Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to auction off NBA, UCLA memorabilia

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has put his Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers championship rings, along with other memorabilia from his college and NBA career, up for auction.

The items will be auctioned off through Goldin Auctions beginning on Oct. 1, with a significant amount of the proceeds going to Abdul-Jabbar's Skyhook Foundation, which provides educational opportunities to underserved youth, according to ESPN's Darren Rovell.

"It's not hard to sell this stuff," Abdul-Jabbar said. "I mean it's valuable, but I'm not a museum. If I kept all this stuff, it would take up half my house."

Abdual-Jabbar is also selling the basketball he used to become the NBA's all-time scoring leader, his 1985 All-Star Game uniform, and a framed display of the nets he and his UCLA teammates cut down after becoming national champions in 1967, 1968, and 1969.

Ken Goldin, the president of Goldin Auctions, said he expects the championship rings to fetch at least $250,000 each, while the nets could sell for between $200,000 and $500,000.

"It's fortunate we still have that," Abdul-Jabbar said. "We had a fire at my house in 1983 and luckily all that stuff was with my mother in Brooklyn."