MJ did it on BOTH ends of the court. He got a DPOTY, while also getting a scoring title, led the league in steals 3x, was the fastest to 100 steals & 100 blocks by a guard, and had 9 all defensive first team selections. Because of rules changes & play style changes throughout the years, you pretty much have to break down the GOATS into their respective eras. Like LBJ is the goat of this era, MJ was the goat of his era, Kareem was the goat of his era, etc…
@@Femitoodrippy I'm a fan of both MJ and Lebron. I've had the privilege of seeing both live - Lebron mulitple times. Basketball is simple. Score the basket. Stop your other opponents from scoring. Jordan played 13 seasons with the Bulls (13 minus second season with broken foot and more than half the season he was playing baseball) 11.5 seasons. 10 scoring titles, 9 All Defensive First Teams meaning he was the best defender at his position. This included leading the league in steals 3x - stopping other teams possessions. Xs and Os - Jordan could be ball dominant and play off ball in a system like the triangle. lebron is a tremendous talent but he can’t play in a system. He dribbled the ball for 15 seconds for a pick and roll for a weak defender then drives for a layup or a pass to a shooter. With Lebron he never plays well with a point guard cause he needs the ball. He can’t play with true bigs cause he needs the paint open. Bigs become catch and shoot guys. And as a fan, I cannot explain Lebron disappearing against Boston in 2010 and Dallas in 2011. In his second year, gm2 against Boston MJ wanted to be on the line to hit clutch free throws to send it into overtime with a chance to win. Also the final 3-peat - he played all 82 games all three of those years. His last year with the Wizards - he played all 82 games. He never cheated anyone who paid to see him. That’s why between the two I’d say Jordan.
@@mancycle1 That's the point, he did all of his accomplishments in a way shorter time and still outscorce Lebron on most of them, MVPs, Finals-MVPs, Scoring titles, all defensive team nominations, ....... he is the greatest ever.
No weaknesses. No flopping. No quitting mid game. No leaving to join super teams. No load management. No fear of taking the last shot. No choking play off series. No losing play off series while having home court advantage. No losing more than 2 games in a row in almost a span of a decade. No embarassingly bad series played. No finals series lost. No letting off defensive and offensive pressure night in and night out. No lack of killer will. No fear of guarding the opponents best player. A joy to watch. An honor to have seen play.
🎯💯 let these casuals who only look at stats and youtube clips talk that junk. Those of us who saw Mj play night in and night out know whats up. This is coming from a Knicks fan, Jordan is the best, period, by any standard of measure. Bob Cousy i think described it best, "Michael Jordan is the Mona Lisa of basketball".
Sorry, but as a person that is from Chicago and has watched MJ from the beginning, I have to tell you that MJ WOULD NOT have struggled in this era....at all. He was way ahead of his time with his style of play. That is why he made guys look like they were standing still. Listen to all of the legends that played against him. This era of ball works in MJ's favor. A prime MJ was EXTREMELY quick. MJ of the late 80s would jump out of the gym. The MJ of the 1990s became a smarter player. Don't forget, MJ played with the Wizards in the early 2000s. Even then, he was STILL putting up numbers! MJ has an exceptionally high basketball IQ. You don't think having that, along with extreme competitiveness coupled with an almost psychotic killer instinct wouldn't put him in the highest ranks? The reason why you have so many of us coming at you young folks is that 1.) Most of you do not know or study Michael's career in depth, then you make assessments based on little to no information. 2.) Those of us that were around to see MJ play KNOW what he's done and are SHOCKED when we hear such outrageous claims. 3.) Many of you cannot except that maybe the greatest player ever WAS NOT in your era. **You may have seen Lebron or Kobe do those moves, but WHERE do you think they came from?? So when I hear you say that, I just think you are finding a way to minimize what MJ was doing. To me, that's just being petty. The fact that reactors like yourself don't know WHY he wore the number 45 pretty much makes my case that you don't know his career well enough to be critical. Warriors had 73-9, but what happened to them in the finals?? 73-9 is cool, but 72-10 has a RING to it...
Wasup Chicago? Detroit here. Went to my first pistons game in 88. Met Jordan once. He tried picking up my girlfriend right in front of me. I hate Jordan. He is the goat tho. No debate.
* MJ has more championships * MJ has more MVPS * MJ has more Finals MVPs (record) * MJ has more DPOYS * MJ has more all defensive 1st teams (T- record) * MJ has more scoring titles (record) * MJ has more steals titles * MJ has more times finishing top 5 in MVP and DPOY voting in the same season (record) * MJ has same amount of times finishing top 2 in MVP (Less seasons then Lebron) (T-record) * MJ has more times finishing top 5 in DPOY (record) * Averages more PG in the regular season and playoffs (both records) * Averages more OREB in the regular season and playoffs * Averages more BPG in the regular season * Averages more SPG in the regular season and playoffs * Higher PER in the regular season and playoffs (both records) * Higher BPM in the regular season and playoffs (both records) * Higher win shares per 48 in the regular season and playoffs (both records) * Higher FT% in the regular season and playoffs * Higher FG% in the regular season (on the Bulls) * Less TOV in the regular season and playoffs * Lebron has never had a 200 steal season or an 100 block season. MJ has had this both in one season, twice (record) * Beaten more 50 win teams in the playoffs
Yeah it's not even close. This young generation is clueless. Lebron is a great player, not hating. But he ain't greater than MJ or Kareem. And Steph has 4 rings in what is suppose to be Lebron's era....Tell me how that works? How twisted is the mind that has Lebron at 1 and Steph at 10? MJ gets 6 titles in the team he was drafted to....Kobe 5, Magic 5, Tim Duncan 5, Steph 4. It's a pity Lebron never stayed in Cleveland, just by going to Miami without winning one disqualifies him from GOAT conversation, even Giannis got one in the team he was drafted by and before year 10.
@@jacksmith4460 HE DID NOT!! Sorry, I was there and people keep making this mistake. His Dad was murdered and then he came out and said he was retiring so that at least his dad would have seen every basketball game he ever played in. He played baseball because he didn't want to play basketball after his father (who had been to every one of his games) was killed. People forget this. And also I'm not a basketball fan but I know this because I was an MJ fan...what he did transcended basketball.
I'm a 44 year old NY Knicks fan. I grew up watching MJ beat my Knicks for most of my life. I hate Jordan for keeping my Knicks out of the finals, but I have to respect the man as the greatest of all time.
In the last 50 years, Career Résumé - Total Achievements: (Titles / MVPs / Finals MVPs / 1st All-NBA / 1st All-DEF / Scoring Titles/ All-Star MVPs) 1st: Jordan = 49 2nd: Kobe = 34 2nd: LeBron = 34 4th: Kareem = 33 5th: Duncan = 29 … You can debate 2nd-5th place but Jordan is so far ahead of everyone else…it’s not even close. Also the most amazing thing is that Jordan accomplished all this while playing in at least 5 years less than the other players ... To put things into perspective, players like Giannis and Curry each have 14 Career Total Achievements
Nah, that's not true at all. He should've adapted just fine. He would've been in fights and probably injured earlier bc they were dirty, but he would've survived just fine
@@3COI He had the physical attributes to do so, but some of his actions over the years brings the question of if he had the mentality to handle it. Let's not forget, there wouldn't have been the casual jumping teams that he did, so depending on the year, he could have been stuck on a team for a long time.
What made MJ great were his actual skills. His footwork was immaculate, his movement without the ball was so effective. The way he dismissed double teams was brilliant. And he did it all with fluidity and grace. MJ could go on a massive scoring run any time he wanted, but there were also times where his scoring was so spaced out and within the offense that you'd be surprised at the end of the game just how much he scored. This is how proficient he was : In his last year with the Bulls, MJ averaged holding the ball for just 3 mins 45 seconds per game and still scored a little under 30 a game. So each quarter he held the ball for just a little over 56 seconds. Incredible. MJ dominated in the toughest defensive era in NBA history.
As great as this mixtape is, this is nothing when you take into account that MJ played like this every single game. Its truly a shame for those who didn’t see him play. He was basketball perfection. No one’s at Jordan’s level, maybe in the future someone will come. He’s light years ahead of the current guys. LeBron never had a chance, bless his soul
No. Also, back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, you had to be a MAN to withstand the rigors of the NBA. Now we have this flopping, limp-wristed brand of basketball where one guy dribbles down the court and the other 4 stand around outside the 3 point line. Even the pick-and-roll is becoming more rare. Everybody just wants to shoot 3s. Back in the day you could get close-lined and the refs would look at you and laugh. Now, you might get a flagrant 2 for giving an opponent the side-eye. I hope they keep Kleenex tissues at the scorer's table for all the crying.🤣 I'm pretty sure Lebron could have played during those early eras, BUT he would NOT be dominant vs a prime Shaq, Wilt, Moses, Maurice Lucas, Dave Cowens, Unseld, Olajuwon, Barkley, the BAD Boys of Detroit, Magic, Boston's Big 3, and many, MANY more.
Dear Steve Urkel, One thing that this video does not display is Michael's triple threat pull up shot. He could go full speed right, left, or straight ahead with the ability to pull up on a dime. His triple threat combined with his first step made him unstoppable during 84-93. If you pay attention to Lebron's game, he always goes left and likes to drift left on his jump when shooting. Lebron is great, but he has no pull up as a go to move. And do not forget free throws: The man has air balled free throws (3) times as a Laker. The only thing that you got right was Wizards MJ. Wizards MJ was painful to watch and so are you.
Bulls went 15-3 in the playoffs that year. Warriors had more losses than that even before the finals started. At a 15-9 playoff record, they had as many losses in the playoffs as they did in the regular season.
You just watched the greatest ever, seen his full career and Lebron and even though wasn't a Bulls fan if you saw what many of us saw MJ do you'd realize what most of us know. Dude played full out and was as tenacious a defender as a scorer and was no liability off the free throw line. Dude took basically 2 years off and came back leading another 3 peat. Lebron is a great player and definitely top 5 but not nearly the complete package MJ was.
...actually he watched 90% of the video, but happened to _look away_ during at least 3 of the best, most unique highlights in this package... SO IRRITATING! Every...single...time X-(
Blessed to have grown up watching this man. No one will ever understand without going back and watching games. He was a gamer. He was built differently from any athlete ive ever seen. This mixtape doesnt do what he was justice.
In 19 seasons you've never seen bron catch half the amount of body's at the rim jordan got in 13 seasons. Bron got Cleveland a ring, cool. But Jordan turned Chicago from dumpster to dynasty...2 3peats in 8 yrs and never had to leave or recruit other players...bron had 8 straight trips to the finals on superteams and couldn't 3peat once....the comparison is not even close. It's actually an insult to compare bron to jordan. You'll never see a player 3peat, retire in his prime, comeback and 3peat again, never see a game 7 in the finals... that will likely never happen again in the NBA as long as it exist... nobody has ever dominated this game like MJ did. He's in a class of his own. The 🐐..period.
His role on the bulls was to score. In the 88-89 season he played as a point guard and had a triple double in 7 straight games. (LeBron has never done that.) out of the 11 games he played as a facilitator, 10 of those were triple doubles. He averaged 32ppg 11asts 10reb that month. So it’s not like he was un capable of being all-around, his role was to score & simultaneously lock up the opposition. He’s the only player in league history to have a season with 100+ blocks & 200+ steals. He did that twice. Just keep your mind open, see things for what they are. You’ll see the truth.
you are correct. but that's not all his role was. he was also to fill in where they were lacking. if they needed more rebounds, he got more, if they needed more assists, he got more. Jordan was far more of a complete player than he's given credit for cause his skill at scoring was so kuch higher than everyone else so that's all they focus on.
The thing everyone who touts Lebron’s passing ability over Jordan seems to forget is that Jordan was a great passer - as you say, when he played point guard for 11 games, he got 10 triple doubles, but even as a shooting guard he handled the ball more than the point guard, the problem is when you pass the ball and get it back, nobody records it.
Warriors may have went 73-9, but the Bulls motto was " dont mean a thing without the ring" the Warriors didnt finish the job,he went to 45 because because it was his first number in high school amd he didn't want to wear 23 since his dad was gone
You mentioned how people are more versatile in this era. That is true, and it has its pros and cons. A positionless era in basketball is good in terms of the element of surprise, but it also makes the league uniform and stale since no one has a specialty anymore. It's also really rare for players to succeed without focusing a lot of effort into mastering their own style of play. Curry, Giannis and LeBron all have different styles of play unique to them which makes them both exciting to watch and successful in winning games. So having the more "predictable" position-based era in Jordan's career isn't exactly a bad thing. And in terms of talent, I believe the past and present eras are equal. Just different. No one rebounds or plays defense the same way Rodman does anymore. Does that mean this era is less talented in defense than Rodman's era? No. These players from different eras are just built different for different games.
