Abdul-Jabbar

[ahb-dool-juh-bahr, ab-]

noun

1. Kareem Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., born 1947, U.S. basketball player.

Example Sentences

Anderson was in the audience at the recent Los Angeles premiere of “The Smashing Machine,” along with an eclectic crowd that included Fielder and basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

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In 2023 he broke Lakers icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's long-standing points record of 38,387 to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer.

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‘Trump wants to get rid of DEI, and I think it’s just a ruse to discriminate,’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tells Dodgers on Jackie Robinson Day.

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To Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jackie Robinson’s legacy is as important now as it has ever been.

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“Trump wants to get rid of DEI, and I think it’s just a ruse to discriminate,” Abdul-Jabbar said to a scrum of reporters, while sitting at the base of Robinson’s statue in the center field plaza of Dodger Stadium.

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