Historical clue formulations

• His number 33 is retired by the Lakers — 2018-04-20
• First name on the 1970s-'80s Lakers — 2016-07-09
• N.B.A.'s ___ Abdul-Jabbar — 2010-03-22
• ___ Abdul-Jabbar — 2008-07-13
• N.B.A. first name that's Arabic for "noble" or "exalted" — 2007-05-22
• Hoops great Abdul-Jabbar — 2007-05-21
• N.B.A.'s Abdul-Jabbar — 2003-10-21
• Lew, now — 2002-05-25
• First name in the N.B.A., once — 2000-11-02
• Lew, after 1971 — 1996-12-27
• First name in the N.B.A. — 1994-08-03