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#3 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Modern television and a culture of school basketball being honored beyond its contribution aside, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the most finished basketball product ever to set foot on an NBA court. From his first second up until late in the Celtics-Lakers' rivalry, Jabbar was the most dominant basketball player on the planet, and this can be borne out from various accounts of journalists from his time.
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They outlawed dunking in college basketball to reduce his superiority, but KAJ came into the NBA on the back of an 88-2 record for John Wooden's UCLA teams. He continued in the same vein in the league, and during his second NBA season, he won MVP honours, the scoring title and the Finals MVP award as the Milwaukee Bucks secured their franchise's first ever championship trophy (and till date, their only Finals appearance).
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Jabbar averaged a league-high 31.7 points in the regular season, and due to the nature of their blowout wins, 26.6 ppg in the playoffs on top of 17 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
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