“I didn’t want to wear 23 because I knew my father wasn’t there to watch me, and I felt it was a new beginning and 45 was my first number when I was playing in high school,” -MJ
He retired 23 when he left for baseball. Upon returning, he left it retired in the ceiling. But during the first game of a series against the Magic, his opposite number made a crack like "45 ain't no 23". So next night MJ wore 23, regardless of rules, regardless of the $20k league fine, and crushed them. You never wanted to make MJ mad.
Anyone can fly a plane after someone shows them how to. You keep seeing you've seen lebron do it but the difference is no one was doing the things Jordan was doing before him. He invented what most players have practiced their whole lives knowing was possible. The greats elevate the game to a new level that before them people didn't realize was possible. That's what Jordan did. TBH that's what Steph has done.
You made a great point. But to add, when he said that he's said seen Lebron do the things Jordan did, there's not much of it. The "creativeness" that Jordan brought to identify his game is something I've never seen in Lebron nor the moves that this youngster has claimed. A couple of them, yeah but not frequent or a regular to say the least. James' way of playing basketball is rather stiff and a lot of the versatility that people claim he has is a but exaggerated. Jordan was ahead of his time and would continue to do so if he were to play in any era. Not only because of his adaptation characteristic, but his standard of playing/pacing is beyond any player or era we have seen.
I dont really get the Lebron argument at all. Individually, he doesn’t have the same tools MJ did. He is not a very good mid range shooter and MJ was the most lethal especially during the 2nd 3peat. If you analyze LBJ’s FG%, most of his shots came from within 3 feet from the basket. Even with most of his shots as dunks and layups, his FG% is just a hair better than Jordan. LBJ had 0 scoring titles to support his argument as a better offensive force than MJ. Bron is clearly not a good free throw shooter while MJ was very good considering all the contact he’s had to deal with. Bron is a volume assist guy. He’s not a trick passer like Magic or Nash was. MJ from the video was clearly a good passer if he needed to be. In terms of defense, MJ had so much accolades than Bron. MJ was always relentless on defense and never rested on defense like Lebron. I’m not even going to talk about finals records because its clearly in favor of MJ. I’ve never heard of a GOAT who has a losing record. I dont understand why LBJ can bypass greats like Kareem or even Duncan who had better careers. Like what the guy in the video said, he had so much advantages in terms of training, nutrition, etc. and Bron still fell short. Secondly, the argument that the 2016 warriors is greater than the 96 bulls is the same as the argument that Lebron is greater than Jordan because he was in the finals 10 times. Both did not see it through to the end. They had an opportunity to topple the GOAT and his team but they were not good enough. Otherwise, their arguments would have made sense and not just based on conjecture or what ifs. The facts remain that whether individually or team accomplishments, there is no contest. Lastly, the only thing that Lebron can do to beat MJ is to be a better team owner than him because the latter is terrible as such. Its too late to try and surpass him as a player unless he has a time machine.
I think it all started when Lebron claimed he was the greatest ever during that interview. But dude has played almost and getting close to 20 years, still has not caught up to Jordan yet. I think if anyone was closest to Jordan, it was most likely Kobe.
You said a few times that certain plays reminded certain players and interestingly they all came after MJ. This is because he was so good and so far ahead of his time that those who came after him tried to emulate him. Simply the GOAT
Jordan wasnt washed up in the Wizards. He was really still putting up good states. The team chemistry was totally new. Basically one of the weaknesses of Lebron. Even though hes a team player than a scorer. But he was always trying to find a team with the best lineup but the chemistry wasnt there no matter how much elite players is in his team. During Jordans time with the Bulls. Even though Jordan was a scorer. He had many years to cultivate and understand his teammates and tailor the team to his play style. They uplifted each other to become greater players as time went by. Lebron is too impatient and as soon as there is an opening to get into a team with a better lineup of names. Lebron also had no blood and thunder type attitude to want to defeat the best out there. Instead choose the easy way. Find a team of dominant players and join them. He joins to get a super team. While Jordan cultivated a super team over years with the exception of the addition of Dennis Rodman. Then you talk about people of Lebrons era. They have more lenient rule sets. And even the best out there say with all the rules set before him. He can score even more easily compared to what he had to go against. All the greats say he would easy put up 50 points a game in todays league and you say the players today on another level? YOUR era people are even allowed to travel much less hand check.
For the record as well excluding the 1986 season where he broke his bone, Jordan only missed 7 games during a 12 year stint with the Bulls. Outside of Stockton, he was one of the healthiest players ever to be in the NBA.
Also that Warriors were near elimination against Thunder on semi-finals narrowly avoiding one of biggest upset further disqualifying them from the greatest team.
That's the type of mentality these kids have today. They are full on stans they believe what they want because they have the powers of RUclips and NBA2K to validate them.
The Warriors also had a number to shoot for. The Bulls were looking to beat 69 to get the record. Bulls are also tied for third with 69 wins the next season.
Couldn't wait to watch jordan play, every other sport I love my local ny teams but jordan was so fun to watch that I became a bulls fan, havnt really watch basketball since
Listen. I'm in my late 40's. I have played a TON of basketball in my life. Open gyms, parks, I'd be in 4 or 5 different leagues during prime basketball season. I say this not to "toot my own horn", or relive my "glory days", so save your disparaging comments like that. I say that so you know I've played and watched my fair share of basketball. So, I watched Michael his whole career. Also, I'm from the Cleveland area and MJ killed us more times that you can count. Conversely being from the Cleveland area, I've heard all about LeBron since he was in Jr. high and watched his entire career and very much enjoyed the 2016 Championship LeBron brought Cleveland. Having hated MJ for how he destroyed our teams and LeBron giving us a championship... I would unequivocally say that MJ is the GOAT. You crack me up with your stopping the video and say, "oh that's like when Vince Carter did this", or "that reminds me of Steph Curry doing that".. where do you think all those guys got that from?? Why do you think guys like Kobe and LeBron grew up idolizing MJ?? If social media was around when MJ played... there would be statues and shrines all over the country for this guy. Actually watching his career and watch a 20 minute "highlight" clip are definitely 2 very different things. It's not your fault, you only know what you know. You grew up with LeBron and that's what you've seen most of so it's hard to imagine anyone better. I'm sure that's the same as me growing up with MJ and all the old timers at the time saying "Oscar Robertson was better"... or "He ain't got nothing on Wilt"... and I thought that was crazy of them to say. But take it from people who have actually seen BOTH of their careers play out and is from Cleveland area where LeBron is King. MJ is GOAT. MJ averaged 30 in his day...? He would have averaged 50 in today's NBA. No blood, no foul was real back then. Hand checking (or grabbing) was a thing. You had enforcers on teams that their sole job was to inflict pain and protect the paint. You went down the lane and a price was to be paid.
MJ adapted his game literally every season it always had a new wrinkle, if he had to shoot the 3 ball in todays era he’d be right there among the top 2 or three 3 point snipers in the league just about every year he played, Jordan was loyal to the Bulls organization and never had to run somewhere else or play GM and get whole squads traded to ring chase, cumulative stats over a 20 plus year career. If Michael had today’s medical and sports preparation advances and an extra early start like LeBron had he’d have set those cumulative stats so high they might as well be on mars
Lebron has clear weaknesses, where MJ had literally none. You can say shooting 3's was the weakest part of his game. Which is still just barely worse, then Lebrons %. In an era where shooting 3s is actually important. I dare you to react to the Mj vs Lebron debate video thats popular on here.
Let's clear this up when it comes to three's when MJ took three's in games he was dam good I remember him killing Portland with three's not only Portland he just never cared about three's he said that but y'all all know if he was bout that he would have made them the man was a great shooter under pressure
Check the stats. Mj shot 33% which was average in the time he played. Lebron. Shoots right around 34%. Which is below average for this age of basketball.
In the last 50 years, Career Résumé - Total Achievements: (Titles / MVPs / Finals MVPs / 1st All-NBA / 1st All-DEF / Scoring Titles/ All-Star MVPs) 1st: Jordan = 49 2nd: Kobe = 34 2nd: LeBron = 34 4th: Kareem = 33 5th: Duncan = 29 … You can debate 2nd-5th place but Jordan is so far ahead of everyone else…it’s not even close. Also the most amazing thing is that Jordan accomplished all this while playing in at least 5 years less than the other players ... To put things into perspective, players like Giannis and Curry each have 14 Career Total Achievements
I saw both mj and lj many times live and the biggest difference in my mind and it was an obvious difference is that mj played all out every second of every game as hard as he could win or lose on defense too. He never coasted or played defense a little lazy. You stood the entire game because you knew you were going to see some shit.
here's something to ponder...MJ played ALL 82 games 9 times (1x at age 39/40 with the Wizards) in a physically tough era....LeBron played all 82 games 1 time in almost 20 years in a less physically demanding era and played 80 + games 2x...no need to spend that kind of money if you don't need to unless your injury prone....if you've seen Jordan's Best Rare Video (Voyager) video on youtube, you'll see a small sample of what kind of physical punishment MJ endured back in the day...that's why he HAD to put on more muscle mass to withstand the physical beating he was dealing with in the Eastern Conference (he said so in multiple interviews)....Once he got to the top of the mountain, he never lost his competitive drive to stay on top....great reaction video! 🔥💪✌
Michael played in an era where getting fouled hard was part of the game. Getting pushed around constantly both on offense and defense. Hand checking was a huge part of the game. Fouls back in the day would beat you up every game and throughout the seasons and it got worse in the playoffs. Lebron would have got the crap beat out of him. How would have Lebron reacted no one will ever know this. But we do know Michael would have been the greatest in this era and would have racked up a good 10+ more avg points per game if he wanted. Plus he was if not one of, depending on who they were playing, the best defender on the court as well. With the physicality that was played during that era most players were done by 35 because their bodies couldn't take it. Even at 40 Jordan still had the skills and determination.
Imagine if jordan didn’t play defense and just focused on offense and saved all his energy for offense .. he would of averaged 45 even back then.. and 50 today
Mj is the greatest midrange shooter of all time. Lebron shoots 37% outside of 3 feet. MJ was a better finisher in a league where the paint was congested and full of bigs. Lebron is a great finisher but its not the same for obvious reasons. Jordan was a better defender and had 9 trible doubles in 11 games shooting 50% when he played pg for a few games. He did everythnig and played harder, top 3 all time defender. In todays league his skills would be even more enhanced if he could bring the ball up and have no 1 at the rim
Lebron shot more shots and played more seasons cuz Jordan couldn’t keep up so give Jordan 5 more years on the Wizards and I bet u Lebrons 3 point % is better
@@Femitoodrippy Just let got bro, Lebron was my goat too. Mj retired from the bulls at 37, lebron is 37 now. I wonder if you're going to want to include LeBrons field goal percentages going forward. Dude, lebron literally shoots 37% from midrange, in his prime, Mj shot over 51%. Just think about that how terrible 37% is compared to 50, its a different league. When you compare eras you gotta imagine then playing in the same game. Youve seen mjs highlights, the way he manuevers between multiple heads in the paint. IN todays league with no one in there(where lebron makes majority of his buckets) thats money, and hed be a way above 3Pt shooter cause why wouldnt he be? He would actually practice it. Hes the greatest mid range shooter in history. Shot over 40% as a injury riddle shell of himself on the wizards, still better then lebrons prime numbers. Also, lebron is below average 3Pt shooter in a era where its a big part of the game, where jordan was average when it wasnt, he shot like 1 a game. League is soft, they literally changed the rules to add more offense. Harden averaged 37, jordan would average more and be the best defender on floor. And more rebounds and assists because of the way the game is played now
So Michael’s “horrid” years with the Wizards….they were 19-63 the year before he played at 39. In 2002 he was hurt in his last game before the All-Star break in which he averaged 25/5/5. Only one other player had that stat line going into the break….Kobe. The team that had gone 19-63 without him was 30-30 and in playoff position. After he got hurt that same team went 7-25. When people talk about his Wizards years they are only thought of as “bad” because they were comparing him to his peak self. Kids don’t want to believe Santa isn’t real at first….either.
Lebron did the same thing with the shitty Cavs and actually got them a ring against a team with the best record of all time while injured the whole finals series. When Lebron left, the Cavs finished 14th. So no excuses.
