Kareem has been over on his Substack, taking shots at LeBron for all of 2022.
I think Kareem thought that because it was on the Substack, no one would actually read them besides his fans, but he should have made those article subscriptions only.
Since he is Kareem and he is talking about LeBron, people started picking up the posts he was writing.
If we are being honest, they came across as hating and a bit petty. I think he realized that, so he apologizes to LeBron for all the things he said over the past few months.
A day after openly criticizing LeBron James for some acts that he considers to be “embarrassing” and “beneath him” considering James’ stature in both the sport of basketball and society at large, Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar issued an apology to the current Lakers star.
“All I have to say is this: I was there to give Carmelo Anthony the NBA Social Justice Champion Award. I’ve been talking to the press since high school, that’s 60 years of making statements. And I haven’t always gotten it right. And Sunday was one of those nights,” Abdul-Jabbar said Monday on SiriusXM NBA Radio, referring to the comments he had made at Crypto.com Arena before the Lakers’ game against the Denver Nuggets.
“It wasn’t my intention to criticize LeBron in any way. He has done so much for the Black community as well as for the game of basketball. We may not always agree, but I want to wholeheartedly apologize to LeBron and make it clear to him that I have tremendous respect for him. And if he can accept that, I’ll be very happy.”
Abdul-Jabbar’s two main points of contention with James were a dance the 19-year veteran used earlier in the season, popularized by former NBA All-Star Sam Cassell, that the NBA has deemed obscene and will fine players for using, and an Instagram post by James that suggested he was confused by the difference between the common cold, the flu and COVID-19.
LeBron has not addressed if he accepted Kareem’s apology.
He was too busy watching the Lakers get blown by the Suns and being eliminated from the playoffs.
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