Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, speaking before the Lakers hosted Denver on Sunday afternoon at the unveiling of a social justice trophy bearing his name, again criticized LeBron James for actions he said "were beneath" James and that the Lakers' star should be "embarrassed" by some of the things he's done.
Abdul-Jabbar wrote critically earlier this season about James' handling of COVID-19 in public comments supporting Andrew Wiggins' vaccine hesitancy and about James' use of a meme equating COVID-19 to the common cold and the flu.
He said the criticism was born out of high expectations for James' activism and how he's addressed issues of inequality "quite forcefully and eloquently." While he's met James, the two men have never spoken about activism or Abdul-Jabbar's criticisms.
