Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has nothing but praise for LeBron James — but the retired NBA legend blames himself for not having a relationship with the L.A.
Lakers star.In a Substack letter addressing James’ history-making play — he broke Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring record on Tuesday, February 7 — the six-time MVP admitted that the two “don’t have a relationship.”“And for that I blame myself,” Abdul-Jabbar, 75, continued in the Wednesday, February 8, essay. “Not for anything I did, but perhaps for not making more of an effort to reach out to him.
By nature I have never been a chummy, reaching-out kind of guy,” he explained, adding that he’s “quiet, shy, and am such a devoted homebody that you’d think I have agoraphobia.”Abdul-Jabbar — who scored 38,387 points throughout his career in the NBA — acknowledged that the “main reason” he “never formed a bond with LeBron (again, entirely my fault) is simply our age difference.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesEmphasizing their age gap, the former Milwaukee Bucks star noted, “I established my scoring record in 1984 — the year LeBron was born.
When he started to make a name for himself, I was already pretty removed from the NBA world.”Still, Abdul-Jabbar acknowledged, “That disconnect is on me.
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