Kareem Abdul Jabbar On Lebron James’ Mount Rushmore Of NBA, 'It's Impossible'; HoF Says Miami Heat Star Should Watch Old NBA Films

After naming his Mount Rushmore of NBA, which means the league's top four greatest player, Lebron James has receive flak from many people, including some legends. For the Miami Heat star, basketball's four greatest are Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson, and hopefully, himself.

First iconic name to react on this enumeration by King James is 11-time champion Bill Russell who seemed not okay with his non-inclusion.

Hey, thank you for leaving me off your Mount Rushmore. I'm glad you did. Basketball is a team game, it's not for individual honors. I won back-to-back state championships in high school, back-to-back NCAA championships in college, I won an NBA championship my first year in the league, an NBA championship in my last year, and nine in between. That, Mr. James, is etched in stone.

Weeks after, another legend has come out to lambast James' selection. He's no other than Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

In a report by the Salt Lake Tribune, the six-time NBA champion and six-time league MVP that 'it is impossible' for James to name four players who didn't even get to see the legends play.

"I don't know what LeBron was thinking. He didn't even see Bill Russell play. He has no idea what Bill Russell did. Eleven championships in 13 years? Eight in a row? LeBron isn't going to get anywhere near that. I don't get it. And here he didn't want Bill Russell on his Rushmore. I think today's players have a very limited perspective on the game."

"LeBron has to re-think that," he added. "He needs to go and do some research and watch some old film, and hopefully he'll be impressed."

Jabbar also put emphasis on his signature skyhook, adding that today's game is emphasizing more on offense than defense.

"I don't think any of the big men playing today could have coped with the big men of that era," he said. "Wilt Chamberlain would have crushed those guys."