The news that basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul - Jabbar has a rare but treatable form of leukemia hit fellow UCLA alum Bill Walton hard .
Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul - Jabbar is the NBA 's all - time leading scorer .
The news that basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul - Jabbar , the NBA 's all - time leading scorer , has a rare but treatable form of leukemia hit fellow UCLA alum Bill Walton hard .