@@Femitoodrippy You can't compare those two at those specific times in their career and make them the same and say "no excuses." First off, Jordan was old during the Wizards years at 38 years old, while Lebron with the Cavs when he won in 2016 was 31 years old. Not only that, the Western Conference in the 2002 Era was the way harder conference in contrast to the 2016 Eastern Conference. Considering in the Western Conference, their were five teams over 50+ wins, while the only other team to break 50 wins in the East other then the Cavs were the Miami Heat...that's it. How the world can you compare a 38 year old Jordan playing with the Wizards and compare that to a 31 year old Lebron and view them as the same? Makes absolutely no sense.
Lebron having the higher stat totals simply boils down to more games played. Yes longevity is obviously a plus, but when talking numbers it has to be mentioned in context. Lebron took far more games than MJ to amass those same numbers. Also, with the whole longevity thing, all athletes from this generation are going to play longer than those of past eras simply because of the advances in medicine and science. There’s a reason Lebron is still able to play at the level he does at his age, Brady the same and countless others. So much emphasis on taking care of your body now, and so much more tech and equipment to help you
Case in point... Stockton sucked but gets mentioned as a top 2 or 3 PG all time when people look at stats. Top in career assists because he ran pick n roll with Malone 70 times a game and played forever.
Also the game was more physical back then. You literally had to know how to fight because you was going to. A tech now probably wouldn't have even been a foul back then. Nobody flopped, if you went to the ground it was because somebody wanted you on the ground
also cause if you sneeze on them it's a technical. no wonder players careers were shorter, the game was more physical so it took more of a toll on their bodies
If LeBron spends that much time on his body then that means he should be better than he is. But he's not. You can lead every stat in NBA History. He's still not better than Jordan.
@@cano21 How can you measure lebron's strength in this era? By his muscles? By his look at me workout videos? There's no big men to give him a little second thought when waltzing into the lane. He handles the ball so much that most likely he'll find some smaller match up and take advantage by running said smaller player over to a wide open basket. He doesn't bang for rebounds and he doesn't post up. Yeah he's strong but he doesn't take full advantage of it. Jordan, while having a different body type than James, was known to be very strong especially as he got older. But he used his strength advantage. Finishing over 2, 3, 4 guys in the paint is a sign of being very strong. Getting hammered and still finishing is a sign. Posting up and guards can't move you off your spot is a sign.
I get where you are coming from but seeing MJ and Lebton play live do you think Lebron would or could play all 82 games back in 96 while in his prime? I mean Levron has missed over 3 seasons in his career so let's not inflate or durability too much. Players back then rarely missed a game even with injuries. They didn't have a massive pool of rookies and international players that play on a week-long contract. You just played or you get the boot.
Bron had to play 20 years to do what jordan did in 13 after playing 4 years in college and retiring twice if Jordan went to the league out of high school just imagine
Many young generation of fans failed to realize the importance of college in order to refine the fundamentals. As the result, the lack of such foundation on Lebron's gameplay hurt him during his career i.e. off-ball movement, post-up and footwork. Jordan's amazing skills in basketball is from his mastery of fundamentals as attested by Dean Smith and the tough coach Bobby Knight.
Young man I understand you are a LeBron fan but Michael Jordan is the best all-around basketball player that ever lived and he played both ends of the Court offense and defense he had zero weaknesses and he played every game in an 82-game season he didn't sit out and take days off and he had the Killer Instinct something that LeBron James never had
MJ is 10x the player Bron could ever dream to be, but is not the clear cut "GOAT"! It took him 7 years to learn how to win, other came onto NBA being the leaders and creating a winning culture form day 1! All this nonsense that MJ played with crackheads and alcoholics is a joke! He played with NBA players, but was NOT able to get them to come together as a team. That is 99% on him. Lebron is even worse, he needed to create a superteam to compete for a title. MJ had to take what he was given to "earn" his rings. P.S. Having a prime Pippen and adding Dennis Rodman was unfair to the rest of NBA at the time. Rodman did everything (the best ever) that MJ didn't!
NOT a pushoff. I was expecting you to say that. Russell had already overcommitted. His momentum had taken him out of good defensive position and his shoulders were not even close to square with Jordan. The hand on Russell's hip was barely touching. Not a push-off and not a foul. Also, this doesn't show the series of previous plays including the brilliant steal from Karl Malone that led up to this shot.
Theres no shame on being a Lebron fan. There is no shame in Lebron or anyone else being your favorite player, hell Larry Bird is my favorite of all time, but that doesnt mean he is the GOAT. Lebron has longevity....which will give him the end up stats. Take Lebrons best 15 years and i am willing to bet they dont beat MJ's numbers for his career. Ontop of that I just cant stress enough that MJ...actually played both sides of the court...he played damn near every single game. Compared to Lebron that refuses to play defense in most of his games because he doesnt have the stamina to go ham on both sides of the court. Lebron doesnt want to guard the best guy, or have the best guy guard him. MJ DEMANDED this. Again there is nothing wrong with loving Lebron, just look at him for what he is not what you glaze him up to be. Same goes for Jordan fans, he wasnt a god that made every shot and won every game
Bryon Russell, the victim of the 'push off' said he never felt Jordans hand. He didnt think he was going to shoot that early, so his pull up really shocked him, he felt Jordan never touched him. In the Last Dance you see his wrist barely grazes him, adding some evidence of what Russell said.
...also, the way the modern gen of reactors/comment-ers (including this fool) insist on using the TERM 'push-off' for something that was positively soft AT MOST - again just shows how wimpy this gen is... in the 80s/90s, a mild-hand tap like that wouldn't even have been NOTICED, much less be described as a push - certainly compared to the Bad Boys' Jordan rules..! _ [Indeed, it was one OF THEM, Isaiah Thomas, who technically "started it" with his own BS commentary of the incident itself at the time...] _
@@anthonyzarate9807 you clearly didnt watch the Last Dance. If there is available evidence of the contrary, and you still hold a position, just makes you a liar. They got every angle of that shot on the Last Dance, and it speaks for itself. Bryon Russells 2 Finals seasons he made 17 million combined in salary. He made 28 million on that specific 4 year deal. Why would he lie for 100 grand? You need to dose up on that realistic thing you spoke of. Dont think you know what that word means.
@@bobvylan7215 If I made a doc to push (pun intended!) my narrative, it would be to make me look better as well. What narcissist would EVER make a doc. to make themselves look bad???!!! I watched every last one of those games live, no need to watch Hollywood fiction? P.S. You MJ fans are almost as bad as Bron & Kobe fans!
What makes Jordan considered the GOAT is his defense, dynamic/creativity, durability and playoff success. He's the ultimate 2 way player top 10 all time in both offense and defense. Of course players like Curry have elite shooting and Lebron elite physical strength that Jordan didn't have but specifically those areas Jordan separates himself from the other modern elites.
THE REASON FOR JORDAN'S TEAM REACHING THE SEMI-FINAL AFTER HE LEFT CAUSE PLAYING WITH JORDAN AS HARD AND WITH A SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL PLAY WHILE PLAYING WITH A SELFISH PLAYER LIKE LEBON WHO IF NOT PLAYING BASED ON WHAT HE WANTS WILL TRADE YOU OR MAKE LIFE AS HELL. THIS PLAYING SITUATION WILL CREATE DRAMA FOR PLAYERS LIKE KEVIN LOVE IN CLEVELAND!!
I'm 11 months late, but he switched to 45 because they had retired number 23 when he retired. If I remember correctly, 45 was his baseball number and Michael is really superstitious and petitioned to get 23 back. When he came out wearing his number 23 jersey, everyone was excited.
I was lucky enough to grow up watching MJ and inspired my lifetime love of basketball and Bulls basketball. The league was a lot harder then. Every one of his dunks and layups, the lane was clogged by bigs and there was a ton of contact. His "circus" shots were the best. Every game you could expect to see one unbelievable play. Another thing is Jordan was constantly refining his game. Each year, he would come back having vsstly improved at some aspect of his game. Whether it be D, 3's, etc. For a guy with those skills to have that kind of work ethic, it had to be scary for the league. Incredible. Still the GOAT!
Jordan had a 48" vertical, tied for highest ever in the NBA, ran a 4.2 (fastest ever), and was mentally stronger than anyone that's played the game. All of that, and we haven't even talked about basketball yet. Do you think LeBron would last as long as he had if he had to go up against the Celtics, Pistons, and dudes like Malone (who would have no trouble physically handling LeBron every time he tried to go into the paint)? Props for having an open mind, doing your research, and coming to your own conclusions, even if I disagree with them. Keep applying and honing that skill in everything you do in life, and you'll be remembered as a wise man. I've never met two people that agree on 100% of everything. So if I, you, and society can accept that reality and work towards living in harmony and basic human respect for one another despite our differences, we'll leave the earth better than we found it. I'm a firm believer in the theory that more diversity makes for a more robust intellectual institution. If you have one person standing in a fixed spot on any given side of a house, they won't be able to tell you what all 4 sides look like.
MJ is the G.O.A.T.....wpn 6 championships(was the MVP of all of them)... was an average 25-40 scorer every single game,was the best defensive player in 80% of almost every game he played....was the greatest clutch player ever on the basketball court,was one of the best defensive player's ever....he could and did do it all
73 -9 Warriors, didn't have LeBron, so no need to bring that up. I am basing my decision off of facts lol. No where on this planet is LeBron better than Jordan. Michael Jordans legacy is without question better, as for LeBron? He only wins the longevity arguement cause of modern technology and medicines. People that LeBron goes against? They dont even play defense this gen, and LeBron cant even raise his FT % into the 80s for a decade+ now. LeBron is uncoachable and is playing GM, and Jordan does not lead the NBA in turnovers.
In fact, you are reacting to emotion. Your emotions told you to NOT say that Jordan is the GOAT even after you watched this. It was clear in your face that you were struggling with your emotions and chose to not admit that you believed Jordan was the GOAT after watching this. Your EMOTIONS are with Lebron. Those are the facts. And I'm not a person that argues Jordan or Lebron as the GOAT. There are at least 3 GOATs to me that can be argued either way. Oh, and I'd rather have 5 people who are a master at their positions rather than 5 people who are 70% good at each position. So that argument about mastery vs versatility only holds up in certain circumstances. That is one reason why it's impossible to argue who is the one and only GOAT.
A news reporter asked MJ is he thought the 90's Bulls teams could beat Lebron's lakers. MJ said yes. The reporter asked by how much. MJ replied 2 or 3 points. The reporter asked why such a close game? MJ replied...well most of us are almost 60 now.
Go look at the Bulls' roster that Jordan played on when he first entered the league. The two best players they had minus Jordan, were Orlando Woolridge and Quintin Daly. Both of them were coke addicts (not hyperbole). They both died relatively young too, probably due to health complications from long term drug use. Both of those players were gone from the Bulls by 1987. Jordan's second best player that year was Charles Oakley. The reason Jordan did not have much postseason success in his first three seasons with the Bulls was because of his foot injury in his sophomore season and lack of depth in his third year. Plus the Bulls kept running into Larry Bird's Celtics. The eqivalent to that would be if LeBron was drafted in 1990 and then LeBron's second and third year Cavs teams kept running into Jordan's 90's Bulls teams in the playoffs. What do you think the outcome would have been? You say the 1994 Bulls made the semifinals without Jordan. That's not the Trump card that you seem to think it is. How do actually make players around you better? You make them better by making them tougher so that if/when you are gone, they can still compete without you. When Jordan left, the Bulls still had a championship system in place minus their leader. Everyone knew their role and played it well. Plus they added most of the key pieces that would form the championship core of the second threepeat, while keeping most of the original core. So that 94 bulls team added Toni Kukoc, Europes best player at the time. Then they added Steve Kerr, Luc Longley and Bill Wennington. They were a DEEP team that won by committee. In the case of Lebron, he plays his own system. Rosters are rearranged to suit his needs. Star players are either marginalized or have to change their games to acquiesce to LeBron's style. When LeBron leaves, the teams fall apart, because LeBron was the system. The rosters are usually blown up and the teams can't rebuild quickly after trading away assets to get LeBron the help that he needs. It's happened multiple times. So which scenario do you think is better? A team that is completely susceptible to the whims of their star player like Lebron led teams, or a team that has a system in place that can still function when their star leaves (like the 90's Bulls, 2000's Spurs, or the mid 2010's Warriors)?
Lmao those Bulls teams were horrible. This kid has no idea about anything he's just a Bron cheerleader and he doesn't care about the facts. Scottie Pippen was a scared dear in headlights player and Jordan turned him into a man and a better player because of The Breakfast Club workout sessions
Ron Artest who guarded Jordan, Kobe, and Lebron in his career says Jordan was the best no contest. Ray Allen who played against Jordan and was Lebrons teammate in Miami says Jordan no contest.
back in the days bulls games were televised nationally on WGN and TNT. we got to watch nationally every game he played. as someone who watched 90% of them and saw the brilliance I'll always put Jordan as the goat. started watching when dr.j played and have watched since then. I've seen many g8 players including lebron but none did what Jordan did.
