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.