Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is dwarfed beneath the 16-foot statue of himself shooting his iconic skyhook. His was the sixth statue placed outside the Staples Center, along with Lakers greats, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Chick Hearns, as well as Kings hockey great Wayne Gretzky and boxer Oscar De La Hoya. “You should have had the first statue,” Magic told the big man during the unveiling ceremony last week./Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images
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