Lame. Just like he's always been. Self absorbed. Queen James.
Why he'll never sniff Jordan's jock. Jordan knew he was the best and played like his life depended on it. He didn't have to pick his own team, and also was 6-0 in championships.
I wonder if Jordan has ever told anyone he's the best player ever. I bet not, doesn't seem like the kind of guy. No ego on him.
It would be one thing if JR Smith was out there saying he's the best ever, but it's not. Lebron is the clear cut #2 player all-time and according to the advanced metrics he is at worst equal to if not better than Jordan and by the end of his career he's going to be far statistically superior to Jordan.
If he somehow manages to win a title in LA, I think you hand it to him. Until then, I'm giving it to Jordan who could have a straight decade's worth of titles.
Accurate. If Lebron doesn't say if, then no one will. No one is ever going to put together a career that is so obviously superior to Jordan's that they can definitively say that they're better, but the fact that there's even a whisper of an argument to be made says a lot about Lebron, because the third place guy doesn't even sniff Lebron or Jordan.
Lebron is a great player. Jordan is the GOAT, and it isn't close. Considering MJ played 15 years, and Lebron is in his 15th year, numbers can be compared, even if Lebron has a few more games under his belt
By the stats, Jordan is a better scorer and defender, Lebron is a better rebounder. Lebron's best scoring season was a 30.0 avg, good for the scoring title that year. MJ's career avg is 30.1, winning 10 scoring titles. Keep in mind that Lebron plays in the extremely offense-friendly game of today vs Jordan who played in the days of getting mugged for entering the paint. Lebron made the all-defensive team 6 time, MJ made it 9 times and was DPOY once.
Rings are obviously in Jordan's favor, but when you look at playoff performance, you get the story of one guy who couldn't lose, and one guy who never lived up to his hype. MJ is known for domination in the playoffs, Lebron is known for disappearing, and getting outplayed by Jason Terry. MJ played with essentially one All-star on his team in Pippin, Lebron played for the super team who was supposed to win 8 titles
Most of all, to even be considered in the conversation for the GOAT, you have to come through in clutch situations. Big players make big plays in big games. To be the GOAT, this is a must.
When considering clutch shooting, there are stats kept these days on it. When shooting to tie or go-ahead in the last 5 seconds of a game, the league shooting percentage is 22%, Lebron's average is 10%. Not only is Lebron not clutch, he is the anti-clutch compared to his contemporaries. Look no further than his "greatest" achievement bringing a title to Cleveland, it was Kyrie that took the shot, not Lebron. These numbers aren't kept for MJ, I think we all remember his last shot as a Bull
