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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Will Congratulate LeBron James When He Breaks His All-Time Scoring Record

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has never been one to mince his words – not during his active playing career, and certainly not after.

Kareem is outspoken on many topics and doesn’t shy away when it comes to voicing his opinion.

This is also the reason Jabbar has frequently criticized LeBron James in this past year.

Before the season started Abdul-Jabbar voiced his opinion on the vaccination status of certain players, while encouraging as many people as possible to get their shots, also urging the NBA to insist that all players and staff are vaccinated, or else, removed from the team, and also went at LeBron James for supporting Andrew Wiggins, who at that time, didn’t want to get the vaccine.

The Lakers legend then went at LeBron James again, and absolutely destroyed him over his Covid-19, Spiderman meme post.

But aside from the criticism, when it comes to on the court performances, Abdul-Jabbar does not seem to have a problem with James, even though he’s closing in on his all-time scoring record.

LeBron is only about 2,200 points away from taking over the number one sport from Kareem on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, and given his latest performances, it’s only a question of when and not if.

So when that day comes, Kareem assured to his former Lakers teammate Magic Johnson that he will be there to congratulate LeBron.

“If he can keep up his consistency I’ll gladly be there to congratulate him if and when he breaks the scoring record.”

If he can keep up his consistency I’ll gladly be there to congratulate him if and when he breaks the scoring record.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) January 11, 2022