Kareem Abdul-Jabbar discusses his education and sports accomplishments during an interview with Paul Loeffler at the San Joaquin Valley Town Hall, Oct. 9.

Abdul-Jabbar has had many accomplishments during his basketball career. He has won six NBA championships. Abdul-Jabbar also has the record of NBA highest scorer. He had 38,387 points, nearly 2,000 more than Karl Malone, the next closest player.

After retiring in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar has been on Dancing with the Stars as well as many movies. Now he organizes his own foundation, Skyhook Foundation. Abdul-Jabbar’s foundation brings educational opportunities to students who wouldn’t normally get the privilege.  

Standing tall at 7’2, in 1966, dunking was prohibited during his sophomore year.

Abdul-Jabbar explains how the ban of dunking changed his execution of the game.

“ I already developed my hook shot, so all I had to do was lay the ball off the glass instead of dunking it,” Abdul-Jabbar said. “It didn’t really change my game and it didn’t affect the outcome for UCLA, but I think it took something away from the fans.”

On top of all his other accomplishments, Abdul-Jabbar has also written 30 books, including On Leadership Lessons from Sports and Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court.

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