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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players in history, earning six NBA Most Valuable Player awards, two NBA Finals MVP awards, nineteen All-Star selections, Rookie of the Year honors, and six NBA championships, including five with the Lakers. He completed a legendary twenty-year NBA career as the league's all-time leading scorer with 38,387 points and became forever associated with his elegant and unstoppable skyhook. His honors also include ten All-NBA First Team selections, five All-NBA Second Team selections, five NBA All-Defensive First Team selections, six NBA All-Defensive Second Team selections, two NBA scoring titles, NBA All-Rookie Team honors, induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995, selection to the NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1980, recognition as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996, three NCAA championships, and the distinction of being called history's greatest player by Time magazine. His career statistics included 1,560 games played, 38,387 points, a .559 field goal percentage, 17,440 rebounds, 5,660 assists, 1,160 steals, 3,189 blocks, and 57,446 minutes.
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