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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

At age 24 in 1971, he converted to Islam and became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, which means "the noble one, servant of the Almighty." He was named by Hamaas Abdul Khaalis. Abdul-Jabbar purchased and donated 7700 16th Street NW, a house in Washington, D.C. for Khaalis to use as the Hanafi Madh-Hab Center. Eventually, Kareem "found that [he] disagreed with some of Hamaas' teachings about the Quran, and [they] parted ways."  Speaking about the thinking behind his change of name when he converted to Islam he stated that he was "latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Muslims. My family was brought to America by a French planter named Alcindor, who came here from Trinidad in the 18th century. My people were Yoruba, and their culture survived slavery...  My father found out about that when I was a kid, and it gave me all I needed to know that, hey, I was somebody, even if nobody else knew about it. When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. And that's a terrible burden on black people, because they don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted."  In 1998, Abdul-Jabbar reached a settlement after suing Miami Dolphins running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar (now Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, born Sharmon Shah) because he felt Karim was sponging off the name he made famous by having the Abdul-Jabbar moniker and number 33 on his Dolphins jersey. As a result, the younger Abdul-Jabbar had to change his jersey nameplate to simply "Abdul" while playing for the Dolphins. The football player had also been an athlete at UCLA. CANNOTANSWER
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Vilket väsen handlar den här texten om? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (född Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; 16 april 1947) är en amerikansk pensionerad professionell basketspelare som spelade 20 säsonger i National Basketball Association (NBA) för Milwaukee Bucks och Los Angeles Lakers. Under sin karriär som center var Abdul-Jabbar rekordstor sexfaldig NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), rekordstor 19-faldig NBA All-Star, ett 15-faldigt All-NBA-kval, och en 11-faldig NBA All-Defensive Team-medlem. En medlem i sex NBA-mästerskapslag som spelare och två som assisterande tränare, Abdul-Jabbar två gånger röstades fram som NBA Finals MVP. 1996 hedrades han som en av de 50 största spelarna i NBA History. Vid 24 års ålder 1971 konverterade han till islam och blev Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, vilket betyder "den ädle, den Allsmäktiges tjänare." Han fick sitt namn av Hamaas Abdul Khaalis. Abdul-Jabbar köpte och donerade 7700 16:e gatan NW, ett hus i Washington, D.C. för att Khaalis skulle använda som Hanafi Madh-Hab Center. Så småningom, Kareem "fann att [han] inte höll med om några av Hamaas läror om Koranen, och [de] gick skilda vägar." På tal om tänkandet bakom hans namnbyte när han konverterade till islam uppgav han att han "latching på något som var en del av mitt arv, eftersom många av slavarna som fördes hit var muslimer. Min familj fördes till Amerika av en fransk plantageägare vid namn Alcindor, som kom hit från Trinidad på 1700 - talet. Mitt folk var yoruba, och deras kultur överlevde slaveriet... min far fick reda på det när jag var liten, och det gav mig allt jag behövde veta, hej, jag var någon, även om ingen annan visste om det. När jag var liten, ingen skulle tro något positivt som man kan säga om svarta människor. Och det är en fruktansvärd börda för svarta människor, eftersom de inte har en korrekt uppfattning om sin historia, som antingen har undertryckts eller förvrängts." 1998 nådde Abdul-Jabbar en uppgörelse efter att ha stämt Miami Dolphins som springer tillbaka Karim Abdul-Jabbar (nuvarande Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, född Sharmon Shah) eftersom han kände att Karim var Spong från det namn han gjorde berömt genom att ha Abdul-Jabbarmonikern och nummer 33 på sin Dolphins-tröja. Detta ledde till att den yngre Abdul-Jabbar fick byta sin jerseynamnskylt till helt enkelt "Abdul" medan han spelade för Dolphins. Fotbollsspelaren hade även varit friidrottare på UCLA. CANNOTANSWER
What essence is this text about? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. During his career as a center, Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), a record 19-time NBA All-Star, a 15-time All-NBA selection, and an 11-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach, Abdul-Jabbar was twice voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996, he was honored as one of the 50 biggest players in NBA History. At the age of 24 in 1971, he converted to Islam and became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, meaning "the noble, the servant of the Almighty." He was named by Hamas Abdul Khaalis. Abdul-Jabbar bought and donated 7700 16th Street NW, a house in Washington, D.C. for Khaalis to use as Hanafi Madh-Hab Center. Eventually, Kareem "found that [he] did not agree with any of Hamas' teachings about the Qur'an, and [they] parted ways." Speaking of the thinking behind his name change when he converted to Islam, he stated that he "latching on something that was part of my legacy, because many of the slaves brought here were Muslims. My family was brought to America by a French planter named Alcindor, who came here from Trinidad in the 18th century. My people were Yoruba, and their culture survived slavery... my father found out when I was a kid, and it gave me everything I needed to know, hey, I was someone, even if nobody else knew about it. When I was a kid, no one would think anything positive like you could say about black people. And it's a terrible burden for black people, because they don't have a correct idea of their history, which has either been suppressed or distorted." In 1998, Abdul-Jabbar reached a settlement after suing the Miami Dolphins running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar (now Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, born Sharmon Shah) because he felt Karim was Sponge from the name he made famous by having the Abdul-Jabbarmonic and number 33 on his Dolphins shirt. As a result, the younger Abdul-Jabbar had to change his jersey name sign to simply "Abdul" while playing for the Dolphins. The footballer had also been an athlete at UCLA. CANNOTANSWER
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