Records are broken every other day. What’s more important is raising the bar higher and unreachable every time it is broken. This inspires and motivates the newcomers to understand what it takes to reach a record-breaking status. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers who stunned the world by passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar continues to increase the bar for the other players. 

As much as the fans credit the 38-year-old, equal credit must go to the NBA superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for setting the record high. Former NBA veteran Charles Barkley of the Phoenix Suns, in his recent interview on a late-night talk show, had a special request to the fans and the NBA. 

Charles Barkley requests fans and audience to celebrate former superstars during All-Star weekend

Chuck believes it is important we celebrate our ancestors and seniors in the work. The ancestors are the ones who form us, and who set a goal for us to reach. Barkley in his interview with famous host Jimmy Kimmel, sat down to talk about the need to celebrate the legends. 

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Barkley started off with, “I think it’s really important we see all those older guys walk around, who built the NBA and made it what is today”. Kimmel asks Chuck, “Who’s your guy? Dr. J?”. Barkley replies, “It was Moses Malone. He passed away. Moses was like the most important person of my basketball career. Then the last thirty years and 40 years it’s been Bill Russell. We just lost him.” 

Further, the 1993 MVP made a request, “So hopefully this year, you know the great LeBron James broke Kareem’s all-time scoring record. I hope we take this weekend to celebrate Kareem”. Barkley continues to receive a lot of love from the audience for his words toward the seniors. 

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar disrespects Charles Barkley during All-Star weekend

In the very same interview, Barkley shared a hilarious experience he had with the former Laker. Kimmel asks Chuck, “What was the first time you met Kareem?”. Barkley goes on to share his experience, “Yeah it wasn’t a good time. At the All-Star game, all the guys get together in a room beforehand. So Kareem is sitting in a corner. I’m with Bird, Mikhail, and Karl Malone and I said ‘I have never met Kareem before’. They are like ‘Go up and say hello to him’. He’s sitting over the corner by himself with his head down, got a book. And I walk over and said, ‘Hey Mr. Jabbar, can I talk to you?’. He looks up, ‘I’m reading’. I turn around, these fools laughing at me.” The audience loved Barkley’s experience with Kareem.