Spring Premier Auction 2014
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 08:00PM EDT - Sun, May 18, 2014 12:30PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 261
1981-82 KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR AUTOGRAPHED GAME WORN ADIDAS SHOES (NSM COLLECTION)
Sold for
$4,672.80
Sold Price includes BP
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These shoes were worn by arguably the greatest basketball player of the postwar era a bit of seeming hyperbole made even more cogent if the parameters include high school college and the pro ranks. It's only slightly disingenuous to suggest that the biggest adjustment the youngster Lew Alcindor had to make as he arrived in the NBA in 1969 was to the idea of periodic losing; in high school and college he had suffered the agony of defeat but four times in 171 games. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a record six-time NBA Most Valuable Player a record 19-time NBA All-Star a 15-time All-NBA selection and an al1-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. A member of six NBA championship teams as a player and two as an assistant coach Abdul-Jabbar twice was voted NBA Finals MVP. In 1996 he was honored as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. At the time of his retirement in 1989 Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's all-time leader in points scored games played field goals made blocked shots and defensive rebounds. He remains the all-time leading scorer in the NBA and is ranked 3rd all-time in both rebounds and blocks.
Each white leather Adidas (purple leather stripes) shoe shows game use and in superior condition Abdul-Jabbar has signed in black marker on the outside heel of the left shoe. Both shoes remain with all elements intact and largely as-issued and problem free with the intricately cut purple leather stripes (3) on each side and the stamped Adidas manufacturer's label on the tongue. Includes a 5-by-2-inch plastic nameplate with gold finish engraved "1981-82 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Los Angeles Lakers."
Includes a Letter of Provenance from The Newport Sports Museum.
Pre-certified by PSA/DNA.
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