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How would you rank Kareem as a player those seasons? Which season would you say he was better in?

'77, not close.

Anybody who says otherwise needs to fix the hard on they have for titles and pace-fueled volume scoring.

Can you expound on it?

I put 1977 because a few have said that, but statistically speaking it appears he was the best in 1972. 1971 he had the most success while still being dominant statistically.

His Milwaukee peak is '74.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STrKonJGP-U#t=5m17s



Sports Illustrated - January 21, 1974

The main reason for the Bucks' success has been, of course, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who is nothing less than the best pro player. Never selfish in the past, Abdul-Jabbar has become even more generous this season, shooting less, scoring fewer points (25.5 ppg, down from 30.2 in 1972-73) and passing off more frequently to cutting teammates from his high vantage point in the low post. When he does fire, he has a wider array of shots at his command. The conventional defense against Abdul-Jabbar has been to block him from curling from the left side of the lane into the middle for his deadly sky hook, thereby forcing him to take turnaround jumpers or to abandon the left post for the right, from which he shoots the hook with less accuracy. In the game at Chicago, the obsolescence of that thinking was clear. Of his nine baskets, Abdul-Jabbar made only one from the left, and that a jumper. He also has added flexibility to his defensive game, wandering farther and more fervently afield to help the Bucks cut their defensive average by almost a point per game. That is no mean feat since Milwaukee was second in the league last season, allowing an average of 99 points.