Despite his accomplishments as the NBA's all-time leading scorer and winning five of his six championships with the Lakers, former Laker and UCLA product Kareem Abdul-Jabbar believes his popularity among Angelenos and within the Laker organization remains low because of his introverted personality.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Sporting News' Steve Greenberg, Abdul-Jabbar says those reasons points to the fact that he hasn't been honored with a Lakers statue outside Staples Center.

"There hasn't been any talk of it," Abdul-Jabbar said. "I don't understand that. It's either an oversight or they're taking me for granted. I'm not going to try to read people's minds, but it doesn't make me happy. It's definitely a slight. I feel slighted."