Kareem played against 37 of the 50 greatest players ever.
Kareem turned a team with less than 30 wins, into championship contenders his first year with over 55 wins and a trip to the division finals.
Kareems teams won 57 games a year on average
Kareems was in the finals for half of his career
In those finals, Kareem faced teams that, at times, had at the very least, 3 HOFers.
1971 Bullets
Monroe, Unseld
74 Celtics
Havlicek, Cowens
87 Celtics
Bird, Parrish, McHale, Walton
83 6ers,
Erving, Malone
88 Pistons
Dantley, Dumars, Thomas, (Rodman, who everyone knows damn well belongs in the HOF)
Thats only 5 finals teams, but I'm sure you get the point.
Kareem was in the conference finals 70% of his career,
Kareems team had 18 winning seasons in the 19 he played.
Kareem won a Finals MVP at the age of 37.
At the age of 38, Kareem was still averaging over 23 points a game which was an improvement from his four prior seasons.
Kareem 6 rings
Kareem 6 MVPs
Kareem 2 FMVPs
All time leading scorer-Kareem
Most unblockable shot-Kareem