NBA star first

NBA star first

George Mikan:                                    Since the creation of the league, everybody talks about George Mikan, the best American player in the NBL Chicago which had been offered the largest salary of all history, $ 12,000 each year cambiarce to BAA. However decided to switch to the Minneapolis Lakers, another team of the NBL. The media and public are surprised at the decision of the pivot that then dominated the league.
In 1952-53 George Mikan gets his third title with the Lakers and was nicknamed as the "Big Man" of the NBA and became the first player legend.

Bill Russell:

In 1956 the beginning of a new era begins. A player named Bill Russell of the University of San Francisco 22 is selected by the Boston Celtics. He dazzled the world at the Olympic Games and reaches the franchise Red Auerbach. The best player of the Celtics began to write its history in the NBA endowed with great defense that would be decisive in his career. Boston is qualified for the Finals and obliges the St. Louis Hawks Party 7. Russell would prove unstoppable in the game with 19 points and 32 rebounds. Bob Pettit encestaría in the last second to give the victory to his team, so Boston gets its first championship, the first in a long series of eleven titles in thirteen years. Throughout this period, the Celtics would be almost untouchable. Twelve players of Boston between 1956 and 1969 would be part of the Hall of Fame. Russell helped his team in all aspects of the game averaging over 15 rebounds per game, and making more locks than any other player in history .. Unfortunately, the locks were not counted then. Surely he averaged ten blocks per game.

In 1966, Red Auerbach decided to retire after acquiring nine titles. Bill Russell will become the coach-player of the next season. He had some difficulty learning the ropes of the trade and Philadelphia took the title in 1967. Russell still acquired two titles before retiring in his long 
career of 35 years. Boston won nine consecutive titles from 1958 to 1966 NBA record ..

Wilt Chamberlain:

This sovereignty of the Celtics could almost make us forget another giant: Wilt Chamberlain. After a stint with the Harlem Globetrotters, Chamberlain average. 37.6 points and 27 rebounds per game. He ended up leading the two statistical categories, won the title of Player of the Year and Rookie MVP title.

In the 1961-62 season, the player would certainly things that can never be matched by any other player. On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point mark against the New York Knicks and end the season with 50.4 points and 25.7 rebound average. Chamberlain was a monster. Media 2.13m and weighing 125kg which made him a dominant player. Despite this supremacy, only he acquired two titles, one with Philadelphia in 1966 and one with the Lakers in 1972, which remains the team best ever.


In addition to Chamberlain, the Lakers team had the services of Jerry West, Gail Goodrich, Jim McMillan and Riley. Chamberlain achievement in this team to 33 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

After Mikan, Russell and Chamberlain, a giant room appear in the seventies Kareem Abdul-Jabbar after three degrees in the best team of all time, UCLA, Lew Alcindor comes to the NBA. Come in a high-rise intelligent player and so is hired to play for the Milwaukee Bucks and only in the second season with the team manages to get the title. Other important players were sententa Julius Erving, Oscar Robertson, Frazie.

The thirty-second NBA season will be won by the Washington Bullets, 4-3 to Seattle. The pivot Wes Unseld is elected Finals MVP. This season will be characterized by the suspension of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for beating Kent Brenson, Bucks rookie.





Larry Bird y Magic Johnson

However, a hierarchy is quickly drawn in the eighties with a rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics. BIRD and Johnson will dominate the debates since 1980. Boston goes from 29 wins in 1979 to 61 wins in 1980 but sweep the Lakers in the Finals the Celtics. Also at this time Abdul-Jabbar to the Lakers seemed to have made a second youth as one of the best seasons of his career. This final pass to history as one of the most beautiful of all time. Despite an injury in Game, Kareem turns back to score a total of forty points.


In the sixth game, May 16, 1980, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is removed from the game. His wound was too serious so get Magic Johnson tube as a pivot in the fourth quarter. The Lakers get the title with a score of 123 to 107. Magic I became 42 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists for decisive victory.

Moses Malone

The following year, the Sixers Moses Malone becomes the third time in four years the best rebounder and Gervin is again top scorer in the league. The Lakers using one of their star players Pat Riley, acquire title to the Sixers in a grand final. Philadelphia was the favorite team had won twelve of the last 13 games Moses Malone and Julius Erving were certainly a key to achieve these victories element, but through injury of two major players in the Sixers McAdoo and Worthy made sure to tip the scales to the Los Angeles Lakers who would stay with the title with result 4-2. Moses Malone was named MVP.


Isiah Thomas



A classic big close 1986-87: Lakers against Celtics. Magic flies this time in the debates. And regular season MVP also get the Finals MVP after averaging 26.2 points and 13 assists per game. But another player also gave much to talk about in the season. With 37.1 points on average Michael Jordan bagged the title of best scorer. Jordan next year again takes the title of best scorer with 35 points per game. But Chicago is eliminated in the conference semifinals against the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons will not however prevent a new title for the Lakers, his fifth in eight years. At the end of this season, player Julius Erving legend says goodbye to basketball after 22,000 points and hundreds of memorable dunks.

In 1989, the Lakers lost the final against the Pistons Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman and Bill Laimbeer.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar uses his last moments on tabloncillo, and is honored after 20 seasons, 1815 games, 44 149 points and 6 championship rings.