'I just want him to think about what he's doing sometimes,' Abdul-Jabbar told CBS' Jim HIll on Sunday. He has since indicated that his statements have been blow out of proportion.
NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, on hand to award Los Angeles Lakers star Carmelo Anthony with the first ever Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Trophy ahead of Sunday's Lakers-Nuggets matchup, was openly critical of LeBron James for several reasons.
These comments came after more incendiary ones came while he spoke with ESPN, where he said,"Some of the things he's done and said are really beneath him, as far as I can see. Some of the great things that he's done, he's standing on both sides of the fence almost, you know? It makes it hard for me to accept that when he's committed himself to a different take on everything. It's hard to figure out where he's standing. You've got to check him out every time.
He also called a social media post of James' into question, which features a popular Spiderman meme, likening COVID-19 to a common cold and the flu in late December. "We don't need to tell LeBron what to do, we just gotta get him to think. He's an intelligent young man," Abdul-Jabbar continued while speaking with Hill.
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