Duke Basketball Report · Jul 19, 2020
You Tube Gold: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s High School Highlights
Photo by Bob Gomel/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images 7’ 3/4-tall, Power Memorial Academy basketball star, Lewis Alcindor (R) aka Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, about to send one home.There’s been a lively debate lately about who the GOAT is in the NBA but among cognizant fans, there’s no question about who the GOAT in college ball was. It was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of UCLA, and it’s not particularly close.
Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, had to play freshman ball - and his team beat the UCLA varsity.
Not so big a deal?
Well they were the defending national champions.