Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Throws Shade At LeBron James Following Award Presentation In Los Angeles

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar threw some shade at LeBron James following his name-sake award presentation to Los Angeles Lakers’ Carmelo Anthony for pursuing social justice and driving equality.

The @Lakers‘ Carmelo Anthony is presented with his Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy as he receives the 2020-21 #SocialJusticeChampion award for pursuing social justice and driving equality.

Congrats @carmeloanthony 👏 pic.twitter.com/FVy6ndwOqA

— NBA (@NBA) April 3, 2022

Abdul-Jabbar stuck around after the presentation and talked with reporters who asked about LeBron James and his legacy.

Abdul-Jabbar stated that “I admire the many things he has done…sending a whole school to college, wow, that’s amazing, his thoughtfulness and willingness to back it up with his wallet…gotta give him credit for that…but some of the things he’s done he should be embarrassed about.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says he’d be willing to meet Lakers’ LeBron James to discuss their differences on issues like vaccine advocacy: “I admire the things he’s done… Sending a whole school to college, wow, that’s amazing… Some of the things he’s done he should be embarrassed by.” pic.twitter.com/0QlNMNUXit

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) April 3, 2022

James currently sits in second place with 37,602 points scored behind just Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who put up 38,387 points in his career. One has to believe that someday James will sit atop of this throne.

Kareem has been openly critical of LeBron and his stance on vaccine mandates and such. Many questioned LeBron’s post a couple months back using the Spiderman meme to discuss COVID.

LeBron has been openly criticized for his work with Nike and dealing with China. Adbul-Jabbar was previously quoted saying, “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.”

Many around the NBA took extra shots at LeBron today as he sat out with an ankle injury while the team is pushing to make the playoffs.

Lakers star LeBron James will be out today vs. Nuggets as he deals with nagging ankle injury, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The Lakers are currently one game behind San Antonio for the final Play-In spot.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) April 3, 2022

LeBron James, knowing his team is going to miss even the play-in tournament, is sitting out today … to validate his ankle/knee excuse. I will miss him in the playoffs … but he just can’t close.

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) April 3, 2022

The Lakers fell 129 – 118 to the Denver Nuggets in Los Angeles today and now sit 1.5 games back of the San Antonio Spurs for 10th place in the West. With just four games left in the season, the Lakers could very easily miss the playoffs this season.