A paragon of durability, who held the NBA’s all-time points record for nearly 40 years, he was league MVP a record six times, appeared in 10 NBA Finals, and won six titles
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For those updating rosters at home…: 11 NBA players who underwent a legal name change
We continue our frivolities series today with a look at players who underwent legal name changes during their active careers, either for legal reasons, family history, or just eccentricity.
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- Active NBA player in his 40s
- All-time greatest Lakers
- All-time NBA leader in career field goals and in career minutes played
- Appearance in Airplane!
- Appearance in Kareem: Reflections from Inside
- As cause for NCAA to ban dunking
- As rookie with great postseason performance
- As social justice activist
- Championship winner on Lakers (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988)
- Fight with Kent Benson
- In the 1974 NBA Finals
- Missing out on league MVP in a controversial voting (1970)
- Missing out on league MVP in a controversial voting (1973)
- Missing the 1973 NBA All-Star Game
- Name change from Lew Alcindor
- Never named NBA All-Star MVP
- On ’70-’71 Milwaukee Bucks (greatest teams)
- On ’84-’85 Los Angeles Lakers (greatest teams)
- On ’86-’87 Los Angeles Lakers (greatest teams)
- One of the greatest players of the ’80s
- Participation on Splash
- Record holder for most personal fouls
- Replaced by Elmore Smith
- Role in “The Punch”
- Signature Adidas Jabbar shoe
