Show notes:
Intro (00:00 - 00:39)
Preview of our player spotlight on the great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (00:40 -01:57)
His parents and his early life (01:58 - 06:04)
His time at Power Memorial Academy in Harlem where he won 3 Catholic championships and once had a 71 game winning streak (06:05 - 09:37)
His visit to the campus of UCLA as well as meeting with Coach John Wooden and a letter from UCLA alum Jackie Robinson (09:38 - 10:50)
Him choosing UCLA as the college he would attend and his freshman year (10:51 - 13:06)
His official collegiate start as a sophomore and that season including his first NCAA championship and him being a part of the athlete summit in support of Muhammad Ali's boycott of the 1968 Summer Olympics (13:07 - 17:07)
His junior season which included his first eye injury, the Game of the Century against the University of Houston, his second NCAA championship, him organizing protests on the UCLA campus in light of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, his conversion from Catholicism to Sunni Islam as well as his own personal protest of the 1968 Summer Olympics (17:08 - 22:58)
His senior season which included him earning a Bachelors of Arts degree in history, his third NCAA championship and a look at his career numbers and records at UCLA (22:59 - 28:14)
The road to him getting drafted in the 1969 NBA Draft which included the Harlem Globetrotters' offer, the Milwaukee Bucks winning the coin slip over the Phoenix Suns and the bidding war between the Bucks and the ABA's New York Nets who also drafted him in their league (28:15 - 31:37)
His inaugural rookie campaign in Milwaukee where he made an immediate impact and thus won the Rookie of the Year award as well as the first of many All Star Game appearances (31:38 - 33:37)
His second year which included the Bucks acquiring Oscar Robertson in a trade, him winning his first NBA championship along with his first NBA MVP award and NBA Finals MVP, and the announcement of his full conversion to Islam as well as changing his name from Lew Alcindor to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (33:38 - 36:37)
His third and fourth season which included two playoff runs cut short and another NBA MVP award (36:38 - 39:48)
His fifth season which included his last year playing with Oscar, his third NBA MVP award, the NBA's first year recording steals and blocks as official statistics as he leads the league in blocks and a NBA Finals loss to the Boston Celtics (39:49 - 41:54)
A turbulent sixth season which included his private trade request which became public later in the season, the second eye injury he would suffer and the introduction of a goggled Kareem, his team missing the playoffs for the first time during his time there and the eventual trade to the Lakers (41:55 - 46:01)
Call to action (46:02 - 47:20)
