The eyes of America were firmly set on Milwaukee as the NBA welcomed its newest star Lew Alcindor. Relive his debut game in which he scored 29 points and led the Bucks past the Pistons.

I t was 1971 when a young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, led the Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA championship. Fast forward over 50 years, and the city of Milwaukee witnessed ...

Today’s question: A new era dawned at UCLA basketball in 1967 with the arrival of Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). He dominated college basketball like nobody before him and the Bruins ...

Before he joined the NBA, Lew Alcindor officially became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, converting to Islam. His first NBA team was the Milwaukee Bucks, who selected him 1st overall in 1969. He won the ...

February 7, 2023 - LeBron James breaks the NBA’s all-time scoring record, surpassing the record that Abdul-Jabbar has held for 39 years. December 16, 2023 - Undergoes surgery after falling and ...

The Milwaukee Bucks selected Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the ... Kareem Abdul Jabbar the only child of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr., a transit police officer, and jazz pianist, and Cora Lillian ...