Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Our Daily Grace!!! 

 April 16, 1947– On this day, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born and the world was graced. 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucksand the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two more as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. NBA coach Pat Riley and players Isiah Thomas and Julius Erving have called him the greatest basketball player of all time. 

In celebration of the birthday of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Amazing Grace is transformed the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 

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