Kareem Abdul-Jabbar accomplished just about everything in basketball. Three NCAA titles at UCLA, six titles and six MVP awards in the NBA. Arguably, the greatest center of all time.
But Abdul-Jabbar’s trophy case is missing one item that is owned by the likes of Michael Jordan, LeBron James and Bill Russell.
An Olympic gold medal.
Even though the NBA barrier to the Olympics wasn’t broken until 1992, Abdul-Jabbar had one shot at an Olympics in 1968 following his junior season playing for John Wooden at UCLA.