother to try to block his skyhook, and really, why bother? Better save your energy for possible rebound instead.
Yes Indeed and he was a decent rebounder too in his younger days
Everyone knew exactly what he was going to do yet just couldn’t stop it 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
the real goat, not no espn fabricated goat of Jordan
Exactly Kareem is so much better than jordan he's the true greatest of all time
Jordan>>>>Kareem. Both are top 3 tho.
***** Lol idk if I would go that far but ya Jordan is easily the GOAT. He was the Finals MVP for all of his rings while Kareem was only the Finals MVP twice. That's the difference maker for me.
+rightway Do you have any info on how many All-Star teammates their opponent Superstars had?
Every time the league expands you have more teams and less All-Stars per team even for great teams.
In 1989-90 the NBA expanded by 4 teams. In 1995 by 2 more. Great try to disqualify all the other players from the G.O.A.T conversation but...not so great after all.
Wilt Kareem MJ and Bird have great cases, everyone for different reasons.
None of them or any other player is "easily" anything.
MJ is the most celebrated no doubt beacause of the era he played in.
@@Shoot_fromdeep kareem got carried by magic
You need Kareem's long arms and height to do his skyhook.
LOVE THIS, would kill to see Bucks footage. This is brilliant.
I do not care how you people think Kareem Abdul Jabbar, is the greatest then comes Chamberlain, Russell, Jordan, Bryant and James! You people refuse to acknowledge Kareem for whatever reason. The most unstoppable shot of the game!
A young Kareem in his prime, say age 28 would kill current centers
Yao ming & david Robinson & Shaquille O'Neal against Kareem Abdul jabber; jabber say coach pat riley got an headache take me out the game
Kareem had the most unstoppable scoring weapon in the history of basketball with his skyhook, why arent there any players now who try to replicate this? I know different eras had different strengths, but wouldnt something so dominant be viable in any era?
that's that beautiful Skyhook that we described as the prettiest shot that basketball has ever known
If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won two new NBA titles in 1987 and 1988, Abdul-Jabbar was not fooled when it came time to retire. American society had evolved. She no longer looked at him as a curious beast. But the distrust of this player definitely apart was still there. “Since I retired, everyone sees me as a venerable institution. Things are changing…”, he laughs today. Without ever really leaving the shadows.
We saw him assistant coach with the Clippers for a few months in 2000 (looking into the Michael Olowokandi case…) then head coach of Oklahoma, a minor league team, in 2002. Returning to the Lakers, he was responsible for frame the pivots. He worked with Kwame Brown, he does the same with Andrew Bynum. But he was rarely seen chatting with Phil Jackson or his assistants… Few or no interviews, as always. A real lone wolf even though eight years ago he agreed to respond to the readers of Basket USA!
During a transit through Houston Airport a few years ago, we saw Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the basketball player with all kinds of titles, buying himself an ice cream like an average traveler before taking a flight to Los Angeles. Alone with his kit, like a globetrotter. And obviously without being bothered by anyone. A strange sequence to say the least. As if this exceptional player reflected the image of ordinary mortals. There will always be a blur between Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and America, even if today an award bears his name: the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award. It distinguishes the player who stands out for his actions for social justice, and he presented his trophy to Carmelo Anthony this season.
MVP titles: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980 Number of NBA matches: 1,560 Number of career points: 38,387
Ironically, Michael Jordan, who, in my opinion is the G.O.A.T, had a horrible indirect effect on the game. After his era, both the notion of athleticism and skill have narrowed only to include speed and jumping ability for the former and ball handling, driving and jump shooting for the later. This was further exacerbated by Allen Iverson and Shaquile O'neal so that speed and power took incredible primacy over all else. In the early 2000s, the NBA received its poster child to represent what the ideal basketball player ought to be, speed, power, size and jumping ability, enter LeBron James. Dont get me wrong, LeBron and all other player that I am talking about are phenomenal basketball players. The point is that the game has become progressively about linear motion and less and less about the rotational movements that require a greater degree of flexibility, balance and coordination as opposed to speed, strength and jumping ability. Look at Kareem, endless head jukes, turn fakes and actually rotating pretty much every time before the shot. In fact, the skyhook is released prior to fully facing the basket so it can even be said that it is done mid rotation on one foot. Scouts have to look for kids that can turn, twirl and juke as much as they look for kids that can run jump and push.