If you think Michael Jordan couldn't play in today's era, I raise you a Westbrook that averaged 30/10/10 in a season. He's not as smart as Jordan, they're the basically the same in athletic ability, Jordan is a much better shooter and Jordan also plays much better defense than Westbrook. If Westbrook can average 30/10/10 on a trash team, what would MJ do ? Note that MJ averaged 32/8/8 in 1988 when the game was harsher, slower and also there was no hard foul call, that was also the first year Pippen came to the league. Now imagine what Jordan would average on Russ' OKC team with Russ replaced by MJ. He's averaging 35/10/10/2/1.
Comparing Lebron team hopping and going to Miami to the bulls having and DRAFTING Scottie pippen is as about as foolish as an argument one could make. That means they started from the UNKNOWN. Nobody knew what Scottie would become. We do know that Dwyane Wade was a finals MVP and NBA champion. We do know that Chris Bosh had his own team down in Toronto and that he was an All-Star. Those are the things we do know. You might want to think before you start making foolish comparisons. Jordan did everything better than LeBron and Jordan was stronger than people give him credit for it. Better footwork, better mid-range. Was able to adapt his game from high flying dunker when he was younger to being able to post up and hit the mid-range at will. The three pointer wasn't big back in the day but I don't think it would have been a problem for any of the players back then to adapt. Honestly that's what's wrong with today's game anyway. Big man are soft because all they want to do is pull up from the three-point line. You admitting that LeBron had to adapt to something that another player did shows that he ain't the goat. Curry basically stole his shine and it ain't over because I believe the warriors probably will win one or two more. Meanwhile LeBron just gave the Lakers their worst season of all time if I'm not mistaken. Two top 75 players and couldn't even make the playoffs. If you want to compare him to somebody compare him to magic but he ain't on Mike's level at all!!!
Another thing kids don't get is that when MJ was in the NBA, his fame was Beatles level, Michael Jackson in the 80s level. People used to go crazy. I don't think really any player currently in the NBA gets that. Maybe in the city they play with, but I don't think that there has been that type of reaction to a player maybe since Shaq.
The reason LeBron has Jordan beat in longevity stats is because LeBron played about 18 "full" seasons compared to 13 "full" seasons for MJ. And even with that advantage, Jordan is still top 5 all time in TWO major statistical categories: scoring (5th) and steals (3rd). And all the people who are ahead of Jordan in each of those categories played 18 seasons minimum. LeBron is top 5 all time in only one statistical categor (so far): scoring (2nd).
😭😂 you on the learning tree. We accept LeBron is your goat. I like Lebron too, he just not better than Jordan. We so called old heads know what we saw for 13 seasons with the bulls. This man was not human, but he was. Mj suffered alot for those rings & never took the easy way out.
You know in this video you said, “that looked like either Curry, AI, Kobe, Bron, Vince Carter at different points.” That should tell you everything you need to know about Jordan. Oh and yeah the Warriors were 73-9 but how’d they do in the playoffs? Almost lost to OKC before the Final. Don’t mean a thing without that ring.
Warriors overachieved in the regular season. They were completely out of energy come playoff time. That's the difference between the 72 win Bulls and 73 win Warriors. Bulls 72 win team nearly swept the entire playoffs. Warriors almost lost 1 playoff series and failed to win a championship. Im sure had the Bulls wanted to go all in during the regular season they could have.
@@Femitoodrippy - Offensively or defensively? Offensively yes because there are more offensive weapon/depth than in the 90s. Defensively nobody plays it anymore in the NBA to a high level.
@@Femitoodrippy I find it comical to hear the most recent generation to always believe that because they are doing it they are the best. After 1995 defensive players were not permitted to touch an offensive player with the ball. Before 1979 defensive players could use their hands to impede the progress of an offensive player. Today's players have become highly specialized at playing soft. When you have to get your shot off while the defense is reaching out their hands to impede your progress wouldn't it be easy to understand how players would be less efficient instead of less skilled? The average height of the NBA has remained 6'7" since the 1960's and the average age of nba players has remained 26 since the 1960's. The average weight has gone up slightly but this is simply to indicate that the physical attributes of players since the 1960's has remained consistent. There is no marked movement of stronger, faster, bigger players.....just heavier ones, slightly. The dilution of the talent pool has likely permitted less talented players access to the league via the bench permitted the possibility of a single talent making the difference between a last place nba team and an nba championship caliber team. Ask Jerry West why even after acquiring Wilt Chamberlain it took until Bill Russell's retirement before the Lakers could break through for a championship. Because as much talent and hall-of-fame talent as they had on their team the Celtics had more hall-of -fame talent on theirs. The NBA has always had the greatest basketball players in the world.....and playing great basketball is about practicing and refining your craft. Until 1979 if you had the ball you had to physically fight through defensive players pushing and pulling you to get your shot off. Until 1995 if you had the ball you had to deal with players grabbing and squeezing/pinching you to get your shot off. Today if you are breathed on while shooting a foul is called. That doesn't mean players today are any better.
The STATS have been ran HIGH LEVEL Analytics and Jordan is in his own class and is the PEAK of what any human can achieve. Never will we see anyone better.
The shot over Craig Ehlo is Legendary because it was the start of his ascension of being out the 1st round.... Plus Cleveland had a nice Squad with 3 Superstars of the time and they were the Favorites to win that series.. also in those days 1st round was Best of 5, NOT 7
Mate MJ on the wizards was older then Lebron is currently. MJ was 40 years old in his final Wizards season and avg 20 ppg. Lets see if Lebron is doing that in 3 years then get back to me lol.
Jordan... the Best Player on Offense, the Best Player on Defense, the most Clutch player ever, and as you can see from that video, he is also the Most Entertaining Player of ALL Time. When he was playing, it was MUST Watch TV!!!!!!!!! Jordan is Easily the GOAT, not even close. As Magic himself said: "“There’s Michael Jordan... and then there’s (the rest of us) everyone else”.
Jordan is the GOAT, did all of that in 13 years vs LeBron's 19. LeBron has longevity on his side which helps with the numbers but Jordan's peak was far better. He kept many great HOFers from winning titles in the 90s. You are down on Jordan's competition compared to what LeBron is facing but in truth guys like Olajuwon, Ewing, Charles Barkley, etc would have their way with dudes right now. Jordan really had no weakness and was a true two way player, in addition to being the most athletic guy on the floor he was also the most fundamentally sound. So picture a guy that is bigger, stronger and faster than a current popular player like say...Ja, could jump higher than Ja and had elite footwork and was lethal mid-range (better than D. Wade who you mentioned), and one of the best perimeter defenders ever with an almost psychotic level of competitiveness and you have Jordan. LeBron is an all time great and the best player of my generation (we are the same age) but there's a reason why Jordan is still the gold standard, it's no secret why Bron wore number 23 for most of his career.
LeBron would get steamrolled in that era if you just dropped him into the league 30 years ago because he isn't used to playing that kind of ball. If he grew up in that era, yes, absolutely. But if he grows up in that era, he grows up in that era... meaning that the equipment he trains on isn't available, the advances in medicine and science have not yet been made, and he's eating steak, drinkin' whiskey, and smoking cigars with the rest of 'em.
When I heard him say versatility first thing that came to mind. “Fear not the man who has practices a thousand techniques, but the man who practiced one technique a thousand times” Speaks volumes. Both phenomenal players though.
He switched to 45 cause his father was murdered and saw him play his last game with the number 23 on. So that’s one reason why he left basketball after his dad was killed. His dad was at every game. He felt it was hard for him to play knowing he was not there and coming back it was hard for him to wear that 23 for a good while 😢
With respect, if youre gonna speak the way youre speaking on comparing Lebron to MJ and other greats, you really should become a historian of the game and watch some older footage/research. You didnt even know MJ wore 45, had a layup package or how good the teams were. Some of the era comparisons youre making proves you haven't watched anything but Lebron's era. But youre taking such a strong stance.... not good.
MJ did it on BOTH ends of the court. He got a DPOTY, while also getting a scoring title, led the league in steals 3x, was the fastest to 100 steals & 100 blocks by a guard, and had 9 all defensive first team selections.
Because of rules changes & play style changes throughout the years, you pretty much have to break down the GOATS into their respective eras.
Like LBJ is the goat of this era, MJ was the goat of his era, Kareem was the goat of his era, etc…
I agree completely
@@Femitoodrippy I'm a fan of both MJ and Lebron. I've had the privilege of seeing both live - Lebron mulitple times.
Basketball is simple. Score the basket. Stop your other opponents from scoring. Jordan played 13 seasons with the Bulls (13 minus second season with broken foot and more than half the season he was playing baseball)
11.5 seasons. 10 scoring titles, 9 All Defensive First Teams meaning he was the best defender at his position. This included leading the league in steals 3x - stopping other teams possessions.
Xs and Os - Jordan could be ball dominant and play off ball in a system like the triangle. lebron is a tremendous talent but he can’t play in a system. He dribbled the ball for 15 seconds for a pick and roll for a weak defender then drives for a layup or a pass to a shooter. With Lebron he never plays well with a point guard cause he needs the ball. He can’t play with true bigs cause he needs the paint open. Bigs become catch and shoot guys.
And as a fan, I cannot explain Lebron disappearing against Boston in 2010 and Dallas in 2011. In his second year, gm2 against Boston MJ wanted to be on the line to hit clutch free throws to send it into overtime with a chance to win. Also the final 3-peat - he played all 82 games all three of those years. His last year with the Wizards - he played all 82 games. He never cheated anyone who paid to see him.
That’s why between the two I’d say Jordan.
@@mancycle1 That's the point, he did all of his accomplishments in a way shorter time and still outscorce Lebron on most of them, MVPs, Finals-MVPs, Scoring titles, all defensive team nominations, ....... he is the greatest ever.
@@ingobordewick6480 retired in his prime twice..5 years
@@ingobordewick6480 I’m agreeing with you goofball
No weaknesses. No flopping. No quitting mid game. No leaving to join super teams. No load management. No fear of taking the last shot. No choking play off series. No losing play off series while having home court advantage. No losing more than 2 games in a row in almost a span of a decade. No embarassingly bad series played. No finals series lost. No letting off defensive and offensive pressure night in and night out. No lack of killer will. No fear of guarding the opponents best player. A joy to watch. An honor to have seen play.
You said it perfectly, bro.
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Yep Jordan was as big as Elvis Presley lol. Jordan was a killer and he was the goat.
Lebron GOAT bwahahaha MISSING A PLAYOFFS and swept in the Final TWICE 😂 😂 😂 😂
🎯💯 let these casuals who only look at stats and youtube clips talk that junk. Those of us who saw Mj play night in and night out know whats up. This is coming from a Knicks fan, Jordan is the best, period, by any standard of measure. Bob Cousy i think described it best, "Michael Jordan is the Mona Lisa of basketball".
Sorry, but as a person that is from Chicago and has watched MJ from the beginning, I have to tell you that MJ WOULD NOT have struggled in this era....at all. He was way ahead of his time with his style of play. That is why he made guys look like they were standing still. Listen to all of the legends that played against him. This era of ball works in MJ's favor. A prime MJ was EXTREMELY quick. MJ of the late 80s would jump out of the gym. The MJ of the 1990s became a smarter player. Don't forget, MJ played with the Wizards in the early 2000s. Even then, he was STILL putting up numbers! MJ has an exceptionally high basketball IQ. You don't think having that, along with extreme competitiveness coupled with an almost psychotic killer instinct wouldn't put him in the highest ranks?
The reason why you have so many of us coming at you young folks is that
1.) Most of you do not know or study Michael's career in depth, then you make assessments based on little to no information.
2.) Those of us that were around to see MJ play KNOW what he's done and are SHOCKED when we hear such outrageous claims.
3.) Many of you cannot except that maybe the greatest player ever WAS NOT in your era.
**You may have seen Lebron or Kobe do those moves, but WHERE do you think they came from?? So when I hear you say that, I just think you are finding a way to minimize what MJ was doing. To me, that's just being petty. The fact that reactors like yourself don't know WHY he wore the number 45 pretty much makes my case that you don't know his career well enough to be critical.
Warriors had 73-9, but what happened to them in the finals??
