Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be in the stands at Crypto.com Arena next week to watch while LeBron James tries to surpass him as the NBA's all-time leading scorer, according to Reuters' Rory Carroll.
, is just 63 points away from the record.
He's on pace to surpass Abdul-Jabbar's mark next week either against the Oklahoma City Thunder or Milwaukee Bucks — something that hasWhile it would make sense that one NBA great would be there to watch the other for such a historical milestone, many speculated that might not be the case. James and Abdul-Jabbar have had a rocky relationship — or no relationship at all, depending on who you ask — in recent years.
Abdul-Jabbar has criticized James multiple times in public in recent years, largely over the COVID-19 pandemic. He slammed James after he supported players who wanted to forgo receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, and said James was"plain wrong — and his being wrong could be deadly, especially to the Black community." He also ripped
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