How to Pronounce Jamaal Wilkes
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May 02, 1953 Berkeley, California, United States 71 years old
American basketball player
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About Jamaal Wilkes
- Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born Jackson Keith Wilkes; May 2, 1953), better known as Jamaal Wilkes, nicknamed "Silk", is an American former basketball player who played the small forward position and won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers.
- He was a three-time NBA All-Star and the 1975 NBA Rookie of the Year.
- In college, Wilkes was a key player on two NCAA championship teams under coach John Wooden for the UCLA Bruins.
- He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and his jersey No.
- 52 was retired by both the Lakers and the Bruins. Wilkes converted to Islam and legally changed his name to Jamaal Abdul-Lateef in 1975, but he continued to use his birth surname only for purposes of public recognition.
