His answer was stupid and pays no respect to Jordan’s defensive contributions, leadership contributions and psychological contributions to his teammates.
I get it Will... you are just as good as Jordan. You are just as good or better at defense than every other player on those defensive teams. Good to know.
Jordan played to win. He wanted to block the big guys. He wanted to deny you the ball. He moved without the ball. He tried to give the crowd a special moment every game. He took all the blame, and credited his team for success. He didn't play for numbers, those came as a result of his passion for smashing the challenge. There's no flopping in his repertoire. And like B.J. was saying, no plays off. We never had to call Michael Jordan the G.O.A.T. , being called Jordan was already the highest ranking possible.
Respect!!! But Kobe was on his bumper. I don't think lebron is on the same level. Go look at when he played the spurs for the ship he lost that series cause he doesn't have that killer instinct.
Nah bro, Kobe was not on his bumper, maybe a spec in his rear view mirror. Jordan had better stats his Rookie year than Kobe did in his only mvp season.
@@jokerhaha5123 kobe was as close as anyone will ever get to MJ, he may not of got crazy stats. But he had more than his share of 50 point plus game's. And unlike LeBron? Kobe knew how to carry a team
@@donnelladams340 i dont think so, video fails to mention one big rule change ZONE DEFENSE. its easier to score against handcheck vs team being able to double team while guarding nobody unlike in jordan era where you had to stick close as glue to non shooters or double team hard
@@donnelladams340 in 80s when the refs actually would ref him he never won anything. In 90s you couldnt touch him lmao, defenders played with their hands up like they do harden but no weakside help due to illegal defense which made it easier to score inside WITHOUT being able to shoot 3
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Exactly. I love how he gives LeBron James all t eh due props and respect that he has and doesn't belittle him in any way, but acknowledges that Jordan was just _that_ much better. There is no shame in that. I also love how he brought up the fact that LeBron is a better shooter, but Jordan was a better scorer. LeBron can shoot the 3 better than Jordan could and has about a .1 over Mike in career field goal percentage. However Michael was much better at getting to the foul-line, and making free throws. Even when his jump shot wasn't falling, he still found ways to get his 30 a night.
Michael Jordan is the most exciting basketball player ever, bar none. He was so electrifying that my mother (who hates all sports) watched his games! After he retired she hasn't watched or wanted to watch a game since. But, Kareem was the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. Look at some of his games in his prime or in college. He was unstoppable. Excitement - MJ. GOAT - KAJ.
I wouldn't say all that but you definitely have to give respect where respect is due. I grew up watching Jordan when I was a Magic Johnson fan, I was Kobe fan as an adult. Between Magic, Kobe, and Jordan I get 3 different kinds of amazements from each. Magic played Center when Kareem went down. Kobe slammed on Duncan and David Robinson. Different era's. LeBron ain't even the king of his own era. Jordan is definitely unbreakable no doubt.
@@Profound52 Excitement wouldn't net you all the accolades Jordan acquired, which surpasses Kareem. And Kareem is not a better player. Even Magic would tell you that. Which he is a top 5 player and played with Kareem. Just like Oscar.
B.J. is 50 on that video. As a player he looked like 12, and even here if not knowing him, I would not wonder if someone told me that guy's in his early 30's.
Jordan May have been one of the best scorers in the game from all angles but if you want to talk about the best Mid-Range game......I would have to go with Rip Hamilton......please note that I didn't say he was better than MJ when it came to scoring the ball, I am simply stating that as far as the mid range Jumper.......Rip Hamilton was on point.
Imagine what MJ would've done in this no hand check era. Back then like MJ said there was a price to pay when driving to the basket. Also he never sat out a game even when he had the flu. MJ all day every day and tomorrow
Tired of dropping this an as individual response to nonsense, so i'll drop this right here, for all to see. * Jordan holds the Highest career PPG average in Regular season history. * Jordan holds the Highest career PPG average in Post season history. (compared to Wilt Chamberlain who is 29th in PPG in Post season history at 22ppg) * Jordan holds the Highest career PPG average in NBA Finals history. * Jordan holds the Highest career PER average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history. * Jordan holds the Highest career Efficiency rating average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history. * Jordan holds the Highest career Gamescore average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history. * Jordan holds the Highest career Winshares average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history. * Jordan holds the Highest MVP shares average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history. * Jordan is the only player to lead the league in Scoring and Win Defensive player of the Year a season. * Jordan is the only player to Win a championship, scoring title and steals title in the same season. * Jordan is one of 3 players in NBA History to win a NBA scoring championship and NBA Championship in 1 season. George Mikan and Lew Alcindor did it once Each. Jordan did it six times. All six times also leading the playoffs in scoring. Mikan did that once and Alcindor didn't do it at all. Statically speaking, Jordan has the Highest and most impressive Career Statistical Average in regular season, post season and Finals NBA history. 10 scoring titles, 9 all NBA defense, 5 MVPs, 3 steals titles, DPOY, 6 titles.6 Finals MVPs. Show me a player in the history of the game with a better overall individual and team resume. Not Jabbar, Russell, Oscar, Chamberlain, Magic, Bird, Olajuwon, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe or LeBron has a resume like what I just posted. G.O.A.T.
vsmith3rd Like Jim Rome would say “rack em!” That’s probably the best statistical analysis I’ve seen that capsulizes Jordan’s career. Lot of ammunition there that makes the point who’s better all time. Thank you sir
MJ was a basketball god!! This media driven comparison is an absolute joke!! I'm soooooo sick of it! Lebron is great but he's not even close to MJ! I don't even have him to 3 all time. Top 5 maybe. So to ESPN and the rest of sports media...JUST FUCKING STOP!! Miss you MJ!
Hell..... I put Kobe and Larry over Lebron!! I Lebron around 9 or 10 all time!!!! I just can’t get past two glaring things: His finals record and that EPIC MELTDOWN in 2011 against the Mavericks!!!!
This is the best explanation I've heard on the comparison from anyone so far, because he backs it up with facts from both players. I do agree that it's Jordan though by far. I've never seen anyone play like that and I don't think we ever will. There are great players and have been since Jordan left, but not even close to his level. jmo.
MJ's creativity on the game is what separetes him from LeBron, how quickly we forget, and also the Jaw dropping aerial manuevers, the unpredictable graceful moves, the resiliency , competitiveness, clutchness, killer instinct, defense, leadership, fundamentals, the shoes and the global impact, the only thing Lebron is better than Mike is rebound and assists. That's all.
Well said. Mike was coined as the GOAT early and unanimously in his career. If the dude put up less than 40 it was a poor night. LeBron is basically John Stockton in Karl Malone’s body. He’s absolutely incredible. Mike was God in Michael Jordan’s body.
Better on stats but he wasn't the better passer nor rebounder. When MJ played pg for 23 games he averaged triple double and in the first 11 of those games he achieved 10 td's with 7 consecutive (Westbrook tied this record last year after 2 decades)..
"Always play the game like it's 0-0." I like that. That's potentially a life-changing mentality switch. I literally wrote that down and want to remember it.
Michael Meyers he said that Scottie Pippen was a top 50 player of all time, then he said besides Wade there is no one who LeBron teamed up with that can be considered the same (top 50). how did the get lost in translation.
Jordan's mental aspect approach to the game was excellent!!!! The best at intimidating defenders MENTALLY!!! LeBron is way out of Jordan's league that's what separates them and Jordan is the greatest!!! To me, there's just no comparison
Sigh...If MJ played today he would be a great 3 point shooter. His technique was flawless, and he was the type of competitor that became better every year by improving the facets of his game that would have the greatest impact. He would have stayed in the gym for an entire summer and emerged a sharpshooter from distance. Lebron's stats are a product of no rim protectors and an offense that always surrounds him with three point sharpshooters. Therefore a wide open lane, no rim protectors and single coverage. Just have a look at his shot chart, mostly bully ball to the rim. Jordan threw up the numbers he did being double and triple teamed his entire career, no three ball to jack his ppg, and rpg, far fewer shots taken overall, and a paint full of 7 footers waiting for him. He would average 40+ per game in today's game at his peak.
yea, just like wilt said if he played in Jordan's era he would have finished his career with 50+ point a game. Isn't it just great that a every past generation always says that if they played in the "Current generation" their stats would have skyrocketed??