73-9 is cool, but 72-10 has a RING to it...
i’m not reading all of that but uh sorry that happened to you
@@rosella.e You're on the wrong post. Sorry that you actually had to read something...🤷🏾♂️
This dude is a kid who has no clue. I expect stupid thoughts like this.
Wasup Chicago? Detroit here. Went to my first pistons game in 88. Met Jordan once. He tried picking up my girlfriend right in front of me. I hate Jordan. He is the goat tho. No debate.
Mj would shoot 40 free throws per game if he played now..
* MJ has more championships
* MJ has more MVPS
* MJ has more Finals MVPs (record)
* MJ has more DPOYS
* MJ has more all defensive 1st teams (T-
record)
* MJ has more scoring titles (record)
* MJ has more steals titles
* MJ has more times finishing top 5 in MVP and
DPOY voting in the same season (record)
* MJ has same amount of times finishing top 2
in MVP (Less seasons then Lebron) (T-record)
* MJ has more times finishing top 5 in DPOY
(record)
* Averages more PG in the regular season and
playoffs (both records)
* Averages more OREB in the regular season
and playoffs
* Averages more BPG in the regular season
* Averages more SPG in the regular season and
playoffs
* Higher PER in the regular season and playoffs
(both records)
* Higher BPM in the regular season and
playoffs (both records)
* Higher win shares per 48 in the regular
season and playoffs (both records)
* Higher FT% in the regular season and
playoffs
* Higher FG% in the regular season (on the
Bulls)
* Less TOV in the regular season and playoffs
* Lebron has never had a 200 steal season or
an 100 block season. MJ has had this both in
one season, twice (record)
* Beaten more 50 win teams in the playoffs
AND...he took time off to play Baseball...and came back and destroyed the league...again LMAO
WrD2...
Well damn...I didnt scroll down this far at first lol.
Yeah it's not even close. This young generation is clueless. Lebron is a great player, not hating. But he ain't greater than MJ or Kareem. And Steph has 4 rings in what is suppose to be Lebron's era....Tell me how that works? How twisted is the mind that has Lebron at 1 and Steph at 10? MJ gets 6 titles in the team he was drafted to....Kobe 5, Magic 5, Tim Duncan 5, Steph 4. It's a pity Lebron never stayed in Cleveland, just by going to Miami without winning one disqualifies him from GOAT conversation, even Giannis got one in the team he was drafted by and before year 10.
And I don’t understand how they put Bron over Kobe and if I had a NBA team Lebron wouldn’t even be a pick
@@jacksmith4460 HE DID NOT!! Sorry, I was there and people keep making this mistake. His Dad was murdered and then he came out and said he was retiring so that at least his dad would have seen every basketball game he ever played in. He played baseball because he didn't want to play basketball after his father (who had been to every one of his games) was killed. People forget this. And also I'm not a basketball fan but I know this because I was an MJ fan...what he did transcended basketball.
I'm a 44 year old NY Knicks fan. I grew up watching MJ beat my Knicks for most of my life. I hate Jordan for keeping my Knicks out of the finals, but I have to respect the man as the greatest of all time.
i applaud your honesty
In the last 50 years, Career Résumé - Total Achievements: (Titles / MVPs / Finals MVPs / 1st All-NBA / 1st All-DEF / Scoring Titles/ All-Star MVPs)
1st: Jordan = 49
2nd: Kobe = 34
2nd: LeBron = 34
4th: Kareem = 33
5th: Duncan = 29
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You can debate 2nd-5th place but Jordan is so far ahead of everyone else…it’s not even close. Also the most amazing thing is that Jordan accomplished all this while playing in at least 5 years less than the other players
...
To put things into perspective, players like Giannis and Curry each have 14 Career Total Achievements
This highlight reel is the tip of the iceberg. Speaking as someone who watched MJ live for most of his career. A legend, unparalleled.
I've seen Jordan's entire career and believe me, he wouldn't struggle today... not even a little
That man would run the NBA today with all them whistles blowin.
I’ve never seen Lebum even do 10% of what Jordan can do 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah. This kid is buggin.
Come on bro, maybe 11%
Actually jordan never flopped, so lebron is 100% at flopping vs jordan
When this dude said "ok, LB did the same stuff I watched on the video 'till now" I truly understood the real meaning of "fun": blindness. 😂
@Jamal please stooop 😂😂😂🤣
Lebron would've tapped out in the 80's and 90's. Rick Mahorn, Bill Laimbeer and Dennis Rodman would have sent him to therapy.
Don't forget Buck Williams, Larry Johnson, Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley, Barkley, the Davis brothers in Indiana.
Lol yes!😆👍
Xavier Mcdaniel, Charles Okaley, Anthony Mason , Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Shaq, Sean Rook, The Davis brothers, Karl Malone...etc
Nah, that's not true at all. He should've adapted just fine. He would've been in fights and probably injured earlier bc they were dirty, but he would've survived just fine
@@3COI He had the physical attributes to do so, but some of his actions over the years brings the question of if he had the mentality to handle it.
Let's not forget, there wouldn't have been the casual jumping teams that he did, so depending on the year, he could have been stuck on a team for a long time.
Nobody will EVER compile a career mixtape like Jordan! He is by far the GOAT!
What made MJ great were his actual skills. His footwork was immaculate, his movement without the ball was so effective. The way he dismissed double teams was brilliant. And he did it all with fluidity and grace. MJ could go on a massive scoring run any time he wanted, but there were also times where his scoring was so spaced out and within the offense that you'd be surprised at the end of the game just how much he scored. This is how proficient he was : In his last year with the Bulls, MJ averaged holding the ball for just 3 mins 45 seconds per game and still scored a little under 30 a game. So each quarter he held the ball for just a little over 56 seconds. Incredible. MJ dominated in the toughest defensive era in NBA history.
As great as this mixtape is, this is nothing when you take into account that MJ played like this every single game. Its truly a shame for those who didn’t see him play. He was basketball perfection. No one’s at Jordan’s level, maybe in the future someone will come. He’s light years ahead of the current guys. LeBron never had a chance, bless his soul
They don't know. It's a shame.
Every game he played all out.
Jordan is not 70% at anything, he is 100% at EVERYTHING
more like 92.7% 😁
true MJ is always 100% even more in everything👋👋👋
He's creative at everything there is even shoes my bro👌😉
definitely not at 3 pointers but they weren't a factor in his Era.
@Jamal at what? He is not even better in his dreams. Still chasing the ghost from Chicago
MJ was and still is the G.O.A.T.🐐
MJ never took a break, he gave a 100% on both end of the floor. But can we say the same for James.
No. Also, back in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, you had to be a MAN to withstand the rigors of the NBA. Now we have this flopping, limp-wristed brand of basketball where one guy dribbles down the court and the other 4 stand around outside the 3 point line. Even the pick-and-roll is becoming more rare. Everybody just wants to shoot 3s. Back in the day you could get close-lined and the refs would look at you and laugh. Now, you might get a flagrant 2 for giving an opponent the side-eye. I hope they keep Kleenex tissues at the scorer's table for all the crying.🤣 I'm pretty sure Lebron could have played during those early eras, BUT he would NOT be dominant vs a prime Shaq, Wilt, Moses, Maurice Lucas, Dave Cowens, Unseld, Olajuwon, Barkley, the BAD Boys of Detroit, Magic, Boston's Big 3, and many, MANY more.
Dear Steve Urkel,
One thing that this video does not display is Michael's triple threat pull up shot. He could go full speed right, left, or straight ahead with the ability to pull up on a dime. His triple threat combined with his first step made him unstoppable during 84-93.
If you pay attention to Lebron's game, he always goes left and likes to drift left on his jump when shooting. Lebron is great, but he has no pull up as a go to move. And do not forget free throws: The man has air balled free throws (3) times as a Laker.
The only thing that you got right was Wizards MJ. Wizards MJ was painful to watch and so are you.
You KNOW you don’t get this feeling when you watch LBJ highlights….MJ the GOAT
Watching Bron is like watching a big stiff stick figure that does a bunch of tomahawk dunks. Shit is boring.
Warriors had 73 and 9 with no title, Bulls 72 and 10 as champions!
Exactly. This Warriors team blew a 3-1 lead. This only proves how weak mentally they were.
@@air2373 were but now?
@@air2373 but they had 3 starters that fell to injury
@@revertedrf978 always some kind of Excuses, broken arm, my teammates, the other team was too strong, didn’t have enough help
Bulls went 15-3 in the playoffs that year. Warriors had more losses than that even before the finals started. At a 15-9 playoff record, they had as many losses in the playoffs as they did in the regular season.
You just watched the greatest ever, seen his full career and Lebron and even though wasn't a Bulls fan if you saw what many of us saw MJ do you'd realize what most of us know. Dude played full out and was as tenacious a defender as a scorer and was no liability off the free throw line. Dude took basically 2 years off and came back leading another 3 peat. Lebron is a great player and definitely top 5 but not nearly the complete package MJ was.
true.
@@ghaile7919 lebron is not top 5 I don't respect ring chasing
Those are the FACTS and they are UNDISPUTED....💯💣💥✌🎤
@@caribbeangoldgroup9402 opps! its the top five of starting at the bottom up🤣🤣🤣
...actually he watched 90% of the video, but happened to _look away_ during at least 3 of the best, most unique highlights in this package... SO IRRITATING! Every...single...time X-(
Blessed to have grown up watching this man. No one will ever understand without going back and watching games. He was a gamer. He was built differently from any athlete ive ever seen. This mixtape doesnt do what he was justice.
how I look at it: In LeBron's prime he's taking his team to the Finals every time. In MJ's prime he's winning the Finals every time.
In 19 seasons you've never seen bron catch half the amount of body's at the rim jordan got in 13 seasons. Bron got Cleveland a ring, cool. But Jordan turned Chicago from dumpster to dynasty...2 3peats in 8 yrs and never had to leave or recruit other players...bron had 8 straight trips to the finals on superteams and couldn't 3peat once....the comparison is not even close. It's actually an insult to compare bron to jordan. You'll never see a player 3peat, retire in his prime, comeback and 3peat again, never see a game 7 in the finals... that will likely never happen again in the NBA as long as it exist... nobody has ever dominated this game like MJ did. He's in a class of his own. The 🐐..period.
SPEAK!!!
It's okay, every magazine, book, etc. still lists Jordan at #1.
I agree winning the championship was easy but getting to the Finals was tough considering Detroit, New York etc.
Except Dennis Rodman but, still agree with the statement
His role on the bulls was to score. In the 88-89 season he played as a point guard and had a triple double in 7 straight games. (LeBron has never done that.) out of the 11 games he played as a facilitator, 10 of those were triple doubles. He averaged 32ppg 11asts 10reb that month. So it’s not like he was un capable of being all-around, his role was to score & simultaneously lock up the opposition. He’s the only player in league history to have a season with 100+ blocks & 200+ steals. He did that twice. Just keep your mind open, see things for what they are. You’ll see the truth.
Preach brotha bluey!! Learnify these young bloods some factifications!
that's what I call doing the research to become better educated....thanks for sharing the 4-1-1 on MJs point guard role....👌
Lebron did it TWICE to when he got it SWEPT in the Finals…. 😂
you are correct. but that's not all his role was. he was also to fill in where they were lacking. if they needed more rebounds, he got more, if they needed more assists, he got more. Jordan was far more of a complete player than he's given credit for cause his skill at scoring was so kuch higher than everyone else so that's all they focus on.
The thing everyone who touts Lebron’s passing ability over Jordan seems to forget is that Jordan was a great passer - as you say, when he played point guard for 11 games, he got 10 triple doubles, but even as a shooting guard he handled the ball more than the point guard, the problem is when you pass the ball and get it back, nobody records it.
It’s generally a good idea to hold off on having an opinion when you have to say you “didn’t know” as often as you did.
Warriors may have went 73-9, but the Bulls motto was " dont mean a thing without the ring" the Warriors didnt finish the job,he went to 45 because because it was his first number in high school amd he didn't want to wear 23 since his dad was gone
You mentioned how people are more versatile in this era.
That is true, and it has its pros and cons.
A positionless era in basketball is good in terms of the element of surprise, but it also makes the league uniform and stale since no one has a specialty anymore.
It's also really rare for players to succeed without focusing a lot of effort into mastering their own style of play.
Curry, Giannis and LeBron all have different styles of play unique to them which makes them both exciting to watch and successful in winning games.
So having the more "predictable" position-based era in Jordan's career isn't exactly a bad thing.
And in terms of talent, I believe the past and present eras are equal.
Just different.
No one rebounds or plays defense the same way Rodman does anymore.
Does that mean this era is less talented in defense than Rodman's era?
No.
These players from different eras are just built different for different games.
