LeBron James says he has 'no relationship' with Lakers legend

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LeBron James is likely going to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most points scored in NBA history this season.

When he does it, he may be a bit happier than he would be if someone else owned the record.

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LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on April 1, 2022, at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles. (Adam Pantozzi/NBAE via Getty Images)

James was asked if he had any "thoughts" on, and if he had any relationship with, the Lakers legend. His response was brief and to the point.

"No thoughts and no relationship," he said Tuesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic seemed to put a strain on any relationship James and Abdul-Jabbar may have had once. This time last year, Andrew Wiggins voiced that he was not going to get the COVID-19 vaccine (he has since received it and regrets it).

After Wiggins' Golden State Warriors teammate Draymond Green said it wasn't his place to tell Wiggins to get vaccinated, James sided with Green.

In December, he shared a meme of three Spider-Man superheroes pointing at each other. One was labeled COVID, the other flu and the third one labeled cold, in which James wrote in his Instagram caption, "Help me out folks."

James being outspoken against the virus irked Abdul-Jabbar, saying he "should be embarrassed."

"As is evident by some of the comments that cheer LeBron’s post, he’s given support to those not getting vaccinated, which makes the situation for all of [us] worse by postponing our health and economic recovery," Abdul-Jabbar wrote at the time. "The CDC reports that those who are unvaccinated are 9 times more likely to be