He wouldn’t need to shoot threes. He’d still take it to the rim and dominate because that’s what he did best when they actually played defense. Why take away what made Jordan Jordan.
Not to mention Jason Terry and Shawn Marion were guarding Lebum. Actually, they were not guarding but just sagging off of him. Comparing this guy to Jordan as an absolute insult to MJ and anybody who knows anything about the sport. Pure fantasy.
I bet Kyrie loves constantly being totally and completely ignored after his really good performance in that chip they brought to Cleveland. This whole Lebron never had 'help' narrative is getting really old.
Daniel Parker really dude. If Kyrie didn't get injured this year they would be playing the Warriors and not Cleveland. Those trash teams he had in Cleveland before LBJ came back wasn't his fault. Put a team around Kyrie and you're a contender. LBJ didn't make the playoffs his 1st 2yrs because Cleveland didn't have a suitable team around LBJ.
Daniel Parker Wait a minute, Kyrie gets injured and you are saying that’s the narrative when he helped lead the Celtics to the playoffs? Ok 😳 Ok And LeBron’s narrative is that he started the superstar team thing and was supposed to win more than 5 titles in Miami.
I dont understand how they say Jordan and Lebron dominated their eras....When Jordan won titles....noone else was winning until he retired the 1st time...then when he came back...he won 3 titles again amd noone won until he retired the 2nd time. In Lebrons era...Golden State won....Spurs won...Mavericks won....Toronto won.
@@mazeygk7838 he's saying that once Jordan started winning championships, it took him retiring for someone else to win. There were many teams in the league that probably should have had championships. Phoenix, Cleveland, New York, Indiana, Orlando(if shaq woulda stayed and penny didn't get hurt), Utah, Seattle...
Lebron did a play last night that would have been number 2 or 3 on Jordan’s all time finals best finals play list and he did it like nothing throwing that ball off the backboard and dunking it. And he did it at age 72...
I saw Jordan play in person, summer of '83 on the Pan American team that became the '84 Olympic team, between his sophomore & jr. year. His hops and quickness was insane. Much more fierce player than Lebron.
Compare Jordan explosive quickness to the competition look how many white guys were on the court back then and how unathletic everyone else was. Today you would be lucky if you saw 2 white guys starting on an NBA team
MaLJaY Worldstar Jordan's athleticism, aggressiveness, skill and BB IQ would still stand out today. His dominance had nothing to do with white players. If anything, it was a more physical and strategic game when he played. Boston was predominantly white and dominated a number of years.
MaLJaY Worldstar Jud Beuchler, Steve Kerr, Bill Wennington, Toni Kukoc, Will Purdue, John Paxson, Luc Longley, Bobby Hansen, Ed Nealy, Jack Haley, Matt Steigenga, Joe Kleine, Rusty LaRue, all "slow" white guys with rings thanks to MJ
MaLJaY Worldstar... You had Wilkens, pippen. Kemp. Drexler, Jordan,..... Go look what Jordan did to Drexler in the 92 finals, and Jordan used to abuse pip in practice every day.... Athlete's didn't start being made today... Dumbass
What I heard 1 time MJ said in practice, they will play scrimmage when he dominating his team and make a big lead to the other team but at the half coach will put him to the other team and trying to close the score or surpass the score. So MJ mentality is always closing the gap of the score.
LeBron is majestic; Michael is godlike. Both are great, but just watch them in action and see how much more graceful, plastic, artistic Jordan moves. It's another kind of display.
@ SuperPunch I sat 2 rows in front of Jordan at the ALLSTAR game in DC. He was 6'6" 230 which explains why he was able to post all 2 guards up. Jordan was bigger than KOBE, WADE AND DREXLER.
jsfbr LeBron James is not a majestic player .Jordan was more Majestic than LeBron ,LeBron was not really a majestic type of player Majestic means graceful. The title Majestic fits Jordan better than LeBron. LeBron is not a grateful athlete he is a physical specimen so to speak overpowering form of athlete with physical gifts....
Jordan never would have quit after JR Smith made that mistake in game 1. You could see that LeBron just whined and quit after that and they lost in OT. That is why Jordan was better. He was mentally tough and didn't quit. That's what Kobe learned from MJ and what LeBron never does consistently. (Kind of like what happens with Harden..and why CP3 was so important to the Rockets this year)
K K he put 81 against the worst defensive team in the regular season. im talking about playoffs and finals. lebron just dropped 40 pts 9 times this playoffs run. kobe has 13 playoff games of 40 or more pts. lebron got 26 . lmao
Michael Jordan was drafted and played through all the hard times until they were champions. Lebron is a punk who leaves town when the going gets tough.
Baby face Latino pretty sure that comment is only referring to bosh love and Kyrie. We all recognize wade was a solid first option on a very good team before him. The other three were first options on either terrible teams or in Bosh case on a team that had no chance to win anything
Malik Utendahl so i guess you wouldn’t call kg, Ray Allen or Paul pierce good first options since they didn’t win a championship until joining each other either? Dumbass logic
Zero zero....that ladies and gentlemen is the key component to the difference between every basketball player ever and Michael Jordan. That level of competitiveness is what truly separates him and what ultimately made him the best.
I've always believed LeBron is more like Magic 2.0. LeBron can score, but Jordan is the best shot creator of all-time. And as competitors it's not even close. LeBron competes, but Jordan wanted to destroy his opponents.
They're both built like forwards but have point guard skills. I agree that LeBron isn't as flashy as Magic, but like Magic he can also play inside while running the show.
Gadi, jaw dropping or not Lebron is on Magic's level regarding passing. Making the right pass has nothing to do with flashy it has to do with IQ. And lebron has that in the bag. 100 times better, really? Lebron gets penalized for being the passer that he is. And that's one of the greatest passers in the history. Stockton passes weren't flashy either, but I guess flash is what makes you better, and the only reason Stockton is in the hall of fame is because of his passing.
Gadi, lebron is 11th all time. Magic is 5th and only 2000 ahead of lebron. Lebron will be the only player that is top 5 in assist and scoring whe he retires. He's 700 assist behind cp3. And lebron has done this while winning 3 chips and going 9 times to the finals. He'll be the only one of 2 players on top 10 assist list with more one championship. Only hom and magic. I would say lebron is on the same level as magic. Every scout from when lebron played in school until now raved about his passing more than scoring.
BMode32 pippen was the 4th pick in his draft he wasn't found on the scrape heap... pippen had a ton of potienal from door y'all give Mike to much credit for pippen being good he was a better playmaker and a better defender then Jordan that's a fact
BMode32 if he was as bad as your trying to make him seem Jerry Krause wouldn't have spent the 4th pick in the whole draft to obtain him he had star potienal don't matter what school he went to he was a high lottery pick
Jordan would've destroyed this era of "SENSITIVE" players that can't be touched! He would've gotten bored scoring 50+ every night. Lebron in that era would've quit after the second or third time of picking up his teeth off the ground!!!😂😂😂😂
Not only Jordan is the GOAT, he was fun to watch, u couldn't take your eyes of screen, if u did, u would miss something spectacular. Lebron is great, but he's boring, his game is predicated on pure strength. Of course the millenniums who never saw Jordan. think lebrick is better!
@@millerclement1939 yep, lebron can't pump most peoples blood like MJ did, his very exciting and thrilling mostly shines in critical moments! A quarter killer and has mentality of a true hungry competitor winner!
It's the media's job to build up LeBron to make it seem like he is better than Jordan. Just for the simple fact that it would make the people want to watch the NBA. Higher ratings = More money.
He for sure wasn’t a God, but he was darn near untouchable in the 90’s. If he hadn’t prematurely retired twice, because he had no sense of challenge, he may have won every championship in the 90’s.
Jordan would average like 40 points in this era. And I feel like he would've been at least a 40% 3 point shooter. 3s weren't emphasized back in the day. Only specialists like Steph's father, Dell, really worked on that shot. But as we saw in Game 1 of the 1992 Finals, Jordan could make it rain if he wanted. He actually did it to prove a point, that Drexler wasn't a better shooter than he was.
