Beijing time on April 6, this time James has been subject to a lot of controversy, since the Lakers' record has fallen all the way, what James has done seems to have been labeled a bad label, even in the history of the NBA, the highly respected Abdul-Jabbar has previously publicly denounced James. At that time, Abdul-Jabbar thought that what James had done and said was detrimental to his own identity, and that James did not have a firm position on many things, and that every time he should re-examine James's style of doing things.
This remark caused an uproar on major social media at the time, and many fans echoed it, believing that James as a player should not actually say so much in front of the media, and that what he often said was contradictory and even more annoying. Just when Jabbar's criticism was in the ascendant, he did not expect that a day later, Abdul-Jabbar would come back to publicly apologize to James, and said that he had always respected and loved James, believing that James was still one of the greatest players in the world and that he deserved the admiration of millions of people.
In addition, Abdul-Jabbar also explained his previous criticism of James, saying that he did not want to criticize James in any way, because James has contributed greatly to the development of the entire black community and the game of basketball. They may not all agree everywhere, but Abdul-Jabbar has always respected James and wants him to accept his apology. In a long essay that followed, Abdul-Jabbar explained that he was merely giving james some advice as a big brother and did not really want to criticize him.
Judging from Abdhab's two voices before and after, it is not difficult to see that Abdul-Jabbar's attitude has undergone a major change of one hundred and eighty degrees, and Jabbar simply summarized such behavior as his own work, and always expressed respect for James. In fact, Abdul-Jabbar's criticism of James before mainly focused on some inappropriate remarks of James, because James, as a star with considerable influence, often expressed his views and opinions on social media, and also said some inappropriate words.
James has previously expressed ambiguous views on whether black players should be vaccinated, and has used some inappropriate celebrations in the game, and the performance inside and outside the court is as contradictory as two people. Abdul-Jabbar's criticism of James is concentrated here, and Abdul-Jabbar believes in his heart that since James is the most influential star of this era, he should set an example for black players and use his influence to do more and better things for players and the public, rather than expressing these ambiguous views.
Perhaps this is also the most unrecognized place for James as a player, the same historical level of stars, Jordan will hardly participate in the discussion of some social issues, he is just established in everyone's heart as a basketball god. Bryant has also actively spoken out for society, but Kobe's position is generally firmer. As for James, he has indeed done a lot of contradictory things, and this time Jabbar publicly apologized to James may also be because the pressure of public opinion is too great, but I also hope that Jabbar's words can make James wake up and make him pay more attention to his own speech and the problems caused by his influence.
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