+bfab Good points. And yet, skill players like the Spurs and Warriors still win championships, looking at the last 2. Neither of these teams have other worldy athletes in their rotations. Not disagreeing with you, but saying fundamentals are still the best foundation to win games, and the scouts on these particular teams have some things figured out.
+bfab True, but I would argue that players such as Curry are making the fundamentals cool again. Plus, rookie bigs like Porzingis, Towns, and Okafor all seem to have a better feel for the game and better mastery of the fundamentals than most of the bigs we've seen since the Shaq era, so I think the NBA is headed away from all that now. The desire to be bigger, faster and stronger always has and almost certainly always will be there, but I think that the more time goes by, the more that teams are going to start valuing skill as well.
+bfab You have great insight. You've put into words what I've felt for quite some time. Athleticism comes in many packages, the "Lebron/Shaq"-type being but one of them. Like others have commented, however, I feel that this newer generation of players features several players more in Kareem's athletic mode. They include Steph Curry, James Harden, Chris Paul and Klay Thompson. Tim Duncan, from an earlier era, is another exemplar of this kind of supple athleticism.As a track and field athlete and fan, I generally prefer the power-speed type, but either type of athlete is incredible and can be phenomenally effective.
+Ninja Channel W/ the exception of K. Leonard of the Spurs, you are right.
+bfab
Except that MJ was also fundamentally sound. There really was no question about his talent, fundamentals, athleticism, and basketball IQ. The point is that MJ knew that it will take more than all of that to elevate the sport to greater heights. He knew the value of work ethic, professionalism, learning from mistakes and bad decisions, heart, pride, humility, team, and gratitude.
He saw through the false paradigm of "skill vs strength", as he saw that these two entities are only two of the many elements of the sport of basketball.
Few other players understood this (e.g. Bird, Hakeem, Magic, Kareem). The reason why these guys are timeless is because they got out of the false paradigm of "skill vs strength". They got out of the cycle wherein the game swings from strength to skill through the eras. While everyone else is subjected to that cycle, they take the game as an organic entity... and, instead of being slaves to the paradigm, they utilized those two elements along with a lot of others to make the game grow.
4:22 Kareem invented dirks one leg fade away
Never heard of Wilt
@exposingcasuals3236 I think wilt had more of 2 feet fadeway, could be wrong though.
@@marcoruiz6199 I've seen him do both.
what the media doesn't tell you is kareem, hakeem, patrick ewing, david robinson could all shoot outside shots
PREACH!
Wilt also he had a fadeway that and could use to make shots from 17ft.
I could watch that sky hook all day
Kareem Abdul Jabbar is the greatest.
Triple teamed 😳 Bearded 70s Kareem is the best
@ 4:21 that's not Dirk Nowitzki's one-legged turnaround shot. That's Kareem's!!! Lol
you cant stop the sky-hook with double triple teams.
you pray that he misses it
One of two best players ever with M. J..... Certainly the best pivot by far.
MAN ! YOUR VIDEO IS AMAZING !! BRAVO. IT'S IN MY FAVORITE LIST !
Greatest post scorer in NBA history by far
Sky Hook: Best shot of all times
The Goat !!!!!!
Underrated ball handler and mid range shooter he mite b the best hands down
Ok I'll compromise. MJ has the best case for best NBA player ever. But Kareem is the greatest basketball player ever no doubt about it. You're in the conversation for best NBA player and you're the basketball GOAT. There's nothing else you can ask for.
Keep in mind that over his entire 20 year career, Kareem was surrounded by arguably the Greatest Accumulation of Hall of Fame Teammates in basketball History. Never being forced to carry a team "single-handed"as the only Star player.
Champion in his second year.