Wasn't the illegal defense rule designed to make it easier to score? Before illegal defense guys could just sit by the basket, which made it tougher to score. Now they're forced to come further out, which opens things up more. That and illegal hand checking makes it easier to score.
Mizesus they still double teaming or even triple teaming mj back in those years almost every game... Illegal defense was when the defensive player didn't have a man to defend for 3 seconds that is violation Check out his highlights you will know what i mean...
In both of their primes, lebron is going to guard the best player on the other team, jordan is going to have pippen guard the best perimeter player. Mj made all defensive teams guarding 6'3 guys while he was 6'6
Getting so tired of the pushed narrative of "Lebron has no help" bullshit.. People love to bring up Scottie Pippen for Jordan but if they knew their NBA history they know Scottie took about 3-4 years to truly emerge, before that he was soft, quit against the Pistons, shot horribly in the second 3 peat during the playoffs, averaging less than 20 points. Lebron has been grateful to play with better overall talent around, he just lacks the killer instinct of a Jordan to be a closer and come through in the clutch. If Lebron did the Cavs would certainly be up 2-1 in this series.
Scottie was 3rd in MVP voting. Won 54 games without MJ and has how many all nba and all defensive? Mj had 6 man of the year on his team tony kukoc. Horace Grant mad all defensive. Rodman man all defensive . Also has THE BEST 3PT % SHOOTER OF ALL TIME. cmon help not even close. Lebron teammates who averaged more than pippen were defensive liabilities and was giving up what they were putting up, pippen was locking down. Scottie 20ppg when score was in the 80-90 is not the same as scoring 20 when the end score is 120 in today's game. Convert pace and scoring
@Ralph Dela croix Bosh? You mean the player who has 1 all NBA and 0 all defensive? Wade? No disrespect but they played 4 years together and that wasnt prime wade, that way injured decline wade. Not to mention Miami was by far the worse team to win a chip in their era. Top heavy af with no coach. Did you just name jr and shumpert? Lol chill. Shump? The man who was on the bench ? Who averaged 3pts in the 2016 playoffs? Oh yeah that's help. Jr ? Lol again not prime JR. Youre focused on recognition of name and not caliber of player. Kuzma and Ingram won how many games last year? Rondo is definitely proven. But what help is he to a player who does what he does? Kyrie is literally the only person you could consider help. And despite being a defensive liability, he was never a defender and made lebron take a step back in usage.
@Ralph Dela croix 91 scottie made all defensive team 92 scottie made all defensive team 93 scottie made all defensive team 93 Horace grant all defensive 95 scottie made all defensive team 95 scottie made all nba 96 Toni kukoc 6th man of the year 96 scottie made all nba 96 Rodman made all defensive 97 scottie made all defensive 97 scottie made all nba 98 scottie made all nba 98 scottie made all defensive Let's fast forward to MIA wade Bosh 0 all defensive 3 all nba(all from wade) Cle with kyrie and Love? 1 all nba (kyrie) 0 all defensive Now u tell me who had more help. Never compare the 2.
not a hater. but simply fact. You can look it up. he complained how they played the game of basketball. Right after that, you started to notice that MJ basically created the "superstar" treatment. And during his time no one was getting it except for Jordan. Nowadays, you have multiple superstars getting that type of treatment.
@@Amzingred ... yeah complained bout piston no doubt cause thy use to abuse him... thn he started hittin thm weights got stronger nd better nd started doing thm in... da pistons pushed him to be the best...
One of the best interviews to learn a lot about Jordan’s mentality. BJ also did a good job of discussing the differences and likes of the players while comparing the different eras of the game.
There’s been a lot of noise lately about LeBron perhaps passing Jordan as the G.O.A.T. There’s no doubt that LeBron is all-time great - in my opinion, there’s a solid argument that he might land at #2 on that list. But when the numbers are laid down, sorry kids...it ain’t close. From a post on KSR: Jordan vs LeBron Updated after Lebrons 14th season. Michael Jordan has: •3 more rings •3 more final mvps •1 more DPOY •1 more season MVP •9 more scoring titles •3 more steals leader •3 more all defensive team selections •4000 more points / bron moved past him in playoff points, but it took him longer. •800 more steals •Beat 20 50+ win teams in the playoffs (Lebron only defeated 10) •Jordan never averaged less than 40% Field Goal in the finals Lebron did it twice •6/6 (never allowed a game 7) •Lebron had much more offensive help, example: Jordan never had a teammate average more than 22 points in the finals.. In fact, Mj is Only player in NBA history to lead a team to the championship with only one teammate averaging double figures in scoring * In the Bulls’ 1997 playoff run, Scottie Pippen averaged 19 points per game on 42% shooting. All other teammates of Jordan averaged under 8 points per game Kyrie averaged over 28 and DWade averaged more than 26 •MJ never ever had a finals meltdown like Lebron in 2011 against the Mavs •MJ had more points in the playoffs in less games.. MJ accomplished all of this in 13 seasons Lebron after his 14th season, is still chasing the “ghost (GOAT) that played in Chicago” •Michael Jordan in the playoffs has put up atleast 40ppg, 5rpg, 5apg in 6 different playoff series. Along with an average of about 55% shooting, 3spg and 2bpg. (86 vs bos, 89 vs cavs, 90 vs philly, 92 vs Miami, 93 vs Phoenix, 88 vs cavs) Jordan won every one of those matchups except for the 1986 matchup vs the celtics. •Jordan in 88-89 averaged 32ppg, 8apg, 8rpg, 3spg off 54% shooting. LeBron has never even came close to this stat line. •in 87 thru 92, MJ averaged 5 straight seasons of atleast 51% FG shooting. LeBron has never done this. •the lowest FT% MJ ever shot in a season was 78%. Lebrons highest in a season ever is 78%. •MJ has a higher playoff FG% of 48.7% to Lebrons 48.3% •MJ has a higher playoff player efficiency rating of 28.6 to Lebrons 27.3. •MJ shoots a higher playoff 3 point percentage of 33.2% to Lebrons 32.9% •LeBron James has scored 30 points, 416 times in 1,117 games. Michael Jordan did it 562 times in 1,072 games. Jordan won 6 championships without losing a final in 1,072 games and LeBron in 1,117 games has lost 5 times and has only won 3 times (updated 2018) •MJ also shocked the league by being the first (and only) player to have 100 blocks and 200 steals in the same season, then turned around and did it again the next year.. •Mj also has more career blocks (893) than Lebron James (853) despite playing in 22 LESS career games and being the smaller guy. Also, MJ averaged 1.6 blocks per game in the 1987-88 season which is absolutely bonkers for a 6’6″ shooting guard. Seriously this list can keep going. This isn’t even a debate. Mj is the GOAT. MIchael Jordan: •NBA record 5 playoffs series’ averaging atleast 40ppg •Only player in history to lead league in scoring and win DPOY •Highest scoring average, points per game, in any championship series: 41.0 vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals •Only rookie in NBA history to lead his team in four statistics (1984-85) •Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring, win Most Valuable Player, and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season (1987-88) •Only player in history to average at least 30pts 6reb 5assists And 2 steals per game AND HE DID IT 7 TIMES. •Only player in NBA history to win Rookie of the Year (1984-85), Defensive Player of the Year (1987-88), NBA MVP (1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98), All-Star MVP (1988, 1996, 1998), and Finals MVP (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) •Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring and win the NBA championship MORE THAN ONCE in the same season * He did this SIX TIMES!! (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98) •One of two players in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a season: 3,041 points scored in 82 games played (37.1 ppg) (1986-87) * Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player to achieve this. •MJ is also the only player in NBA history to score over 40 points at age 40, and he did it twice! •In 1988, MJ earned: Dunk Champ, All Star Game MVP, NBA Scoring Title, League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. Michael in only ELEVEN complete seasons with the Bulls: -10 scoring titles, -Won Defensive Player of the Year, -9 times all defensive team, -9time All NBA, -5 league MVPs -6 finals MVPs All 11 seasons. Mj has done in 11 seasons things Lebron hasn’t done and won’t do in his whole career… Remind me again...who is the GOAT?