“I didn’t want to wear 23 because I knew my father wasn’t there to watch me, and I felt it was a new beginning and 45 was my first number when I was playing in high school,” -MJ
He retired 23 when he left for baseball. Upon returning, he left it retired in the ceiling. But during the first game of a series against the Magic, his opposite number made a crack like "45 ain't no 23". So next night MJ wore 23, regardless of rules, regardless of the $20k league fine, and crushed them. You never wanted to make MJ mad.
Anyone can fly a plane after someone shows them how to. You keep seeing you've seen lebron do it but the difference is no one was doing the things Jordan was doing before him. He invented what most players have practiced their whole lives knowing was possible. The greats elevate the game to a new level that before them people didn't realize was possible. That's what Jordan did. TBH that's what Steph has done.
And to add LeBron has never.
You made a great point. But to add, when he said that he's said seen Lebron do the things Jordan did, there's not much of it. The "creativeness" that Jordan brought to identify his game is something I've never seen in Lebron nor the moves that this youngster has claimed. A couple of them, yeah but not frequent or a regular to say the least. James' way of playing basketball is rather stiff and a lot of the versatility that people claim he has is a but exaggerated. Jordan was ahead of his time and would continue to do so if he were to play in any era. Not only because of his adaptation characteristic, but his standard of playing/pacing is beyond any player or era we have seen.
bron has never done most of this
I actually watched his assist highlights and all of those flashy passes never went wasted.
Everyone knows MJ is the GOAT. There is no comparison.
Never heard Jordan say he needs more people like your boy 🤡🤡🤡
I dont really get the Lebron argument at all. Individually, he doesn’t have the same tools MJ did. He is not a very good mid range shooter and MJ was the most lethal especially during the 2nd 3peat. If you analyze LBJ’s FG%, most of his shots came from within 3 feet from the basket. Even with most of his shots as dunks and layups, his FG% is just a hair better than Jordan. LBJ had 0 scoring titles to support his argument as a better offensive force than MJ. Bron is clearly not a good free throw shooter while MJ was very good considering all the contact he’s had to deal with. Bron is a volume assist guy. He’s not a trick passer like Magic or Nash was. MJ from the video was clearly a good passer if he needed to be. In terms of defense, MJ had so much accolades than Bron. MJ was always relentless on defense and never rested on defense like Lebron.
I’m not even going to talk about finals records because its clearly in favor of MJ. I’ve never heard of a GOAT who has a losing record. I dont understand why LBJ can bypass greats like Kareem or even Duncan who had better careers. Like what the guy in the video said, he had so much advantages in terms of training, nutrition, etc. and Bron still fell short.
Secondly, the argument that the 2016 warriors is greater than the 96 bulls is the same as the argument that Lebron is greater than Jordan because he was in the finals 10 times. Both did not see it through to the end. They had an opportunity to topple the GOAT and his team but they were not good enough. Otherwise, their arguments would have made sense and not just based on conjecture or what ifs. The facts remain that whether individually or team accomplishments, there is no contest.
Lastly, the only thing that Lebron can do to beat MJ is to be a better team owner than him because the latter is terrible as such. Its too late to try and surpass him as a player unless he has a time machine.
I think it all started when Lebron claimed he was the greatest ever during that interview. But dude has played almost and getting close to 20 years, still has not caught up to Jordan yet. I think if anyone was closest to Jordan, it was most likely Kobe.
You said a few times that certain plays reminded certain players and interestingly they all came after MJ. This is because he was so good and so far ahead of his time that those who came after him tried to emulate him. Simply the GOAT
I find it so disingenuous when these youngsters say that.
I agree he's seen more recent players do moves that were already done..😂
Jordan wasnt washed up in the Wizards. He was really still putting up good states. The team chemistry was totally new. Basically one of the weaknesses of Lebron. Even though hes a team player than a scorer. But he was always trying to find a team with the best lineup but the chemistry wasnt there no matter how much elite players is in his team. During Jordans time with the Bulls. Even though Jordan was a scorer. He had many years to cultivate and understand his teammates and tailor the team to his play style. They uplifted each other to become greater players as time went by. Lebron is too impatient and as soon as there is an opening to get into a team with a better lineup of names. Lebron also had no blood and thunder type attitude to want to defeat the best out there. Instead choose the easy way. Find a team of dominant players and join them. He joins to get a super team. While Jordan cultivated a super team over years with the exception of the addition of Dennis Rodman. Then you talk about people of Lebrons era. They have more lenient rule sets. And even the best out there say with all the rules set before him. He can score even more easily compared to what he had to go against. All the greats say he would easy put up 50 points a game in todays league and you say the players today on another level? YOUR era people are even allowed to travel much less hand check.
MJ on the Wizards had to get his knee drained before every f*ycking game in his late 30s, and at 40yrs old. Lebron would've quit!
You really said you have seen Lebron do a double clutch up and under jumpshot??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What kind of drugs are you on?
this kid is definitely a 🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩
I’m trynna figure that out too 🤣
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😂😂😂
For the record as well excluding the 1986 season where he broke his bone, Jordan only missed 7 games during a 12 year stint with the Bulls. Outside of Stockton, he was one of the healthiest players ever to be in the NBA.
39 year old Jordan played 82 games on wizards too. Lebaby has played 80+ games one time in his 19 years
@@nathanlawson313 💯!!
Full 82 game seasons
Jordan-9 🐐✅
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Warriors had 73 - 9 but they didn’t get the chip like the Bulls did and it don’t mean a thing without the ring.
Thank You. This dude is funny.
Also that Warriors were near elimination against Thunder on semi-finals narrowly avoiding one of biggest upset further disqualifying them from the greatest team.
That's the type of mentality these kids have today. They are full on stans they believe what they want because they have the powers of RUclips and NBA2K to validate them.
Hallelujah. Please
The Warriors also had a number to shoot for. The Bulls were looking to beat 69 to get the record. Bulls are also tied for third with 69 wins the next season.
Couldn't wait to watch jordan play, every other sport I love my local ny teams but jordan was so fun to watch that I became a bulls fan, havnt really watch basketball since
Listen. I'm in my late 40's. I have played a TON of basketball in my life. Open gyms, parks, I'd be in 4 or 5 different leagues during prime basketball season. I say this not to "toot my own horn", or relive my "glory days", so save your disparaging comments like that. I say that so you know I've played and watched my fair share of basketball. So, I watched Michael his whole career. Also, I'm from the Cleveland area and MJ killed us more times that you can count. Conversely being from the Cleveland area, I've heard all about LeBron since he was in Jr. high and watched his entire career and very much enjoyed the 2016 Championship LeBron brought Cleveland. Having hated MJ for how he destroyed our teams and LeBron giving us a championship... I would unequivocally say that MJ is the GOAT. You crack me up with your stopping the video and say, "oh that's like when Vince Carter did this", or "that reminds me of Steph Curry doing that".. where do you think all those guys got that from?? Why do you think guys like Kobe and LeBron grew up idolizing MJ?? If social media was around when MJ played... there would be statues and shrines all over the country for this guy. Actually watching his career and watch a 20 minute "highlight" clip are definitely 2 very different things. It's not your fault, you only know what you know. You grew up with LeBron and that's what you've seen most of so it's hard to imagine anyone better. I'm sure that's the same as me growing up with MJ and all the old timers at the time saying "Oscar Robertson was better"... or "He ain't got nothing on Wilt"... and I thought that was crazy of them to say. But take it from people who have actually seen BOTH of their careers play out and is from Cleveland area where LeBron is King. MJ is GOAT. MJ averaged 30 in his day...? He would have averaged 50 in today's NBA. No blood, no foul was real back then. Hand checking (or grabbing) was a thing. You had enforcers on teams that their sole job was to inflict pain and protect the paint. You went down the lane and a price was to be paid.
I will take the Bulls 72-10 season ending in an NBA Championship over the Warriors "soft era" 73-9 and 2nd Place.
Any day of the week! That Bulls team would mop the floor with that Warriors team! Especially if they played with the old rules.
MJ adapted his game literally every season it always had a new wrinkle, if he had to shoot the 3 ball in todays era he’d be right there among the top 2 or three 3 point snipers in the league just about every year he played, Jordan was loyal to the Bulls organization and never had to run somewhere else or play GM and get whole squads traded to ring chase, cumulative stats over a 20 plus year career. If Michael had today’s medical and sports preparation advances and an extra early start like LeBron had he’d have set those cumulative stats so high they might as well be on mars
In 1996 Jordan's 3 pt percentage was 42.7%. That is up there with Stephon Curry in his best year.
Lebron has clear weaknesses, where MJ had literally none. You can say shooting 3's was the weakest part of his game. Which is still just barely worse, then Lebrons %. In an era where shooting 3s is actually important. I dare you to react to the Mj vs Lebron debate video thats popular on here.
Let's clear this up when it comes to three's when MJ took three's in games he was dam good I remember him killing Portland with three's not only Portland he just never cared about three's he said that but y'all all know if he was bout that he would have made them the man was a great shooter under pressure
Jordan 3pt percentage is way higher than LeBron. LeBron 3pt and midrange percentage is horrible, he can barely make a free throw
Check the stats. Mj shot 33% which was average in the time he played. Lebron. Shoots right around 34%. Which is below average for this age of basketball.
In the last 50 years, Career Résumé - Total Achievements: (Titles / MVPs / Finals MVPs / 1st All-NBA / 1st All-DEF / Scoring Titles/ All-Star MVPs)
1st: Jordan = 49
2nd: Kobe = 34
2nd: LeBron = 34
4th: Kareem = 33
5th: Duncan = 29
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You can debate 2nd-5th place but Jordan is so far ahead of everyone else…it’s not even close. Also the most amazing thing is that Jordan accomplished all this while playing in at least 5 years less than the other players
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To put things into perspective, players like Giannis and Curry each have 14 Career Total Achievements
Factssssss
I saw both mj and lj many times live and the biggest difference in my mind and it was an obvious difference is that mj played all out every second of every game as hard as he could win or lose on defense too. He never coasted or played defense a little lazy. You stood the entire game because you knew you were going to see some shit.
here's something to ponder...MJ played ALL 82 games 9 times (1x at age 39/40 with the Wizards) in a physically tough era....LeBron played all 82 games 1 time in almost 20 years in a less physically demanding era and played 80 + games 2x...no need to spend that kind of money if you don't need to unless your injury prone....if you've seen Jordan's Best Rare Video (Voyager) video on youtube, you'll see a small sample of what kind of physical punishment MJ endured back in the day...that's why he HAD to put on more muscle mass to withstand the physical beating he was dealing with in the Eastern Conference (he said so in multiple interviews)....Once he got to the top of the mountain, he never lost his competitive drive to stay on top....great reaction video! 🔥💪✌
Funny how Lebron fans never bring up how he got busted taking PEDS when he played for the Miami Heat.
Michael played in an era where getting fouled hard was part of the game. Getting pushed around constantly both on offense and defense. Hand checking was a huge part of the game. Fouls back in the day would beat you up every game and throughout the seasons and it got worse in the playoffs. Lebron would have got the crap beat out of him. How would have Lebron reacted no one will ever know this. But we do know Michael would have been the greatest in this era and would have racked up a good 10+ more avg points per game if he wanted. Plus he was if not one of, depending on who they were playing, the best defender on the court as well. With the physicality that was played during that era most players were done by 35 because their bodies couldn't take it. Even at 40 Jordan still had the skills and determination.
Imagine if jordan didn’t play defense and just focused on offense and saved all his energy for offense .. he would of averaged 45 even back then.. and 50 today
Mj is the greatest midrange shooter of all time. Lebron shoots 37% outside of 3 feet. MJ was a better finisher in a league where the paint was congested and full of bigs. Lebron is a great finisher but its not the same for obvious reasons. Jordan was a better defender and had 9 trible doubles in 11 games shooting 50% when he played pg for a few games. He did everythnig and played harder, top 3 all time defender. In todays league his skills would be even more enhanced if he could bring the ball up and have no 1 at the rim
Lebron shot more shots and played more seasons cuz Jordan couldn’t keep up so give Jordan 5 more years on the Wizards and I bet u Lebrons 3 point % is better
@@Femitoodrippy Just let got bro, Lebron was my goat too.
Mj retired from the bulls at 37, lebron is 37 now. I wonder if you're going to want to include LeBrons field goal percentages going forward. Dude, lebron literally shoots 37% from midrange, in his prime, Mj shot over 51%. Just think about that how terrible 37% is compared to 50, its a different league.