During the summer of 1970, Milwaukee went from strength to strength with Oscar Robertson and young Lucius Allen. The effect is immediate. In the wake of Alcindor, who won his first MVP title of the season, Bob Dandridge, Jon McGlocklin and Greg Smith, the Bucks are crowned champions against the Baltimore Bullets (4-0). Kareem has plenty of time to admire himself in his first ring. He will have to wait nine years before winning a new one! He is certainly sacred four times MVP of the regular season (1972, 74, 76, 77) but it is only with the Lakers showtime version that he will know the consecration again.
The divorce from Milwaukee came in the summer of 1975. Lew Alcindor, now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, stirred up trouble among Bucks fans. We do not understand his religious beliefs. We wonder about his culture, his opinions, his aspirations. Kareem demands a trade in a big city. Either Los Angeles or New York. There, tolerance and openness are greater, without being exceptional either. A deal is made with the Lakers. But it is a bruised man who sets foot on the Pacific Coast. Abdul-Jabbar lost a house and, even more, his childhood memories in a fire of unexplained origin. It will take a long, long time to win a smile from this extraordinary athlete who will win six NBA rings (five with the Magic Johnson Lakers), six regular season MVP titles and two Finals MVP trophies (in 1971 and 85), to name but a few.
This video is a jewel!!!!
the prettiest shot ever
Really big thanks for this video
1:46 Kareem also has a nice silky high-arc jumper!!
Kareem was just rolling off of Moses Malone's belly.
I like how Kareem would often fake a step in the hook direction and then turn the other way for a quick jumper or a drive to the bucket. almost always caught defenders leaning toward the hook
SniffyPoo swing left, go right
longevity is the aspect a lot of people miss/catching him would mean getting buckets for a stretch that most can't imagine*
5 skyhooks in a row over 7.4 Mark Eaton of Utah, caused Eaton to realize who the King of the NBA really was. Altho Kareem did not rebound like incredible Russell or Wilt. He is the Goat
Just based on the list of achievements the greatest player of all time.
I remember watching Kareem Abdul jabbar with my dad PRE 1980. ALWAYS A #Lakers fan. Win lose or draw. I gotta MEAN skyhook just because of Kareem. Practiced it daily. Don't make me post a video.
What a legend
Artis Gilmore was only 240 lbs as a rookie, but hitting the weight room like a madman for years, he was transformed to 345 lbs of shredded muscle later on in his career.
Artis Gilmore was MUCH MUCH stronger than guys like Shaq or Anthony Mason. Wilt with his 550 lbs bench press is probably the only guy on NBA history who's stronger than Gilmore. 7'2" barefoot Gilmore also had a 36" Vertical. Kareem was so good that he made a monster like Artis Gilmore seem human.
I live in Jacksonville florida and I met mr gilmore he shoke my hand and it hurt like hell.
his hook shot is soooooooo beautiful. it's a shame no one has replicated it : (. like really, wtf is wrong with post players these days
So smooth.
I want to see a compilation of Kareem taking the long 2. Had textbook mechanics but his game was restricted by coaches thinking big men shouldn't do anything outside of the paint
4:19: Proto-Nowitzki one-foot shot??
there was and is no greater scorer than kareem...jordan? no man
April 5, 1984 remains an exceptional - yet little known - date in the career of the prodigious Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That year, he won nothing. Just a new quote in the All-NBA First Team. The main thing is elsewhere. As the season draws to a close, the Lakers center broke Wilt Chamberlain's career points record in a game against Utah. Record which then stood at 31,419 units. Sublime moment for the League. For five seasons, the interior of the Lakers will continue to improve the mark. In 1989, the date of the end clap, it amounted to 38,387 points. Karl Malone and Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in turn overtook Chamberlain during their careers, but the bar passed by Abdul-Jabbar remained unbroken. But it seems less untouchable since LeBron James could cross it if he averages 15.5 points until the end of next season.
He used that baseline like a pick, just killer
Starting 5 ALL TIME
PG Magic
SG Kobe
SF Bird
PF Dream
C Kareem
No MJ ?
You’re GD right no MJ
I’m picking a TEAM, not 5 individuals.