I SWEAR TO GOD. The volume on my phone sucks so it was hard for me to listen in the car...so when I heard him ask that, I seriously thought he was changing the topic and asking about JR Smith's mistake and then had to hear him again.
Raymond Ragbar yup, they were STACKED. I even hate when people degrade the impact Wade & Bosh had. Just imagine what people would be saying if the Ray Allen on the Heat were on the Warriors today. But most people just write him off & talk about that one game saving shot. That's it.
Tenacious Zen lmaoo hell no the game is faster than back in the day it’s not even close , the athletes now are faster , stronger , smarter , everything has evolved
Oscar- the game is definitely not faster..if anything its slower. I used to go to ALOT of NBA games when I lived in Atlanta a few years ago..and I used to always wonder.."why is everyone half ass playing?" you do realize that statistically Lebron is in the slowest player in the NBA. why? no one..picks up anyone full court in the NBA. College is way faster than the NBA..if anything has picked up speed, its D-1 ball.
Tenacious Zen nope because Lebron knows how to conserve energy he’s in his 15 season and there’s way more possessions now a days so it’s a lot faster the game now
In Michael's era, he was the star, but we rooted for the Bulls, as we do nowadays for the Warriors, Rockets etc. We don't root from Kevid Durant, Curry, Harden, Anthony Davis, but for their trams. The only team treated like "helping" or "not helping" a teammate is the Cavaliers. This is unique in basketball history. I'm pretty sure that at the end of the day ALL non-LeBron players in the roster resent this way of perceiving their roles in Cleveland's team, and I think that it probably plays a role in downgrading their performance level.
Thank you B.J. Armstrong for everything you said! You are absolutely right in every point you explained. James is a great player, but he just doesn't have what it takes to be better than Jordan!
Defense... MJ's strength was his defense. To be the only player to have over 200stls and 100blks in back to back seasons, while still avging 37ppg and 35, in not human.
daveberg69, and where did it get him? Lebron has done it and got to the finals quite a few times. It seems to me Lebron is more efficient at being a facilitator than Jordan, and that's obvious.
Take note of who Lebron was passing to on his teams, compared to Jordan in his early years. Most people couldn't even NAME the players Jordan had on his team until Pippen showed up, outside of perhaps Charles Oakley, who was a offensive liability. (Great defender though) The Bulls weren't even making the playoffs until Michael arrived, so his impact was immediate.
daveberg69, woolridge, Corzine. And daily are who I remember from videos. Woolridge was a pretty decent player in the early 80s. Athletic wing. Both MJ and lebron made an immediate impact in their first years. I wasn't like Cleveland was a playoff team either.
Woolridge had potential to be a good supporting player for MJ until he threw it all away on drugs and booze. I actually enjoyed watching him play. Cleveland in 2007 weren't actually a bad team. They had some solid role players. Reminded me a little of a watered down 94 Rockets team - solid core built around a single allstar.
@@jaymobley8228 the point is, mj won everytine he go to finals, u didnt get the point tho, or maybe just tryna dodge the point and divert it alil bit 🤣🤣🤣
BJ Armstrong was the shortest player of all the Michael Jordan's era of the Chicago Bulls. He was always consistent with his game and he was also a high level of performer. And as a Chicago Bulls fan at the time, I did appreciate him. I also remember him sticking out his teeth guard a lot of times when not in possession of the ball. Great player.
There's nothing watchable about Lebron's game, they let him offensive foul all game and then he jumps in the air to pass to some shooter on the wing,... Cannot compare to Jordan.
lebron game is. jump up in air pass or shoot 3's or run people over going to the basket travel and run people over some more. misses free throws. throw a temperamental when things dont go his way. wow what a goat/ oh dont forget mr no dunk contest
Phon Xieng oh don’t forgot weak ass era Jordan played in lol Lebron would kill those fucken bums if he played in that era he’s way more athletic and bigger than those fucks
Lebron is Heavier than most Centers in the 90s and is also a Faster runner than most of the Guards too and everyone forgets back then they Played Man on Man Defense imagine someone guarding Lebron 1 on 1 with no help defense lmao dude will average 40 points
x50s only somebody who knows nothing about the NBA and basketball would say that Jordan's era was a weak era. This era is weak where there's ticky-tack fouls and referees call everything. The 80s were physical the 90s were physical even the early 2000s with Kobe and the Lakers but now the game is a totally different game. Where a guy can waltz right down the middle and score because it brings more ratings. If you're playing International ball you do not have that freedom this is where you guys know nothing about basketball because that's rule number one nobody gets a layup and LeBron is benefiting from that.
MaLJaY Worldstar LeBron wouldn't score 40 points he'd score about 25 and that's being generous. Jordan on the other hand in this era with the last physical play would average about 50 easy.
I normally don't touch comparisons. But as BJ said,"MJ was a finisher." LeBron hasn't learned to share the load,so that he will energy to be a great finisher. LeBron is totally exhausted in the 4th quarter and especially the last 5mins,because he never learned to trust his teammates to do their jobs. LeBron is the point guard,scorer and rebounder. His teammates become robots just standing around. And another thing,MJ didn't concern himself with being the smartest person in the Locker Room. Meaning he was Coachable.
NBA champion (1991-1993, 1996-1998) 6× NBA Finals MVP (1991-1993, 1996-1998) 5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998) 14× NBA All-Star (1985-1993, 1996-1998, 2002, 2003) 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998) 10× All-NBA First Team (1987-1993, 1996-1998) All-NBA Second Team (1985) NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988) 9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988-1993, 1996-1998) NBA Rookie of the Year (1985) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985) 10× NBA scoring champion (1987-1993, 1996-1998) 3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993) 2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988) No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls No. 23 retired by Miami Heat 3× AP Athlete of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993) 2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984) Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (1991) NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NCAA champion (1982) Consensus national college player of the year(1984) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984) ACC Player of the Year (1984) 2× First-team All-ACC (1983, 1984) ACC Rookie of the Year (1982) No. 23 retired by the University of North Carolina
Los Pepes in only 11 full prime NBA seasons. The other 2 years, he only played less than 20 games. The other 2 years was when he was with the Wizards and was 40. 6 chips out of 11 seasons... GOAT
I loved it when he pointed out that “the guy(jordan) averaging 37 with hand checks, what would he average with no hand checks(this era)?”... good point.
LeBron wouldn't have survived in Jordan's era. Those Bad Boy Pistons and Knick teams with Oakley and The X-Man, McDaniel, would have made LeBron get in the fetal position.
I remember watching the Heat vs Bulls in the playoffs years back, and the amount of BITCHING LBJ was doing at the tiniest of fouls - he'd be running to the locker room calling his momma if he played in the 80's and 90's. Can you just IMAGINE what Dennis Rodman would've done to him......
I think that's the ultimate argument for Jordan's greatness. Jordan in this era would be damn near unstoppable, while LeBron in Jordan's era would still be a solid player because of his talent but wouldn't be able to handle the physicality.
Put all of MJ teammates he ever had together and it's only 11 all star appearances not including him...put all of Lebron teammates together and it's 44 all star appearances not including his. Don't tell me lebron never had help or had better teams than Jordan
Yella Boii Two different era's... Allstar voting was different back then too. Can't compare it that way. It takes a lot more to win now. Why you think they called the 90s the expansion era... Talent was spread around. Jordan was never facing teams full of all stars either.
Makaveli X well yea... But OP going by how many all star appearances by each player had as help... I'm just saying in the 90s you didn't need to build all star teams to win, like the 80s and now. Level of competition was different back then.
baldpnoy410, much harder to win now?? They don't play real defense now. You saw what happened to GS when Houston got a little physical with them. If Chris Paul stays healthy they win that series. What would happen if they played the Bad Boys??
Kevin Hines They don't play defense now?... They will probably run those guys off the court. That team is not used to guarding the 3 point line.. Laimbeer will be useless. KD/Curry/Klay will just shoot over those 2 midget back courts. A lot of those teams will struggle to guard teams now. They are not used to guarding the 3pt line. Game was played differently back then.
