Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 5 Kids: All About His Sons and Daughters

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s children — Habib Jr., Kareem Jr., Sultana, Amir and Adam — helped carry on his legacy.

The Hall of Famer and his then-wife Habiba Sr. had three children in the 1970s. Habiba Jr., Kareem Jr. and Sultana were still young when their father was at the peak of his professional basketball career. Kareem Jr. he later followed in his father’s footsteps, playing the sport in college.

After Kareem Sr. and Habiba Sr. divorced, he began a relationship with Cheryl Pistono and they had a son, Amir. A few years after they broke up, Kareem Sr. dated Julie Olds, and the couple celebrated the arrival of son Adam.

The basketball professional opened up about the most important lessons he wanted to pass on to his children.

“Well, first thing [I told them] is to be educated,” he said to Harvard Business Review 2012. “My youngest is now at university, and the other four all have degrees. And then I just told them to follow their hearts, their instincts.”

Here’s everything you need to know about Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s children: Habib Jr., Kareem Jr., Sultana, Amir and Adam.

Habiba Alcindor, 52

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s daughter Habiba Alcindor does a disaster relief interview with Stacee Hawkin.

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Kareem Sr. and Habiba Sr. had their first child, Habiba Jr., on May 15, 1972 and named her after her mother. According to Bronx TimesKareem Sr.’s older daughter changed her last name from Abdul-Jabbar to Alcindor — her paternal grandparents’ last name — to reflect her heritage.

In an interview with Bjorn Pink in 2022, Habiba Jr. revealed that her father was “never around” when she was growing up, as he was focused on his basketball career. Although she knows her dad, Habiba Jr. said that she does not like to talk about him in order to make an impression on herself.

“I’m so used to downplaying who my dad is… I guess a lot of people will know me for a long time before they know who my dad is,” she said. Habiba Jr. she continued, saying that she and her siblings “inherited” their father’s “mysterious and enigmatic” personality.

According to her website, Habiba Jr. is a “writer, producer, playwright, director and social justice activist.” As a writer, she collaborated with media such as the Huffington Post and Nation.

In 2018, Habiba Jr. she made her debut as a director and producer with her short film Gold rushwhich is partially inspired by her family since it follows a fictional NBA player and his children. Her parents and siblings attended the Los Angeles premiere to support her.

“My mom planned the party, my aunt Phyl designed the step-and-repeat, and my uncle Robert photographed everything,” she wrote on her blog. “My dad showed up and gave the movie a good review, so I’d call the event a success!”

In an interview with Pink, Habiba Jr. said that she is working on development Gold rush in the series. As of April 2022, she worked as an executive assistant at the non-profit organization Children’s Aid, according to her LinkedIn.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr., 48

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his son Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jr. visit the Los Angeles Lakers against the New York Knicks.

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Kareem Sr. and Habiba Sr. welcomed Kareem Jr. on August 23, 1976.

In the mid-1990s, Kareem Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps and played college basketball at Valparaiso University and Western Kentucky.

After college, Kareem Jr. was part of the American Basketball Association for the LA Stars. He also played in the LA Lakers Summer League in 2003.

Kareem Jr. later he started acting, appearing in shows like Nick Cannon presents: Short Circuitz and Half & Half. He even played his father in a 2008 episode The Sarah Silverman Program.

Sultana Abdul-Jabbar, 45

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sultana Jabbar and Kareem Abdul Jabbar Jr. attend the grand opening of the Conga Room at LA Live on December 10, 2008.

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Kareem Sr. and Habiba Sr. had their third child, Sultana, in April 1979.

After her parents’ divorce, she lived with her mother and two older siblings. Sultana stayed out of the limelight but rarely appeared to support her father’s basketball career.

In 2014, she sat courtside at an LA Lakers game with her father and Zac Efron. She is also featured on her sister’s blog.

Amir Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with his son Amir on the red carpet at the annual Ford’s Theater Gala on June 5, 2011.

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Kareem Sr. and his ex-girlfriend Pistono have one son, Amir Abdul-Jabbar.

In 2012, Amir graduated from the University of California, San Francisco with a medical degree. After completing his residency at Louisiana State University in 2017, he became an orthopedic and spinal surgeon in Issaquah, Washington, working with Swedish Health Services.

When Kareem Sr. was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008, his son was a third-year medical student, and Amir helped his father explain the treatment process.

“He’s been a really big resource for me, just to be able to talk to him about it. Being a doctor, he understood what was going on and gave me a realistic view of it,” Kareem Sr. told PEOPLE at the time. “It means a lot to me.”

When not working, Amir enjoys “biking, yoga and camping,” according to his bio on Providence.org.

Adam Abdul-Jabbar, 32

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son, Adam Abdul-Jabbar on ‘Celebrity Family Feud’.

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Kareem Sr. and his girlfriend at the time, Olds, welcomed Adam on September 24, 1991.

According to Los Angeles Timeshis parents named him after Adam Clayton Powell, the first black American elected to Congress in New York.

Kareem Sr.’s youngest child appeared alongside his father on Full house in 1995 and competed at Celebrity Family Feud with him in 2017.

Four years after their appearance on the competition reality show, Adam was sentenced to 180 days in jail, with the option of home detention, after pleading guilty to stabbing a neighbor.

Prosecutors said the attack stemmed from a fight over trash cans — the victim was reportedly left with a fractured skull and nearly bled to death on the way to the hospital. Adam’s official charges were three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of carrying a rifle or dagger.

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