UCLA center Lew Alcindor, now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was the prize of that college draft class. Phoenix was 16-66 in the West and Milwaukee was 27-55 in the East and the league had to flip a coin to ...

Lew Alcindor, later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, turns small change into big bucks : A drag on the court, at the gate and in the hearts of its fans, Milwaukee was transformed by the arrival of one man ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Lew Alcindor in college, is one of the greatest basketball players ever. In his legendary career, he nearly went undefeated in college, playing a critical ...

Lew Alcindor was the Bucks’ top overall pick in the 1969 NBA Draft. He converted to Islam in 1971, reverting to the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. However, before that, he led Milwaukee to the 1971 ...

NEW YORK — The story of young Lew Alcindor’s journey to basketball icon has been told, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never truly opened about his life — until now.

Then known as Lew Alcindor, the 7-1 superstar out of UCLA scored 29 points with 12 rebounds, six assists, four steals and three blocks for the Milwaukee Bucks in a 119-110 victory over the Detroit ...