“He was a scorer per say” yeah and also you can say he was a phenomenal shooter. Look at those fg takes and makes. He shot more fg within the arc than anyone in the later half of the second three peat during the reg season. ESPN showed me that stat. And he was by far a heavy shot taker in the last and maybe the last two years of the Chicago run m, 97-98’
I respect BJ Armstrong's answer. He told the whole truth. I appreciate that.
That's stupid!!
Anyone that's even thinks there's a comparison is mad!!
@@israeljoya6861 name me any nba player who left the sport for another sport, came back, and won 3 straight..
His answer was stupid and pays no respect to Jordan’s defensive contributions, leadership contributions and psychological contributions to his teammates.
This is the BEST ANSWER EVER
@@chanaman123 stfu I’m sure if he had 30 more more minutes he could mention all of that, and trust me he knows he played with him during his prime
"He had NO WEAKNESS in his game" end of debate.
3 pointers
He was a good passer, not elite
he wasn't the best rebounder, of course he was a shooting guard
there's no player with no weakness
Joe Mullin,specially mentally strong !!!no just physically!!
Jordan was a scorer and ... oh yeah, a 9x All-Defensive First Team
Checking Jeff Hornacek and Dan MarjeIe i would be too
I get it Will... you are just as good as Jordan. You are just as good or better at defense than every other player on those defensive teams. Good to know.
Will Frazier facts bro who did Jordan lock up????
Gary Payton, Reggie Miller, Tim Hardaway, John Stockton, Penny Hardaway, Clyde Drexler... is that a good enough list?
Kelley Whitehurst George Durant Kawhi d. Rose pierce Curry arenas DeRozan Vince Carter
It's not close reggie Miller has never dribbled in life
MJ always had the mindset it was zero to zero. That's a powerful teaching point!
Jordan played to win. He wanted to block the big guys. He wanted to deny you the ball. He moved without the ball. He tried to give the crowd a special moment every game. He took all the blame, and credited his team for success. He didn't play for numbers, those came as a result of his passion for smashing the challenge. There's no flopping in his repertoire. And like B.J. was saying, no plays off. We never had to call Michael Jordan the G.O.A.T. , being called Jordan was already the highest ranking possible.
Flawless comment my man.
Respect!!! But Kobe was on his bumper. I don't think lebron is on the same level. Go look at when he played the spurs for the ship he lost that series cause he doesn't have that killer instinct.
Nah bro, Kobe was not on his bumper, maybe a spec in his rear view mirror. Jordan had better stats his Rookie year than Kobe did in his only mvp season.
@@jokerhaha5123 kobe was as close as anyone will ever get to MJ, he may not of got crazy stats. But he had more than his share of 50 point plus game's. And unlike LeBron? Kobe knew how to carry a team
Anthony Rodriguez name one team Lebron didn’t carry? Lol he ain’t the GOAT but come on now my friend
"37 points a night with handcheck. Imagine with today's defense with no handcheck what Michael Jordan can do".. best quote I've ever heard..
Arthur James MJ will average 50
@@thattv5890 Exactly maybe 60
@@donnelladams340 i dont think so, video fails to mention one big rule change ZONE DEFENSE. its easier to score against handcheck vs team being able to double team while guarding nobody unlike in jordan era where you had to stick close as glue to non shooters or double team hard
@@Liam-ex4mf mike couldn't be stopped in a physical league so can you imagine what he could do against this soft defense
@@donnelladams340 in 80s when the refs actually would ref him he never won anything. In 90s you couldnt touch him lmao, defenders played with their hands up like they do harden but no weakside help due to illegal defense which made it easier to score inside WITHOUT being able to shoot 3
Great to see BJ being interviewed. Haven't seem him for years. He still looks so young.
Tbh not really, i mean maybe i might be missing something, but that dont look like Bulls BJ.
currently, Armstrong is one of the top basketball agents in sports. An agent since 2006, Armstrong represents Bulls point guard Derrick Rose and Warriors forward Draymond Green.
Guy looks like Webster.
yea he still has a kid face haha.
He is 50 looks like he is 34 or so.. 😂. Just for a lil perspective. Rich is 2 years younger than B.J.
Jordan didn’t develop that fierce competitiveness and killer instinct because of what era he played in. He cultivated that at HOME.
Why is BJ Armstrong not an analyst on a major sports network. He's brilliant.
I think he was at one time early in his retirement.
I thought so too.
he should replace the bum oneal. lmao
He's an agent.
Yep I forgot about that....he was/is D-Rose's agent
ESPN give BJ a job. Excellent analytical, oratorical eloquence
Jason T clean analytic
Exactly. I love how he gives LeBron James all t eh due props and respect that he has and doesn't belittle him in any way, but acknowledges that Jordan was just _that_ much better. There is no shame in that. I also love how he brought up the fact that LeBron is a better shooter, but Jordan was a better scorer. LeBron can shoot the 3 better than Jordan could and has about a .1 over Mike in career field goal percentage. However Michael was much better at getting to the foul-line, and making free throws. Even when his jump shot wasn't falling, he still found ways to get his 30 a night.
BJ definitely should be an NBA analyst !!
Maybe he doesn't want a job like that
You can tell he had fun playing with MJ Jordan loved basketball that's why he played the way he did it's a big difference between liking and loving
This dude never ages
Drugs did that.
Dan Scott he was on drugs?
yep, looks the same.. even steve kerr, scottie..
James8107. True lol
bj is 50, mind boggling
Michael Jordan is, without question, the greatest basketball player that has ever lived.
Dalmatinac3 big facts my guy
Michael Jordan is the most exciting basketball player ever, bar none. He was so electrifying that my mother (who hates all sports) watched his games! After he retired she hasn't watched or wanted to watch a game since. But, Kareem was the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. Look at some of his games in his prime or in college. He was unstoppable. Excitement - MJ. GOAT - KAJ.
I wouldn't say all that but you definitely have to give respect where respect is due. I grew up watching Jordan when I was a Magic Johnson fan, I was Kobe fan as an adult. Between Magic, Kobe, and Jordan I get 3 different kinds of amazements from each. Magic played Center when Kareem went down. Kobe slammed on Duncan and David Robinson. Different era's. LeBron ain't even the king of his own era. Jordan is definitely unbreakable no doubt.
To you. Everyone had a favorite.
@@Profound52 Excitement wouldn't net you all the accolades Jordan acquired, which surpasses Kareem. And Kareem is not a better player. Even Magic would tell you that. Which he is a top 5 player and played with Kareem. Just like Oscar.
B.J. is 50 on that video. As a player he looked like 12, and even here if not knowing him, I would not wonder if someone told me that guy's in his early 30's.
He's actually 25 now in people years.
The dude never aged haha
I was younger than him but somehow I'm older than him now.
Lmao I'm 31 we look about the same age 🤣🤣🤣
I called my family to point that out during the Last Dance
No comparison - Jordan everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.
Eight days a week
Amen
@Milk Apples Are you on crack
😂😂
Jordan was asked what he thought about before he takes the last shot he said “ why would I think about a shot that I haven’t taken yet?”
Thing is when evertything goes rough MJ went to the gym, Lebron went to another team.
Something to ponder.
Adrian you are absolutely right
Bron ran to form a superteam and still couldn't do one 3peat
Mj retired
Except when he retired and went to play baseball for a year.
@@Toolatecrew But he won a ring before he retired though
Jordan had the best mid range game ever
+SO Smooth
Wtf dirk? Seriously? No doubt he's great but he doesn't have a greater mid range than Jordan... That's for sure
SO Smooth you must be insane MJ is the greatest mid range shooter ever and he had a better post fadeaway game we talking mid range
ThePeaceKeeper23 exactly
NO CF 😂😂😂😂😂
Jordan May have been one of the best scorers in the game from all angles but if you want to talk about the best Mid-Range game......I would have to go with Rip Hamilton......please note that I didn't say he was better than MJ when it came to scoring the ball, I am simply stating that as far as the mid range Jumper.......Rip Hamilton was on point.
Best analysis from B.J.
definitely
Imagine what MJ would've done in this no hand check era. Back then like MJ said there was a price to pay when driving to the basket. Also he never sat out a game even when he had the flu. MJ all day every day and tomorrow
The year MJ was out with the broken foot, he wanted to be out there.
