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Milwaukee Bucks Send Message To NBA Legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Updated April 18, 2025, 5 a.m. 1 min read
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the best ten players in NBA history.

The Hall of Fame center is most known for his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, but he began his career playing for the Milwaukee Bucks.

On Wednesday, Abdul-Jabbar celebrated his 78th birthday.

Via Extra Muse : "Happy 78th birthday to the legend himself, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! 19x All-Star 15x All-NBA 11x All-Defensive 6x MVP 6x Finals Champ 4x BLK Champ 2x Scoring Champ 2x Finals MVP 1970 Rookie of the Year Hall of Fame Top 3 player of all-time." One person who sent out a post (via X) was the Bucks.

Their post had over 3,000 likes and 200,000 impressions.

The Bucks wrote: "Happy birthday, Kareem!" Many fans commented on the post from the Bucks.

@WI_Sports4Ever: "Much love Mr.

Kareem" @Skibha_: "The most unstoppable shot in nba history I rank him and others in his era over the overhyped Michael Jordan" @StephenNover1: "Bucks fans always loved Kareem.

Nobody wanted to see him leave Milwaukee." @Official_HDP414: "Shout out to the greatest buck of all time" Abdul-Jabbar was the first pick in the 1969 NBA Draft.

He spent the first six years of his career playing for the Bucks.

They won the 1971 NBA Championship over the Baltimore Bullets.

Via Ballislife.com: "The Bucks selected Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then known as Lew Alcindor) with the 1st pick (won with a coin toss) in the NBA Draft.

They signed him to a 5-year, $1,250,000 deal.

ROOKIE SEASON 28.8 PTS, 14.5 REB Rookie Of The Year All-Star All-NBA 2nd team All-Defense 2nd team".

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