National Basketball Association (NBA) legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76) underwent surgery after a fall accident.According to the Associated Press on the 17th (Korean time), AbdulJabbar fell and fractured his pelvis while visiting a concert venue in Los Angeles, California, USA.The accident is reported to have occurred on the night of the 15th local time. Abdul Jabbar was transported to the nearby Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after the accident.
Abdul-Jabbar, who joined the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks in 1969, moved to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1975 and led the Lakers’ golden era together with Magic Johnson.Abdul-Jabbar, who is 218cm tall, became popular for his high-altitude shot called the ‘skyhook’, and held the record for the most points in an NBA career until junior LeBron James (LA Lakers) broke the record in February. .Abdul-Jabbar, who revealed in 2009 that he had been diagnosed with 슬롯게이밍 chronic myeloid leukemia, also revealed in 2020 that he was suffering from prostate cancer.