@@jasondyrkacz8270 He even held a grudge against the coach who forced him to sit out. That's the type of mentality people keep referring to.
Hang over game
@@jasondyrkacz8270 he also played a a golf hole day between finals game and still score 50+
Damn man you brought bavk memories of that flue game...guy looked like he was close to fainting yet pushed
I like how people talk about Jordan like he's dead or an urban legend
Lol
Because the man was not from this earth. Closest thing to an alien mimicking a human we’ll ever have
Hunter he’s god in disguise if you ask Larry bird
@@chrishandsome4267 Him, Kobe, Pippen and Rodman - All aliens. Rodman just doesn't try to hide it.
@@chrishandsome4267 Brook Lopez shoots a higher career 3 point % than MJ. He is not an alien, he is just a overglorified KD.
Tired of dropping this an as individual response to nonsense, so i'll drop this right here, for all to see.
* Jordan holds the Highest career PPG average in Regular season history.
* Jordan holds the Highest career PPG average in Post season history. (compared to Wilt Chamberlain who is 29th in PPG in Post season history at 22ppg)
* Jordan holds the Highest career PPG average in NBA Finals history.
* Jordan holds the Highest career PER average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history.
* Jordan holds the Highest career Efficiency rating average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history.
* Jordan holds the Highest career Gamescore average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history.
* Jordan holds the Highest career Winshares average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history.
* Jordan holds the Highest MVP shares average in NBA regular season, post season and NBA Finals history.
* Jordan is the only player to lead the league in Scoring and Win Defensive player of the Year a season.
* Jordan is the only player to Win a championship, scoring title and steals title in the same season.
* Jordan is one of 3 players in NBA History to win a NBA scoring championship and NBA Championship in 1 season. George Mikan and Lew Alcindor did it once Each. Jordan did it six times. All six times also leading the playoffs in scoring. Mikan did that once and Alcindor didn't do it at all.
Statically speaking, Jordan has the Highest and most impressive Career Statistical Average in regular season, post season and Finals NBA history.
10 scoring titles, 9 all NBA defense, 5 MVPs, 3 steals titles, DPOY, 6 titles.6 Finals MVPs.
Show me a player in the history of the game with a better overall individual and team resume. Not Jabbar, Russell, Oscar, Chamberlain, Magic, Bird, Olajuwon, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe or LeBron has a resume like what I just posted.
G.O.A.T.
vsmith3rd theres no one can do that only mj
vsmith3rd Like Jim Rome would say “rack em!” That’s probably the best statistical analysis I’ve seen that capsulizes Jordan’s career. Lot of ammunition there that makes the point who’s better all time. Thank you sir
and he did it in only 14 years
MJ was a basketball god!! This media driven comparison is an absolute joke!! I'm soooooo sick of it! Lebron is great but he's not even close to MJ! I don't even have him to 3 all time. Top 5 maybe. So to ESPN and the rest of sports media...JUST FUCKING STOP!! Miss you MJ!
Hell..... I put Kobe and Larry over Lebron!! I Lebron around 9 or 10 all time!!!! I just can’t get past two glaring things: His finals record and that EPIC MELTDOWN in 2011 against the Mavericks!!!!
I think an analogy is in order:
LeBron goes around a problem.
MJ goes through it.
Well said
Can I just clap for you statement 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Or over it😛🙄
Yikes lol
N's Creations and Gunpla Review Lebron ask 4 help and complain 🤣
MJ in his prime would embarrass these NBA players today.
Lmmfaooooooooo John Mick,you are an idiot! Jordan would average 50 in today's game. And this coming from a Jordan hater!
John Mick yeah you sound stupid
Bron>MJ
John Mick you’re pretty dumb aren’t you..
Jordan without handcheck?How would you defend someone you can't touch
Sounds like Jordan was so focused on playing and winning the game greatest player I ever seen play the game,
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Growing up I thought BJ was like 14 and some child prodigy. At 50 BJ looks like he is 35.
DEAD!!! LOL!!!
Francis literally looks 82
Justin Peterson was BJ Armstrong that good back in the day ? Idk I was born in 95
It’s called genes
50? I bet he still gets carded for beer! BJ got the fountain of youth juice!
MJ dropped 51 points at the age of 38 with out taking any 3's but he also held the record for most 3's in a playoff game for nearly over 20 seasons
Jordan the GOAT. Everyone knows it.
This is the best explanation I've heard on the comparison from anyone so far, because he backs it up with facts from both players. I do agree that it's Jordan though by far. I've never seen anyone play like that and I don't think we ever will. There are great players and have been since Jordan left, but not even close to his level. jmo.
MJ's creativity on the game is what separetes him from LeBron, how quickly we forget, and also the Jaw dropping aerial manuevers, the unpredictable graceful moves, the resiliency , competitiveness, clutchness, killer instinct, defense, leadership, fundamentals, the shoes and the global impact, the only thing Lebron is better than Mike is rebound and assists. That's all.
Carlo jbart and he's also better at flopping too
BEST comment!!!!!!
Carlo jbart can't say it any better than that..
Well said. Mike was coined as the GOAT early and unanimously in his career. If the dude put up less than 40 it was a poor night. LeBron is basically John Stockton in Karl Malone’s body. He’s absolutely incredible. Mike was God in Michael Jordan’s body.
Better on stats but he wasn't the better passer nor rebounder. When MJ played pg for 23 games he averaged triple double and in the first 11 of those games he achieved 10 td's with 7 consecutive (Westbrook tied this record last year after 2 decades)..
"Always play the game like it's 0-0." I like that. That's potentially a life-changing mentality switch. I literally wrote that down and want to remember it.
"You can't touch him" Even with hand-checking no one could touch the GOAT!
One thing I noticed about LJ Goats, they never saw MJ play let alone in his prime.
His prime was ever year except at 39 and 40 with the Wizards
@@whodatsay And even then he broke records if you look..
"Who other did LeBron have besides wade, bosh, allen",? Lol this LeBron narrative the media is trying to paint is ridiculous. MJ is the GOAT!
Michael Meyers he said that Scottie Pippen was a top 50 player of all time, then he said besides Wade there is no one who LeBron teamed up with that can be considered the same (top 50). how did the get lost in translation.
@@MrBmajorcotg pippen isn't really a top 50 player & also kyrie Irving wasnt huge help? K love as well?
My reply was too Loren Latino
@@haneefahson973 what's good..top nba head here
@@leod8489 Irving and love is not a big help? Stfu hahahahaha
Jordan's mental aspect approach to the game was excellent!!!! The best at intimidating defenders MENTALLY!!! LeBron is way out of Jordan's league that's what separates them and Jordan is the greatest!!! To me, there's just no comparison
Nope none AT ALL! People think Lebron cries now, put him back in Jordans era when they actually played defense and see what he would do.
@@davidg7283 Pass the ball and or fake an injury
@@alexquinonez7677 Lebroke lol
Sigh...If MJ played today he would be a great 3 point shooter. His technique was flawless, and he was the type of competitor that became better every year by improving the facets of his game that would have the greatest impact. He would have stayed in the gym for an entire summer and emerged a sharpshooter from distance. Lebron's stats are a product of no rim protectors and an offense that always surrounds him with three point sharpshooters. Therefore a wide open lane, no rim protectors and single coverage. Just have a look at his shot chart, mostly bully ball to the rim. Jordan threw up the numbers he did being double and triple teamed his entire career, no three ball to jack his ppg, and rpg, far fewer shots taken overall, and a paint full of 7 footers waiting for him. He would average 40+ per game in today's game at his peak.
More like 50-60 per game in today's rule
yea, just like wilt said if he played in Jordan's era he would have finished his career with 50+ point a game.
Isn't it just great that a every past generation always says that if they played in the "Current generation" their stats would have skyrocketed??
Exactly! nothing buts facts and perfectly on point with your observation of the LJSPS ( THE LEBRON JAMES STAT PAD SYTEM ).
Amzingred for Jordan and Wilt it’s probably true given that they are two of the greatest scorers ever!
He wouldn’t need to shoot threes. He’d still take it to the rim and dominate because that’s what he did best when they actually played defense. Why take away what made Jordan Jordan.