When you compare eras you gotta imagine then playing in the same game. Youve seen mjs highlights, the way he manuevers between multiple heads in the paint. IN todays league with no one in there(where lebron makes majority of his buckets) thats money, and hed be a way above 3Pt shooter cause why wouldnt he be? He would actually practice it. Hes the greatest mid range shooter in history. Shot over 40% as a injury riddle shell of himself on the wizards, still better then lebrons prime numbers. Also, lebron is below average 3Pt shooter in a era where its a big part of the game, where jordan was average when it wasnt, he shot like 1 a game.
League is soft, they literally changed the rules to add more offense. Harden averaged 37, jordan would average more and be the best defender on floor. And more rebounds and assists because of the way the game is played now
@@szaret1 big facts💯
Definition of goat is he did it all before anyone else...Pele was the same way.
I was born in 94 and have seen all of lebrons career. Jordan is the goat lol and hopefully by now you’ve educated yourself on Jordan’s wizards years.
So Michael’s “horrid” years with the Wizards….they were 19-63 the year before he played at 39. In 2002 he was hurt in his last game before the All-Star break in which he averaged 25/5/5. Only one other player had that stat line going into the break….Kobe. The team that had gone 19-63 without him was 30-30 and in playoff position. After he got hurt that same team went 7-25.
When people talk about his Wizards years they are only thought of as “bad” because they were comparing him to his peak self.
Kids don’t want to believe Santa isn’t real at first….either.
Lebron did the same thing with the shitty Cavs and actually got them a ring against a team with the best record of all time while injured the whole finals series. When Lebron left, the Cavs finished 14th. So no excuses.
@@Femitoodrippy You can't compare those two at those specific times in their career and make them the same and say "no excuses." First off, Jordan was old during the Wizards years at 38 years old, while Lebron with the Cavs when he won in 2016 was 31 years old. Not only that, the Western Conference in the 2002 Era was the way harder conference in contrast to the 2016 Eastern Conference. Considering in the Western Conference, their were five teams over 50+ wins, while the only other team to break 50 wins in the East other then the Cavs were the Miami Heat...that's it.
How the world can you compare a 38 year old Jordan playing with the Wizards and compare that to a 31 year old Lebron and view them as the same? Makes absolutely no sense.
@@Femitoodrippy How is 2016 Cavs a shitty team? They had Kyrie and Love. Tristan Thompson was great help too.
@@ragnarok283 LeBron fans don't think he played with anybody good.
@@Femitoodrippy you totally lost me with the “shitty team cavs” you trying to exaggerate too much
MJ 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
The truth will set you free
Lebron having the higher stat totals simply boils down to more games played. Yes longevity is obviously a plus, but when talking numbers it has to be mentioned in context. Lebron took far more games than MJ to amass those same numbers. Also, with the whole longevity thing, all athletes from this generation are going to play longer than those of past eras simply because of the advances in medicine and science. There’s a reason Lebron is still able to play at the level he does at his age, Brady the same and countless others. So much emphasis on taking care of your body now, and so much more tech and equipment to help you
Case in point... Stockton sucked but gets mentioned as a top 2 or 3 PG all time when people look at stats. Top in career assists because he ran pick n roll with Malone 70 times a game and played forever.
Also the game was more physical back then. You literally had to know how to fight because you was going to. A tech now probably wouldn't have even been a foul back then. Nobody flopped, if you went to the ground it was because somebody wanted you on the ground
@@nathanlawson313 Stockton didn't suck.
6 RINGS all im sayiing, in13 years.
also cause if you sneeze on them it's a technical. no wonder players careers were shorter, the game was more physical so it took more of a toll on their bodies
Let it go young man, he's THE GOAT....... PERIOD.
If LeBron spends that much time on his body then that means he should be better than he is. But he's not. You can lead every stat in NBA History. He's still not better than Jordan.
Karl Malone was stronger than Lebron. I think Barkley in his prime would have given him a hard time too.
FACTS
@@cano21 How can you measure lebron's strength in this era? By his muscles? By his look at me workout videos? There's no big men to give him a little second thought when waltzing into the lane. He handles the ball so much that most likely he'll find some smaller match up and take advantage by running said smaller player over to a wide open basket. He doesn't bang for rebounds and he doesn't post up. Yeah he's strong but he doesn't take full advantage of it. Jordan, while having a different body type than James, was known to be very strong especially as he got older. But he used his strength advantage. Finishing over 2, 3, 4 guys in the paint is a sign of being very strong. Getting hammered and still finishing is a sign. Posting up and guards can't move you off your spot is a sign.
I get where you are coming from but seeing MJ and Lebton play live do you think Lebron would or could play all 82 games back in 96 while in his prime?
I mean Levron has missed over 3 seasons in his career so let's not inflate or durability too much.
Players back then rarely missed a game even with injuries. They didn't have a massive pool of rookies and international players that play on a week-long contract.
You just played or you get the boot.
Bron had to play 20 years to do what jordan did in 13 after playing 4 years in college and retiring twice if Jordan went to the league out of high school just imagine
Many young generation of fans failed to realize the importance of college in order to refine the fundamentals. As the result, the lack of such foundation on Lebron's gameplay hurt him during his career i.e. off-ball movement, post-up and footwork. Jordan's amazing skills in basketball is from his mastery of fundamentals as attested by Dean Smith and the tough coach Bobby Knight.
and in 20 years, he still hasn't accomplished as much as Jordan did in 13. lol.
This younger generation
See greatness in front of them and still don't realize it
LeBron can't do half of what Jordan could do
This child is wearing glasses that may be able to show Pluto but can’t see truth on a screen 1 foot away.
Young man I understand you are a LeBron fan but Michael Jordan is the best all-around basketball player that ever lived and he played both ends of the Court offense and defense he had zero weaknesses and he played every game in an 82-game season he didn't sit out and take days off and he had the Killer Instinct something that LeBron James never had
Just imagine that Mj didn't have all the advantages lebron has rn, but still had a better peak than LBJ. Simply the GOAT!
The GREATEST to ever do it and it ain’t close.
MJ is 10x the player Bron could ever dream to be, but is not the clear cut "GOAT"! It took him 7 years to learn how to win, other came onto NBA being the leaders and creating a winning culture form day 1! All this nonsense that MJ played with crackheads and alcoholics is a joke! He played with NBA players, but was NOT able to get them to come together as a team. That is 99% on him. Lebron is even worse, he needed to create a superteam to compete for a title. MJ had to take what he was given to "earn" his rings.
P.S. Having a prime Pippen and adding Dennis Rodman was unfair to the rest of NBA at the time. Rodman did everything (the best ever) that MJ didn't!
NOT a pushoff. I was expecting you to say that. Russell had already overcommitted. His momentum had taken him out of good defensive position and his shoulders were not even close to square with Jordan. The hand on Russell's hip was barely touching. Not a push-off and not a foul. Also, this doesn't show the series of previous plays including the brilliant steal from Karl Malone that led up to this shot.
Why is he saying MJ had more help than LB when it's not true LB had way more help than MJ
Theres no shame on being a Lebron fan. There is no shame in Lebron or anyone else being your favorite player, hell Larry Bird is my favorite of all time, but that doesnt mean he is the GOAT. Lebron has longevity....which will give him the end up stats. Take Lebrons best 15 years and i am willing to bet they dont beat MJ's numbers for his career. Ontop of that I just cant stress enough that MJ...actually played both sides of the court...he played damn near every single game. Compared to Lebron that refuses to play defense in most of his games because he doesnt have the stamina to go ham on both sides of the court. Lebron doesnt want to guard the best guy, or have the best guy guard him. MJ DEMANDED this. Again there is nothing wrong with loving Lebron, just look at him for what he is not what you glaze him up to be. Same goes for Jordan fans, he wasnt a god that made every shot and won every game
Bryon Russell, the victim of the 'push off' said he never felt Jordans hand. He didnt think he was going to shoot that early, so his pull up really shocked him, he felt Jordan never touched him.
In the Last Dance you see his wrist barely grazes him, adding some evidence of what Russell said.
Plus there is another angle that shows Jordan was just reaching for the ball on the crossover and his hand was partly blocked by Russell's body
...also, the way the modern gen of reactors/comment-ers (including this fool) insist on using the TERM 'push-off' for something that was positively soft AT MOST -
again just shows how wimpy this gen is... in the 80s/90s, a mild-hand tap like that wouldn't even have been NOTICED, much less be described as a push - certainly compared to the Bad Boys' Jordan rules..!
_ [Indeed, it was one OF THEM, Isaiah Thomas, who technically "started it" with his own BS commentary of the incident itself at the time...] _
I'm on MJ's side, but let's not be ridiculous! That was a push off! I get it though, if MJ payed me 100k to say that, I would as well!
@@anthonyzarate9807 you clearly didnt watch the Last Dance. If there is available evidence of the contrary, and you still hold a position, just makes you a liar.
They got every angle of that shot on the Last Dance, and it speaks for itself.
Bryon Russells 2 Finals seasons he made 17 million combined in salary. He made 28 million on that specific 4 year deal. Why would he lie for 100 grand?
You need to dose up on that realistic thing you spoke of. Dont think you know what that word means.
@@bobvylan7215 If I made a doc to push (pun intended!) my narrative, it would be to make me look better as well. What narcissist would EVER make a doc. to make themselves look bad???!!! I watched every last one of those games live, no need to watch Hollywood fiction?
P.S. You MJ fans are almost as bad as Bron & Kobe fans!
What makes Jordan considered the GOAT is his defense, dynamic/creativity, durability and playoff success. He's the ultimate 2 way player top 10 all time in both offense and defense. Of course players like Curry have elite shooting and Lebron elite physical strength that Jordan didn't have but specifically those areas Jordan separates himself from the other modern elites.
This Historic Bulls Mixtape was just the appetizer please also react to Jordan Voyager 1 and 2
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THE REASON FOR JORDAN'S TEAM REACHING THE SEMI-FINAL AFTER HE LEFT CAUSE PLAYING WITH JORDAN AS HARD AND WITH A SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL PLAY WHILE PLAYING WITH A SELFISH PLAYER LIKE LEBON WHO IF NOT PLAYING BASED ON WHAT HE WANTS WILL TRADE YOU OR MAKE LIFE AS HELL. THIS PLAYING SITUATION WILL CREATE DRAMA FOR PLAYERS LIKE KEVIN LOVE IN CLEVELAND!!
All nba players said he would drop 50 in this era because you can’t even touch anyone anymore! He would end up at the free throw line twice as much!
I'm 11 months late, but he switched to 45 because they had retired number 23 when he retired. If I remember correctly, 45 was his baseball number and Michael is really superstitious and petitioned to get 23 back. When he came out wearing his number 23 jersey, everyone was excited.
I was lucky enough to grow up watching MJ and inspired my lifetime love of basketball and Bulls basketball. The league was a lot harder then. Every one of his dunks and layups, the lane was clogged by bigs and there was a ton of contact. His "circus" shots were the best. Every game you could expect to see one unbelievable play. Another thing is Jordan was constantly refining his game. Each year, he would come back having vsstly improved at some aspect of his game. Whether it be D, 3's, etc. For a guy with those skills to have that kind of work ethic, it had to be scary for the league. Incredible. Still the GOAT!
IF YOU THINK JORDAN WAS ONLY GOOD AT ONE THING, I'M SORRY BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JORDAN!
Jordan had a 48" vertical, tied for highest ever in the NBA, ran a 4.2 (fastest ever), and was mentally stronger than anyone that's played the game. All of that, and we haven't even talked about basketball yet. Do you think LeBron would last as long as he had if he had to go up against the Celtics, Pistons, and dudes like Malone (who would have no trouble physically handling LeBron every time he tried to go into the paint)?
Props for having an open mind, doing your research, and coming to your own conclusions, even if I disagree with them. Keep applying and honing that skill in everything you do in life, and you'll be remembered as a wise man. I've never met two people that agree on 100% of everything. So if I, you, and society can accept that reality and work towards living in harmony and basic human respect for one another despite our differences, we'll leave the earth better than we found it.
I'm a firm believer in the theory that more diversity makes for a more robust intellectual institution. If you have one person standing in a fixed spot on any given side of a house, they won't be able to tell you what all 4 sides look like.
MJ is the G.O.A.T.....wpn 6 championships(was the MVP of all of them)... was an average 25-40 scorer every single game,was the best defensive player in 80% of almost every game he played....was the greatest clutch player ever on the basketball court,was one of the best defensive player's ever....he could and did do it all
73 -9 Warriors, didn't have LeBron, so no need to bring that up. I am basing my decision off of facts lol. No where on this planet is LeBron better than Jordan. Michael Jordans legacy is without question better, as for LeBron? He only wins the longevity arguement cause of modern technology and medicines. People that LeBron goes against? They dont even play defense this gen, and LeBron cant even raise his FT % into the 80s for a decade+ now. LeBron is uncoachable and is playing GM, and Jordan does not lead the NBA in turnovers.
