It's time for another edition of My Thoughts! In this edition, I will giving my two cents on this argument....Michael Jordan vs. Lebron James!My favorite player is Kobe, I'm not going to try and show favrotism nor will I just look at stats or as I feel stats are only part of the story.
Did you notice Lebron James looks up to Michael Jordan? I mean why not? Michael is the G.O.A.T. (Right now and maybe forever). I mean He had #23 then he changed it to #6, now its back to #23! MJ wore 23 for most of his career. Imitation is a form of flattery. However I think Lebron is not like Kobe. Kobe said i'm going to be like Michael Jordan. I'm going to steal his moves. I'm going to be great Lebron has said that he's chasing MJ and wants to be known as the greatest player in history.
Lets look at Lebron's career...his biggest accolades....: 3X league champion (2 with Miami Heat, once with Cleveland Cavaliers.), 4X MVP, 3X Finals MVP, 13 time all star, and 2003-04 Rookie of the year. Thats mad impressive! Lebron's place as an all time great isnt in question. In fact I think he's better than Bird. Bird had 3 titles.....in the 80s, a tough decade to win. So LBJ would or should be the best Small forward to ever play.
Let's look at Michael Jordan's career.....: 6X league champion(all with Chicago Bulls), 6X Finals MVP, 5X MVP, 6X Finals MVP, Rookie of the year also.....MJ is the best shooting guard period. Thats not up for any sort of debate. As much as I like Kobe, MJ was better. However Jordan himself said that Kobe is the one guy he's not sure he could beate. But lets examine their careers a little more..
MJ never lost an NBA Finals, hell they never lasted 7 games against his teams! That is incredible. I think the Jordan led Bulls never lost 3 games back to back....which is incredible also. Lebron has been to many many finals in a row. The streak is remarkable.
Now let's talk about teammates. Lebron has only won with 2 superstar teammates (Bosh & Wade, Irving & Love). TBH these teams were always stacked. The one exception was Lebron's incredible performance in the 2015 NBA Finals where both Love and Irving were injured. MJ had Pippen and later Rodman...thats's all. Pippen is an all time great but ROdman? He's a defender rebounder....so MJ has the least amount of help.
If you've read this you already know where I stand, but I do think Lebron will pass MJ and Kobe on the all timee scoring list. But LBJ...keep chasin that ghost...you'll be chasing him till you retire!
Did you notice Lebron James looks up to Michael Jordan? I mean why not? Michael is the G.O.A.T. (Right now and maybe forever). I mean He had #23 then he changed it to #6, now its back to #23! MJ wore 23 for most of his career. Imitation is a form of flattery. However I think Lebron is not like Kobe. Kobe said i'm going to be like Michael Jordan. I'm going to steal his moves. I'm going to be great Lebron has said that he's chasing MJ and wants to be known as the greatest player in history.
Lets look at Lebron's career...his biggest accolades....: 3X league champion (2 with Miami Heat, once with Cleveland Cavaliers.), 4X MVP, 3X Finals MVP, 13 time all star, and 2003-04 Rookie of the year. Thats mad impressive! Lebron's place as an all time great isnt in question. In fact I think he's better than Bird. Bird had 3 titles.....in the 80s, a tough decade to win. So LBJ would or should be the best Small forward to ever play.
Let's look at Michael Jordan's career.....: 6X league champion(all with Chicago Bulls), 6X Finals MVP, 5X MVP, 6X Finals MVP, Rookie of the year also.....MJ is the best shooting guard period. Thats not up for any sort of debate. As much as I like Kobe, MJ was better. However Jordan himself said that Kobe is the one guy he's not sure he could beate. But lets examine their careers a little more..
Now let's talk about teammates. Lebron has only won with 2 superstar teammates (Bosh & Wade, Irving & Love). TBH these teams were always stacked. The one exception was Lebron's incredible performance in the 2015 NBA Finals where both Love and Irving were injured. MJ had Pippen and later Rodman...thats's all. Pippen is an all time great but ROdman? He's a defender rebounder....so MJ has the least amount of help.
If you've read this you already know where I stand, but I do think Lebron will pass MJ and Kobe on the all timee scoring list. But LBJ...keep chasin that ghost...you'll be chasing him till you retire!