college basketball champ in their freshman year and won the NBA champ in their rookie year.
2007-03-07 02:24:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
No, no one has done this. Magic Johnson won the NCAA title in his sophomore year, then won the NBA title in his rookie year. These were consecutive years, and only 3 others have done this (Bill Russell, Henry Bibby, and Billy Thompson). Up until the mid 70's, freshman couldn't play on varsity teams, so Lew Alcindor would not be correct.
2007-03-07 02:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by kster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that's a hard one. It's wasn't Kareem he didn't win the NBA championship until 1971 and he was drafted in 1969. Also when he played college basketball as a freshman, back then freshmen weren't allowed to to compete for the varsity team. So he didn't win his first NCAA Championship until he was a sophomore. Of course, he went on to win as a junior and a senior.
2007-03-07 10:37:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a guess, but I'd say that Lew Alcindor (aka Kareem Abdul Jabbar) might have done that.
2007-03-07 10:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by Dsonuvagun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