LeBron James delivered a dagger three-pointer during the Los Angeles Lakers' Nov. 24 matchup against the Indiana Pacers. Following the shot, LeBron did the famous "big balls" celebration which has been used by other greats such as Kobe Bryant. The NBA fined LeBron $15,000 for the gesture but a Laker legend was also troubled by the celebration.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called out LeBron James over the weekend for doing the celebration and called it disrespectful to the opposing team. Kareem also questioned Lebron's greatness, arguing that "GOATs don't dance."
"Why do you need to do a stupid, childish dance and disrespect the other team on the court?" the Hall of Famer asked on his Substack channel. "It doesn't make sense. GOATs don't dance."
This isn't the first time Kareem has criticized LeBron during the current NBA season. In October, the former Laker called out the NBA superstar over his vaccine stance.
"I'm a huge fan of LeBron James, both as one of the greatest basketball players ever and as a humanitarian who cares about social injustice," he wrote in the essay titled Why LeBron Is Wrong About "Honoring" Vaccination Hesitancy. "I have written his praises many times in the past and undoubtedly will in the future. I admire him and have affection for him. But this time LeBron is just plain wrong -- and his being wrong could be deadly, especially to the Black community. On the surface, it appears that Draymond and LeBron are arguing for the American ideal of individual freedom of choice. But they offer no arguments in support of it, nor do they define the limits of when one person’s choice is harmful to the community."
LeBron James has not publicly responded to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's criticisms.
