IN MY LIBRARY

When he became a father, basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar found himself modeling his parenting skills on that of his college coach, John Wooden. “I’d think of some of the wiseguy things we’d do [at UCLA] and how Coach would show us the right way to do things,” AbdulJabbar told The Post. The man born Lew Alcindor, son of an NYC transit worker, celebrates that bond in his book, “Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50Year Friendship On and Off the Court.” His take on the struggling Knicks? “They always seem a player or two away from the right combination. Maybe Spike Lee jinxed them!” Here’s what’s in his library.