Knicks hire NBA’s all-time leading scorer

03.3.2004

=== Knicks hire NBA’s all-time leading scorer ===

New York, NY (Basketball News) - The New York Knicks on Wednesday hired former NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The NBA’s all-time leading scorer went to work immediately as a scout for the Pacers-Clippers contest on Wednesday night.

According to team president Isiah Thomas, all the details of Abdul-Jabbar’s employment status have not yet been worked out.

The 56-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, formerly known as Lew Alcindor, has been trying to find a job in the NBA after working as an assistant coach with the Clippers at the end of the 1999-00 season.

Abdul-Jabbar, a UCLA product, played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. He holds NBA career records for most minutes (57,446), most points (38,387), most field goals made (15,837) and most field goals attempted (28,307).

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