Ep. 686 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has taken the bitter & grumpy approach to being an elder

Kareem is a legend. Period. Which is why you won’t find LeBron James and other elite Black athletes that Kareem continues to fire harsh critiques against – firing them back – which is probably the right thing to do.

But for me, it’s sad to see. Instead of being a mentor, advisor, coach, or confidante, Kareem has decided to use his platform to blast young Black athletes – often with over-the-top critiques.

Yesterday he went viral for saying that every corporation and sponsor that works with Kyrie Irving should drop him and that people should call and write those sponsors and demand they drop Kyrie?

It’s too much, frankly. Because for all the criticisms he might have of Kyrie – he overlooked that he is literally one of the single most generous athletes in all of sports and has consistently spent millions of dollars to support people impacted by police violence and racial injustice.

And when you dig a little, you learn that he doesn’t even know any of these guys and hasn’t made an attempt to get to know them.

I just hope that when I’m an elder – I take the advisor and mentor approach instead of the grumpy old man path.