The Lakers are finally (sky)hooking up Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with a statue outside of the Staples Center. In the 23 years since his retirement, he's seen shrines set up for the logo Jerry West, Magic Johnson and...Chick Hearn? The voice of reason should state sonorously that the league's all-time leading scorer be immortalized ahead of the voice of the team. We were starting to think the stadium sponsor's easy button would be bronzed before him. One possible reason for the honor's hold-up: the Lakers thought he didn't work hard enough on defense and didn't really try, except during the playoffs*.
*start at :30 into the clip, unless you want to watch Jerry Sandusky moonlighting as a pilot.
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