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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Calls James Worthy Favorite Teammate, Paul Westhead Favorite Coach

The Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s created one of the biggest dynasties in NBA history, winning five NBA Championships with great players like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and one of the best coaches ever in Pat Riley.

Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, played 20 NBA seasons with the last 14 coming with the Lakers. In 20 seasons he played with a number of teammates, and for a few different head coaches, but Abdul-Jabbar recently said which were his favorite.

In a recent interview with Maria Karvouni of Sportskeeda, Abdul-Jabbar said that James Worthy was his favorite teammate, and it is not necessarily for reasons on the court:

James Worthy and I got along very well both on and off the court.