NBA-Abdul-Jabbar to attend Lakers games as LeBron closes on record - source

FILE PHOTO: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar attends the premiere of Apple's "They Call Me Magic" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 14, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will be in the stands for two Lakers home games in which LeBron James is likely to surpass him and become the NBA's all-time leading scorer, a source close to the Lakers great told Reuters on Thursday.

Abdul-Jabbar and James have had a frosty relationship amid a range of public disagreements leaving some to wonder whether the Hall of Famer would want to witness the fall of the record he has held for nearly four decades.