Claim: A coach for the Los Angeles Lakers was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Evidence: After the retirement of West and Chamberlain , the team acquired another center , Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , who had won multiple MVP awards , but was unable to make the Finals in the late 1970s.
The center -LRB- C -RRB- , also known as the five or the big man , is one of the five positions in a regular basketball game.