Kareem is overrated

[JohnMax]

#7) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Weaknesses: Kareem had to have a dominating point guard in order to succeed. In Milwaukee, he had Oscar Robertson. when Robertson retired, they went from the NBA finals to a losing record (1974-75). The next year, Jabbar went to L.A, where he posted another losing record, playing with hall of fame guard Gail Goodrich (1975-76). His Lakers underachieved, even though he played with Norm Nixon, until Magic Johnson joined the team and made them great (1979-80). Jabbar was a major player on those teams, but without Magic, they aren't a contender. That is the biggest reason he is #7. If you draw names from a hat, what are the chances of getting Oscar or Magic? Anything less and Kareem's team will struggle. Furthermore, he was an underachieving rebounder when compared to guys like Wilt, Russell, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Nate Thurmond. Wilt led the league in rebounding at the age of 36. Kareem wasn't even the best on his own team at that age, averaging less than 8 per game.

http://airjudden2.tripod.com/jordan/rank.htm

[gts]

[JohnMax]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: He needs a dominant Point Guard/Point Forward with the caliber of Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson's Point Guard/Point Forward pedigree. link

4. Kareem was awesome, but you know...didn't really hit a lot of team success until he teamed with MJ link

[riseagainst]

[dubeta]

He was the kobe before kobe

2/6 in FMVP's like kobe's 2/5

[navy]

[Dragic4Life]

Top 8 all time. Not overrated, not underrated.

[LAZERUSS]

Top 8 all time. Not overrated, not underrated.

If he is 8th on any list he is severely underrated.

[fiddy]

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[Sarcastic]

He's only overrated when people claim that he's GOAT. He's certainly top 5 all time though.

[SHAQisGOAT]

Top3 all-time is not overrating him, at all.