Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was impossible to ignore. Yet, when basketball fans debate the greatest of all time, his name doesn't always get the same automacy as Michael Jordan. Considering his resume — six NBA championships,

Michael Jordan holds so many scoring records, its almost impossible to keep track. 10 scoring titles. Highest postseason scoring average. Highest scoring average in a single NBA Finals. Most points in a playoff game.

Tracy Murray picked Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the greatest basketball player of all-time on Byron Scott's Fast Break podcast.

It's great to get respect from the greatest of all time." Dirk had the chance to play against Michael Nowitzki made it to the NBA in 1998, the same year Jordan retired for the second time. For Dirk, it was a bittersweet moment,

Chalmers, who shared a locker room with James in Miami, has made his allegiance clear in this debate. Despite seeing James operate first hand, Chalmers claimed that Jordan’s aura of intimidation makes him the greatest ever.

Julius 'Dr. J' Erving is a great in his own right and while he appreciates Michael Jordan and LeBron James' success, he believes there is another player above them: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The popularity of college basketball ebbs and flows, but the NCAA tournament remains one of the world's great sporting events, and helps turn even small school standouts into national basketball stars.

LeBron James surpasses 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason, but ESPN’s Michael Wilbon dismisses the achievement.

This was the foray of some basketball stars into the world of cinema. Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman... and even the Spaniard Juancho Hernangomez. In 2022, Juancho Hernangomez rose to film fame as the star of Adam Sandler's 'Hustle'.