Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has been an outspoken critic of NBA players who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
Jabar told NPR last week that "players and staff should simply be removed from the team if they won't get vaccinated."
The former Los Angeles Lakers great doesn't spare well known stars who are vaccinated, but say it should be a matter of freedom of choice.
"I admire (LeBron James) and have affection for him. But this time, LeBron is just plain wrong — and his being wrong could be deadly, especially for the Black community," Jabar wrote in a piece for Jacobin Magazine.
Kareem also takes aim at Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, who is one of the highest profile players in the league who, so far has refused to get vaccinated.
"Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving, who continues to reject the expertise of prominent immunologists without reason, contributing to vaccine hesitancy among people in the Black community, who are dying at twice the rate of white people," Jabar wrote. "His lack of regard for Black lives doesn’t deserve acceptance, nor does his lack of regard for the health and welfare of the NBA community."
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