{"id":410188,"date":"2022-10-26T13:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=410188"},"modified":"2022-10-26T13:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T13:46:43","slug":"magic-johnson-says-losing-scoring-title-to-lebron-will-be-a-bitter-pill-for-kareem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/magic-johnson-says-losing-scoring-title-to-lebron-will-be-a-bitter-pill-for-kareem\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic Johnson Says &#8220;Losing Scoring Title To LeBron Will Be A \u2018Bitter Pill\u2019 For Kareem&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magic Johnson has some ideas on how LeBron James would fare if he succeeds Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA&#8217;s all-time top scorer.<\/p>\n<h2>Magic Johnson says,\u00a0&#8220;Losing Scoring Title To LeBron Will Be A \u2018Bitter Pill\u2019 For Kareem.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>How Abdul-Jabbar will react to losing the laudable record was a question Johnson was posed during a guest appearance on Shannon Sharpe&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wjt6ZJVYQMo\">&#8220;Club Shay Shay.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think well,&#8221; Magic said after a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>When talking about Lakers (and basketball) legends, it would be nearly difficult to leave out the names of Kareem, Magic, and LeBron. Johnson&#8217;s assessment of how Abdul-Jabbar could respond to a prospective change in his legacy may be right.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cKareem isn\u2019t going to handle it well\u201d &#8211; Magic Johnson on Lebron passing Kareem \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3946H1WUby\">pic.twitter.com\/3946H1WUby<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coach James \ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddf9 (@JamesEdrick3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesEdrick3\/status\/1584629394374422528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In order to surpass Abdul-Jabbar, who has held the record since April 1984, James currently needs 1,244 points.<\/p>\n<p>Magic Johnson acknowledged to Sharpe that Abdul-Jabbar believed he would hold the record for most points scored for all time. James&#8217; dominance might make things worse.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Let&#8217;s face it&#8230; that it&#8217;s a guy playing for the Lakers as well. It\u2019s a dude playing in L.A.<\/em> Johnson stated, <em>&#8220;I believe it will be a difficult pill to swallow.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at a Los Angeles Raiders game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1iTRxNYgm\">pic.twitter.com\/m1iTRxNYgm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Sporting Tribune (@SportingTrib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportingTrib\/status\/1584208039959142400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Jabbar is frequently unfairly disregarded in discussions about the greatest player to ever play the game, but his supporters can always point to the scoring record. He was a six-time champion and MVP whose famous &#8220;skyhook&#8221; shot was practically unbeatable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou gotta make better decisions you gotta make them layups you gotta hit your shots and then you gotta play hard.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Magic Johnson is 100% correct. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Q1DvzITSC\">pic.twitter.com\/1Q1DvzITSC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laker Central (@LakerCentral365) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakerCentral365\/status\/1584913582965366784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Jabbar, according to Johnson, probably never thought someone would reach his record of 38,387 points during the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Magic Johnson stated, <em>&#8220;I suppose he assumed he was going to have it forever.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Kareem &amp; LeBron Share A Strained Kind Of Relationship<\/h2>\n<p>When asked about his feelings about perhaps losing Abdul-Jabbar and his friendship with him earlier this month, James raised eyebrows and gave a curt, cold response.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo thoughts and no relationship,<\/em>\u201d James said.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul-Jabbar slammed James when he argued that obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine was a personal choice. Abdul-Jabbar, like James, is an outspoken supporter of social justice concerns. James&#8217; on-court celebrations have also been referred to as &#8220;stupid and childish&#8221; by him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah Kareem\u2019s scoring record is in SERIOUS jeopardy: <\/p>\n<p>LeBron on a MISSION in year 20 \ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vhw22x8Oqn\">pic.twitter.com\/vhw22x8Oqn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bron\u2019s Best (@LBJsBest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LBJsBest\/status\/1582626637623226368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Johnson expressed his desire for the two to get along better and his optimism that this would happen in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Magic Johnson stated, <em>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s going to happen one day, and if I can play a part in that, I would love to.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But let him go by him first. Put the two men together after letting that sink in for a moment because they will discover they are similar.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrjqCwaWqi0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NBA UPDATES-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stephen-curry-jokingly-points-finger-at-kevin-harlan-for-jinxing-his-free-throw-streak\/\">Stephen Curry Jokingly points the finger at Kevin Harlan For Jinxing His Free-Throw Streak<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/big-fan-of-his-phoenix-suns-devin-booker-admits-he-still-has-massive-respect-for-the-klay-thompson-who-got-ejected\/\">\u201cBig Fan of His\u201d: Phoenix Suns\u2019 Devin Booker Admits He Still Has Massive Respect For the Klay Thompson Who Got Ejected<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magic Johnson has some ideas on how LeBron James would fare if he succeeds Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA&#8217;s all-time top scorer. Magic Johnson says,\u00a0&#8220;Losing Scoring Title To LeBron Will Be A \u2018Bitter Pill\u2019 For Kareem.&#8221; How Abdul-Jabbar will react to losing the laudable record was a question Johnson was posed during a guest appearance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":409963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1251,16,801,3465,1940],"class_list":["post-410188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-kareem-abdul-jabbar","tag-lebron-james","tag-magic-johnson","tag-nba-2020","tag-nba-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}