NBA unveils Abdul-Jabbar Trophy for the NBA’s annual Social Justice Champion, presents award to Carmelo Anthony.
LOS ANGELES — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hasn’t fallen behind the times. Just read his newsletter, which hits e-mail inboxes a few times a week.
Abdul-Jabbar in his playing days was a high-profile pro who also had one of the loudest voices for Civil Rights and was ahead of his time, a legacy the NBA wishes to keep honoring. On Sunday, the league revealed the design of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy for the NBA’s annual Social Justice Champion. The first recipient, announced last year, was the Lakers’ Carmelo Anthony.
Abdul-Jabbar has at least twice written about his disappointment with James’ stance on COVID-19 vaccines, including a meme comparing COVID-19 to colds and the flu which Abdul-Jabbar said in December “has encouraged vaccine hesitancy which puts lives and livelihoods at risk.” And on Sunday, the Captain didn’t shy away from continuing to question the Lakers star of the present.
James is himself vaccinated, but has said he believes that getting vaccinated is a personal decision – an issue that has roiled the NBA given the public stance by Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving to sit out games rather than get vaccinated. James appeared to further question the seriousness of COVID-19 in December, likening it to other illnesses: “It’s flu season, so people have forgot about the flu. People have forgot about common colds.
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