Having been mentored by John Wooden at UCLA, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar learned many valuable lessons from the legendary coach. According to Abdul-Jabbar, among those was to emphasize the importance of ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... back to a shot he used throughout his childhood - the skyhook. Though head coach John Wooden was initially skeptical about the center using it as his go-to move, Jabbar's ...
John Wooden, who played for Purdue and coached UCLA ... When the Bruins, led by Lew Alcindor (later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), played Purdue in the first game at Mackey Arena, it was not ...