Complex sentence: In 1998, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar filed a lawsuit against Karim stating that there were too many similarities between the two Abdul-Jabbars because they both attended UCLA and both wore the number 33.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1998, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar filed a lawsuit against Karim, stating that there were too many similarities between the two Abdul-Jabbars. In the lawsuit, Abdul-Jabbar listed that they both attended UCLA and both wore the number 33.