After hearing BJ speak I realized playing in this softer era ruined lebron's potential
No question MJ was the best of all time but simply he was just more exciting to watch. He brought excitement to the game from start to finish.
Agreed...kinda like what Ronaldinho brought to the game
The "best of OLD time" yes. He never won without pippen and Jackson. Jackson won 🏆 without him
@@andybautista1970 wow. Yeah with Kobe and Shaq. 2 top 5 of the time.
@@Amick44 lol because he won it for them too lol. Fact is, they were losers like jordan before Phil won it for them; fact.
@@Amick44 yes see how great Phil is. This two were lovers like Jordan before Phil
BJ is one of the most articulate, intelligent former athletes I’ve ever heard. He should have an analyst job!
I agree.
Last I remember he was an Agent. He used to be Derrick Rose agent.
And he hasn’t aged….
@@markanderson3669in Iowa we called him the Baby Faced Assassin !
Dallas in 2011 won with one all star, against a superteam with the so called GOAT.
King Trawal how embarrassing
Bahahahaha, I forgot that one
Rico Wright Nowisky, Chandler, Jj Barea, Jason Terry and Jason Kidd.. Wow I see how loaded it was...
Rico Wright Miami had the better team
Not to mention Jason Terry and Shawn Marion were guarding Lebum. Actually, they were not guarding but just sagging off of him. Comparing this guy to Jordan as an absolute insult to MJ and anybody who knows anything about the sport. Pure fantasy.
This man still has a legendary baby face, still looking younger despite years going by. That's truly amazing. Senegal, West Africa.
2:19 LBJ back then would be flopping like there was no tomorrow
😂😂
I bet Kyrie loves constantly being totally and completely ignored after his really good performance in that chip they brought to Cleveland. This whole Lebron never had 'help' narrative is getting really old.
He still has never made it to the playoffs without LeBron.
Daniel Parker we're just gonna ignore that the Celtics were just in the ECF, but he and Haywood just happened to be injured?
Daniel Parker really dude. If Kyrie didn't get injured this year they would be playing the Warriors and not Cleveland. Those trash teams he had in Cleveland before LBJ came back wasn't his fault. Put a team around Kyrie and you're a contender. LBJ didn't make the playoffs his 1st 2yrs because Cleveland didn't have a suitable team around LBJ.
Kyrie is a Great player but, that is the narrative . I hope he is healthy next year and does WELL. Not hating .
Daniel Parker Wait a minute, Kyrie gets injured and you are saying that’s the narrative when he helped lead the Celtics to the playoffs? Ok 😳 Ok And LeBron’s narrative is that he started the superstar team thing and was supposed to win more than 5 titles in Miami.
should talk to bj more often he really brought a unique perspective on Jordan
I dont understand how they say Jordan and Lebron dominated their eras....When Jordan won titles....noone else was winning until he retired the 1st time...then when he came back...he won 3 titles again amd noone won until he retired the 2nd time.
In Lebrons era...Golden State won....Spurs won...Mavericks won....Toronto won.
Lakers won too
Thanks man... You just finished the article
Hahaha true
In jordan era lakers won pistons won celtics won rockets won? What's your point?
@@mazeygk7838 he's saying that once Jordan started winning championships, it took him retiring for someone else to win. There were many teams in the league that probably should have had championships. Phoenix, Cleveland, New York, Indiana, Orlando(if shaq woulda stayed and penny didn't get hurt), Utah, Seattle...
Jordan finishes
Jasyn Gates Case closed
Kerr and Paxson finish also oh and don't forget Bj Armstrong.
Kevin Durant you sound dumb
Lebron did a play last night that would have been number 2 or 3 on Jordan’s all time finals best finals play list and he did it like nothing throwing that ball off the backboard and dunking it. And he did it at age 72...
Jordan had so much more help
In today NBA Jordan would average 50pts per game!
Bird for sure
I saw Jordan play in person, summer of '83 on the Pan American team that became the '84 Olympic team, between his sophomore & jr. year. His hops and quickness was insane. Much more fierce player than Lebron.
People forget how explosive Jordan was in the 80’s. Hands down the quickest first step I’ve ever seen!
Compare Jordan explosive quickness to the competition look how many white guys were on the court back then and how unathletic everyone else was. Today you would be lucky if you saw 2 white guys starting on an NBA team
MaLJaY Worldstar Jordan's athleticism, aggressiveness, skill and BB IQ would still stand out today. His dominance had nothing to do with white players. If anything, it was a more physical and strategic game when he played. Boston was predominantly white and dominated a number of years.
MaLJaY Worldstar Jud Beuchler, Steve Kerr, Bill Wennington, Toni Kukoc, Will Purdue, John Paxson, Luc Longley, Bobby Hansen, Ed Nealy, Jack Haley, Matt Steigenga, Joe Kleine, Rusty LaRue, all "slow" white guys with rings thanks to MJ
MaLJaY Worldstar... You had Wilkens, pippen. Kemp. Drexler, Jordan,..... Go look what Jordan did to Drexler in the 92 finals, and Jordan used to abuse pip in practice every day.... Athlete's didn't start being made today... Dumbass
What I heard 1 time MJ said in practice, they will play scrimmage when he dominating his team and make a big lead to the other team but at the half coach will put him to the other team and trying to close the score or surpass the score. So MJ mentality is always closing the gap of the score.
37 a night with hand checking lol 50 a game this era easy
10 a game for LeBron with hand checking
LeBron is majestic; Michael is godlike. Both are great, but just watch them in action and see how much more graceful, plastic, artistic Jordan moves. It's another kind of display.
@ SuperPunch I sat 2 rows in front of Jordan at the ALLSTAR game in DC. He was 6'6" 230 which explains why he was able to post all 2 guards up. Jordan was bigger than KOBE, WADE AND DREXLER.
please explain how MJ is godlike? HOW lol?
jsfbr Jordan with Majestic
jsfbr LeBron James is not a majestic player .Jordan was more Majestic than LeBron ,LeBron was not really a majestic type of player Majestic means graceful. The title Majestic fits Jordan better than LeBron. LeBron is not a grateful athlete he is a physical specimen so to speak overpowering form of athlete with physical gifts....
Will Frazier just on the court , only on the court!😁
Jordan never would have quit after JR Smith made that mistake in game 1. You could see that LeBron just whined and quit after that and they lost in OT. That is why Jordan was better. He was mentally tough and didn't quit. That's what Kobe learned from MJ and what LeBron never does consistently. (Kind of like what happens with Harden..and why CP3 was so important to the Rockets this year)
K K
And as BJ said, MJ always thinks it 0-0, so he'll never run the clock out like JR thinking their ahead. 😂
K K 🎯
kobe has only 1 40 pt game in the finals. kobe wouldnt also put up 51 8 and 8 in a finals games against the best team ever.
Mizesus Yeah. He just put up 81. That's all. Besides he didn't quit on his team.
K K he put 81 against the worst defensive team in the regular season. im talking about playoffs and finals.
lebron just dropped 40 pts 9 times this playoffs run. kobe has 13 playoff games of 40 or more pts. lebron got 26 . lmao
Michael Jordan was drafted and played through all the hard times until they were champions. Lebron is a punk who leaves town when the going gets tough.
Big check💯💯💯
Preach meh brother.
Have you ever asked yourself why he left?
Please do not say it does not matter.
@@afrofest1989 because he he wants to play with his fellow superstars thats it..
I mean, I dont think it warrants calling someone a punk over it.
Other than Dwayne????? what the... Bosh, Love, Kyrie are all 1st options if they played in other teams.
Simon SW Suh and those teams were not very good when they were first options
Malik Utendahl wade was a champ before bron
Baby face Latino pretty sure that comment is only referring to bosh love and Kyrie. We all recognize wade was a solid first option on a very good team before him. The other three were first options on either terrible teams or in Bosh case on a team that had no chance to win anything
Malik Utendahl so i guess you wouldn’t call kg, Ray Allen or Paul pierce good first options since they didn’t win a championship until joining each other either? Dumbass logic
block clearly they weren’t since they didn’t even reach the finals when each were the go to guy. It’s okay not to be great not everyone is
Michael Jordan is "The Greatest Player of ALL Time!"
