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Indiana Pacers in 1997. He vowed to be on the job for only three years. The three-time NBA MVP award winner was successful in his coaching tenure, earning the NBA Coach of the Year award in 1998 while leading the team to the Eastern Conference Finals against Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. In his last season at the helm, the Pacers secured a berth in the 2000 NBA Finals. He resigned following the six-game loss to the Los Angeles Lakers and fulfilled his promise. Bird was named the Pacers presi...

Abdul-Jabbar trademarked the skyhook and brought goggles to the forefront of fashion. He did it all while experiencing the world from a vantage point only few can relate to. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball Career Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. was born on April 16, 1947 in New York City. He is the only child of Cora Lillian and Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Sr. Known as Lew Alcindor back then, the center was the LeBron James before LeBron James. He was a prodigy by the time he entered high school and...