In fact, you are reacting to emotion. Your emotions told you to NOT say that Jordan is the GOAT even after you watched this. It was clear in your face that you were struggling with your emotions and chose to not admit that you believed Jordan was the GOAT after watching this. Your EMOTIONS are with Lebron. Those are the facts. And I'm not a person that argues Jordan or Lebron as the GOAT. There are at least 3 GOATs to me that can be argued either way.
Oh, and I'd rather have 5 people who are a master at their positions rather than 5 people who are 70% good at each position. So that argument about mastery vs versatility only holds up in certain circumstances. That is one reason why it's impossible to argue who is the one and only GOAT.
A news reporter asked MJ is he thought the 90's Bulls teams could beat Lebron's lakers. MJ said yes. The reporter asked by how much. MJ replied 2 or 3 points. The reporter asked why such a close game? MJ replied...well most of us are almost 60 now.
😆classic 🐐 Jordan
Go look at the Bulls' roster that Jordan played on when he first entered the league. The two best players they had minus Jordan, were Orlando Woolridge and Quintin Daly. Both of them were coke addicts (not hyperbole). They both died relatively young too, probably due to health complications from long term drug use. Both of those players were gone from the Bulls by 1987. Jordan's second best player that year was Charles Oakley. The reason Jordan did not have much postseason success in his first three seasons with the Bulls was because of his foot injury in his sophomore season and lack of depth in his third year. Plus the Bulls kept running into Larry Bird's Celtics. The eqivalent to that would be if LeBron was drafted in 1990 and then LeBron's second and third year Cavs teams kept running into Jordan's 90's Bulls teams in the playoffs. What do you think the outcome would have been?
You say the 1994 Bulls made the semifinals without Jordan. That's not the Trump card that you seem to think it is. How do actually make players around you better? You make them better by making them tougher so that if/when you are gone, they can still compete without you. When Jordan left, the Bulls still had a championship system in place minus their leader. Everyone knew their role and played it well. Plus they added most of the key pieces that would form the championship core of the second threepeat, while keeping most of the original core. So that 94 bulls team added Toni Kukoc, Europes best player at the time. Then they added Steve Kerr, Luc Longley and Bill Wennington. They were a DEEP team that won by committee.
In the case of Lebron, he plays his own system. Rosters are rearranged to suit his needs. Star players are either marginalized or have to change their games to acquiesce to LeBron's style. When LeBron leaves, the teams fall apart, because LeBron was the system. The rosters are usually blown up and the teams can't rebuild quickly after trading away assets to get LeBron the help that he needs. It's happened multiple times. So which scenario do you think is better? A team that is completely susceptible to the whims of their star player like Lebron led teams, or a team that has a system in place that can still function when their star leaves (like the 90's Bulls, 2000's Spurs, or the mid 2010's Warriors)?
Lmao those Bulls teams were horrible. This kid has no idea about anything he's just a Bron cheerleader and he doesn't care about the facts. Scottie Pippen was a scared dear in headlights player and Jordan turned him into a man and a better player because of The Breakfast Club workout sessions
Ron Artest who guarded Jordan, Kobe, and Lebron in his career says Jordan was the best no contest. Ray Allen who played against Jordan and was Lebrons teammate in Miami says Jordan no contest.
back in the days bulls games were televised nationally on WGN and TNT. we got to watch nationally every game he played. as someone who watched 90% of them and saw the brilliance I'll always put Jordan as the goat. started watching when dr.j played and have watched since then. I've seen many g8 players including lebron but none did what Jordan did.
There is one thing clear here. He has never watched NBA games in the 90s.
If you think Michael Jordan couldn't play in today's era, I raise you a Westbrook that averaged 30/10/10 in a season. He's not as smart as Jordan, they're the basically the same in athletic ability, Jordan is a much better shooter and Jordan also plays much better defense than Westbrook.
If Westbrook can average 30/10/10 on a trash team, what would MJ do ?
Note that MJ averaged 32/8/8 in 1988 when the game was harsher, slower and also there was no hard foul call, that was also the first year Pippen came to the league. Now imagine what Jordan would average on Russ' OKC team with Russ replaced by MJ. He's averaging 35/10/10/2/1.
Comparing Lebron team hopping and going to Miami to the bulls having and DRAFTING Scottie pippen is as about as foolish as an argument one could make. That means they started from the UNKNOWN. Nobody knew what Scottie would become. We do know that Dwyane Wade was a finals MVP and NBA champion. We do know that Chris Bosh had his own team down in Toronto and that he was an All-Star. Those are the things we do know. You might want to think before you start making foolish comparisons. Jordan did everything better than LeBron and Jordan was stronger than people give him credit for it. Better footwork, better mid-range. Was able to adapt his game from high flying dunker when he was younger to being able to post up and hit the mid-range at will. The three pointer wasn't big back in the day but I don't think it would have been a problem for any of the players back then to adapt. Honestly that's what's wrong with today's game anyway. Big man are soft because all they want to do is pull up from the three-point line.
You admitting that LeBron had to adapt to something that another player did shows that he ain't the goat. Curry basically stole his shine and it ain't over because I believe the warriors probably will win one or two more. Meanwhile LeBron just gave the Lakers their worst season of all time if I'm not mistaken. Two top 75 players and couldn't even make the playoffs.
If you want to compare him to somebody compare him to magic but he ain't on Mike's level at all!!!
4 top 75 players AD lebron westbrook and Carmelo
@@donaldhoward4522 I totally appreciate that correction family. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
IT'S CALLED, "JORDAN VS LEBRON, THE BEST GOAT COMPARISON" WATCH IT AND COME BACK WITH YOUR REACTION!
Another thing kids don't get is that when MJ was in the NBA, his fame was Beatles level, Michael Jackson in the 80s level. People used to go crazy. I don't think really any player currently in the NBA gets that. Maybe in the city they play with, but I don't think that there has been that type of reaction to a player maybe since Shaq.
This guy set the record for most copium ingested before doing a reaction
😂 seriously, I’ve never heard such dumbassery come out of a human’s mouth.
The reason LeBron has Jordan beat in longevity stats is because LeBron played about 18 "full" seasons compared to 13 "full" seasons for MJ. And even with that advantage, Jordan is still top 5 all time in TWO major statistical categories: scoring (5th) and steals (3rd). And all the people who are ahead of Jordan in each of those categories played 18 seasons minimum.
LeBron is top 5 all time in only one statistical categor (so far): scoring (2nd).
😭😂 you on the learning tree. We accept LeBron is your goat. I like Lebron too, he just not better than Jordan. We so called old heads know what we saw for 13 seasons with the bulls. This man was not human, but he was. Mj suffered alot for those rings & never took the easy way out.
You know in this video you said, “that looked like either Curry, AI, Kobe, Bron, Vince Carter at different points.” That should tell you everything you need to know about Jordan. Oh and yeah the Warriors were 73-9 but how’d they do in the playoffs? Almost lost to OKC before the Final. Don’t mean a thing without that ring.
Warriors overachieved in the regular season. They were completely out of energy come playoff time. That's the difference between the 72 win Bulls and 73 win Warriors. Bulls 72 win team nearly swept the entire playoffs. Warriors almost lost 1 playoff series and failed to win a championship. Im sure had the Bulls wanted to go all in during the regular season they could have.
That just goes to show that this generations players are more difficult to play against
@@Femitoodrippy - Offensively or defensively? Offensively yes because there are more offensive weapon/depth than in the 90s. Defensively nobody plays it anymore in the NBA to a high level.
@@Femitoodrippy I find it comical to hear the most recent generation to always believe that because they are doing it they are the best. After 1995 defensive players were not permitted to touch an offensive player with the ball. Before 1979 defensive players could use their hands to impede the progress of an offensive player. Today's players have become highly specialized at playing soft.
When you have to get your shot off while the defense is reaching out their hands to impede your progress wouldn't it be easy to understand how players would be less efficient instead of less skilled?
The average height of the NBA has remained 6'7" since the 1960's and the average age of nba players has remained 26 since the 1960's. The average weight has gone up slightly but this is simply to indicate that the physical attributes of players since the 1960's has remained consistent. There is no marked movement of stronger, faster, bigger players.....just heavier ones, slightly. The dilution of the talent pool has likely permitted less talented players access to the league via the bench permitted the possibility of a single talent making the difference between a last place nba team and an nba championship caliber team.
Ask Jerry West why even after acquiring Wilt Chamberlain it took until Bill Russell's retirement before the Lakers could break through for a championship. Because as much talent and hall-of-fame talent as they had on their team the Celtics had more hall-of -fame talent on theirs.
The NBA has always had the greatest basketball players in the world.....and playing great basketball is about practicing and refining your craft. Until 1979 if you had the ball you had to physically fight through defensive players pushing and pulling you to get your shot off. Until 1995 if you had the ball you had to deal with players grabbing and squeezing/pinching you to get your shot off. Today if you are breathed on while shooting a foul is called. That doesn't mean players today are any better.
Young man no disrespect but you know absolutely nothing about basketball and this is coming from a person who's watched over 50 years of basketball
The STATS have been ran HIGH LEVEL Analytics and Jordan is in his own class and is the PEAK of what any human can achieve. Never will we see anyone better.
The shot over Craig Ehlo is Legendary because it was the start of his ascension of being out the 1st round.... Plus Cleveland had a nice Squad with 3 Superstars of the time and they were the Favorites to win that series.. also in those days 1st round was Best of 5, NOT 7
Mate MJ on the wizards was older then Lebron is currently. MJ was 40 years old in his final Wizards season and avg 20 ppg. Lets see if Lebron is doing that in 3 years then get back to me lol.
MJ did it against old school defense at that age before the league switched over to a European style game.
Jordan... the Best Player on Offense, the Best Player on Defense, the most Clutch player ever, and as you can see from that video, he is also the Most Entertaining Player of ALL Time. When he was playing, it was MUST Watch TV!!!!!!!!!
Jordan is Easily the GOAT, not even close. As Magic himself said: "“There’s Michael Jordan... and then there’s (the rest of us) everyone else”.
My boy is delusional lmao
Kid nobody has a bag like this not Wade LeBron stop it
Jordan is the GOAT, did all of that in 13 years vs LeBron's 19. LeBron has longevity on his side which helps with the numbers but Jordan's peak was far better. He kept many great HOFers from winning titles in the 90s. You are down on Jordan's competition compared to what LeBron is facing but in truth guys like Olajuwon, Ewing, Charles Barkley, etc would have their way with dudes right now. Jordan really had no weakness and was a true two way player, in addition to being the most athletic guy on the floor he was also the most fundamentally sound.
So picture a guy that is bigger, stronger and faster than a current popular player like say...Ja, could jump higher than Ja and had elite footwork and was lethal mid-range (better than D. Wade who you mentioned), and one of the best perimeter defenders ever with an almost psychotic level of competitiveness and you have Jordan. LeBron is an all time great and the best player of my generation (we are the same age) but there's a reason why Jordan is still the gold standard, it's no secret why Bron wore number 23 for most of his career.
LeBron would get steamrolled in that era if you just dropped him into the league 30 years ago because he isn't used to playing that kind of ball. If he grew up in that era, yes, absolutely. But if he grows up in that era, he grows up in that era... meaning that the equipment he trains on isn't available, the advances in medicine and science have not yet been made, and he's eating steak, drinkin' whiskey, and smoking cigars with the rest of 'em.
When I heard him say versatility first thing that came to mind.
“Fear not the man who has practices a thousand techniques, but the man who practiced one technique a thousand times”
Speaks volumes. Both phenomenal players though.
He switched to 45 cause his father was murdered and saw him play his last game with the number 23 on. So that’s one reason why he left basketball after his dad was killed. His dad was at every game. He felt it was hard for him to play knowing he was not there and coming back it was hard for him to wear that 23 for a good while 😢
With respect, if youre gonna speak the way youre speaking on comparing Lebron to MJ and other greats, you really should become a historian of the game and watch some older footage/research. You didnt even know MJ wore 45, had a layup package or how good the teams were. Some of the era comparisons youre making proves you haven't watched anything but Lebron's era. But youre taking such a strong stance.... not good.
Lebron spent tons of money to keep his body in top shape. Jordan spent countless hours perfecting his midrange and defense.
And lebron still needed load management. You'd have to kill Jordan to keep him from playing.
Lol 😂 so true