100%
Yep
Yes no doubt
I’ll take Magic.
All time great is different from Greatest of All time. GO MJ!
Zero zero....that ladies and gentlemen is the key component to the difference between every basketball player ever and Michael Jordan. That level of competitiveness is what truly separates him and what ultimately made him the best.
My new mentality from here on out facing Life... Zer0 - Zer0
Jordan’s influence didn’t seem to cripple his teammates and coaches the way LeBron’s influence seems to do on his team.
Truth Troll ...Great point & well said. Cripple was the word I’ve been looking for to explain this best. Is it okay if I steal it?
I've always believed LeBron is more like Magic 2.0. LeBron can score, but Jordan is the best shot creator of all-time. And as competitors it's not even close. LeBron competes, but Jordan wanted to destroy his opponents.
They're both built like forwards but have point guard skills. I agree that LeBron isn't as flashy as Magic, but like Magic he can also play inside while running the show.
Gadi that’s actually spot on
Gadi, IQ and passing ability. I take lebron over Magic. Give lebron Kareem and worthy, the role players and a coach like riley.
Gadi, jaw dropping or not Lebron is on Magic's level regarding passing. Making the right pass has nothing to do with flashy it has to do with IQ. And lebron has that in the bag. 100 times better, really? Lebron gets penalized for being the passer that he is. And that's one of the greatest passers in the history. Stockton passes weren't flashy either, but I guess flash is what makes you better, and the only reason Stockton is in the hall of fame is because of his passing.
Gadi, lebron is 11th all time. Magic is 5th and only 2000 ahead of lebron. Lebron will be the only player that is top 5 in assist and scoring whe he retires. He's 700 assist behind cp3. And lebron has done this while winning 3 chips and going 9 times to the finals. He'll be the only one of 2 players on top 10 assist list with more one championship. Only hom and magic. I would say lebron is on the same level as magic. Every scout from when lebron played in school until now raved about his passing more than scoring.
Pippen didn't come in the league as a top 50 player. He became top 50 after playing with Jordan.
Remember people did not like pippen an said he was overrated. Now they want to say pippen is good
donnell brown so Jordan didn't benefit from the greatest perimeter defender in leauge history defend him everyday in practice???
BMode32 pippen was the 4th pick in his draft he wasn't found on the scrape heap... pippen had a ton of potienal from door y'all give Mike to much credit for pippen being good he was a better playmaker and a better defender then Jordan that's a fact
BMode32 if he was as bad as your trying to make him seem Jerry Krause wouldn't have spent the 4th pick in the whole draft to obtain him he had star potienal don't matter what school he went to he was a high lottery pick
this is what they never say.....this debate is the most bogus ever.....
Jordan would've destroyed this era of "SENSITIVE" players that can't be touched! He would've gotten bored scoring 50+ every night. Lebron in that era would've quit after the second or third time of picking up his teeth off the ground!!!😂😂😂😂
Lebron against Charles Oakley.
Thats absolutely true.
😂
Not only Jordan is the GOAT, he was fun to watch, u couldn't take your eyes of screen, if u did, u would miss something spectacular. Lebron is great, but he's boring, his game is predicated on pure strength. Of course the millenniums who never saw Jordan. think lebrick is better!
Agreed! Well said!! 👍👍👍
sghjgf tyytii kids these days are way too ignorant its amazing
@@millerclement1939 yep, lebron can't pump most peoples blood like MJ did, his very exciting and thrilling mostly shines in critical moments! A quarter killer and has mentality of a true hungry competitor winner!
What Jordan did that was exciting that LeBron dont... I like Jordan better but damn jone
He is lebroke now rofl
It's the media's job to build up LeBron to make it seem like he is better than Jordan. Just for the simple fact that it would make the people want to watch the NBA.
Higher ratings = More money.
Jonas Conrad good to see someone thinking for himself.
Jonas Conrad it's was the media job to make Michael the untouchable god of the 90's which is why all the 40 to 60 year olds can't let him go
Jonas Conrad Hey be quiet,we don't want anyone to know that!😂
He for sure wasn’t a God, but he was darn near untouchable in the 90’s. If he hadn’t prematurely retired twice, because he had no sense of challenge, he may have won every championship in the 90’s.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾plain and simple
Jordan would average like 40 points in this era. And I feel like he would've been at least a 40% 3 point shooter. 3s weren't emphasized back in the day. Only specialists like Steph's father, Dell, really worked on that shot. But as we saw in Game 1 of the 1992 Finals, Jordan could make it rain if he wanted. He actually did it to prove a point, that Drexler wasn't a better shooter than he was.
Philip Callado as if this era has illegal defense rules lmao. mj benefited from illegal defence. mj wouldnt have come close to 40 in this era.
Wasn't the illegal defense rule designed to make it easier to score? Before illegal defense guys could just sit by the basket, which made it tougher to score. Now they're forced to come further out, which opens things up more. That and illegal hand checking makes it easier to score.
Philip Callado ye you cant double team . u couldnt have anyone partoling the paint. mj ras rely got doubled due to this rule
Mizesus they still double teaming or even triple teaming mj back in those years almost every game... Illegal defense was when the defensive player didn't have a man to defend for 3 seconds that is violation Check out his highlights you will know what i mean...
Philip Callado more like 55.
The 0-0 score mentality is the key to his extraordinary performance. Be in the moment.
If they were on the same team , u give the ball to Lebron ，he’s gonna pass it to MJ ，it’s that simple
THANK U!!!!!
Haha true!!
if they were on the same team, give the ball to MJ and you'll not need LBJ at all..
Basically LBJ is a Carbon copy of Pippen just slightly bigger in size.
In both of their primes, lebron is going to guard the best player on the other team, jordan is going to have pippen guard the best perimeter player. Mj made all defensive teams guarding 6'3 guys while he was 6'6
james would be retire age of 21 if he play in jordans era. bcoz pistons whack his ass 😂
Getting so tired of the pushed narrative of "Lebron has no help" bullshit.. People love to bring up Scottie Pippen for Jordan but if they knew their NBA history they know Scottie took about 3-4 years to truly emerge, before that he was soft, quit against the Pistons, shot horribly in the second 3 peat during the playoffs, averaging less than 20 points. Lebron has been grateful to play with better overall talent around, he just lacks the killer instinct of a Jordan to be a closer and come through in the clutch. If Lebron did the Cavs would certainly be up 2-1 in this series.
Yea but jordan didnt even make it pass the first round until scottie pippen came
jordan is 1-9 in the playoffs and a career loser without Pippen..stop it
Scottie was 3rd in MVP voting. Won 54 games without MJ and has how many all nba and all defensive? Mj had 6 man of the year on his team tony kukoc. Horace Grant mad all defensive. Rodman man all defensive . Also has THE BEST 3PT % SHOOTER OF ALL TIME. cmon help not even close. Lebron teammates who averaged more than pippen were defensive liabilities and was giving up what they were putting up, pippen was locking down. Scottie 20ppg when score was in the 80-90 is not the same as scoring 20 when the end score is 120 in today's game. Convert pace and scoring
@Ralph Dela croix Bosh? You mean the player who has 1 all NBA and 0 all defensive? Wade? No disrespect but they played 4 years together and that wasnt prime wade, that way injured decline wade. Not to mention Miami was by far the worse team to win a chip in their era. Top heavy af with no coach. Did you just name jr and shumpert? Lol chill. Shump? The man who was on the bench ? Who averaged 3pts in the 2016 playoffs? Oh yeah that's help. Jr ? Lol again not prime JR. Youre focused on recognition of name and not caliber of player. Kuzma and Ingram won how many games last year? Rondo is definitely proven. But what help is he to a player who does what he does? Kyrie is literally the only person you could consider help. And despite being a defensive liability, he was never a defender and made lebron take a step back in usage.
@Ralph Dela croix
91 scottie made all defensive team
92 scottie made all defensive team
93 scottie made all defensive team
93 Horace grant all defensive
95 scottie made all defensive team
95 scottie made all nba
96 Toni kukoc 6th man of the year
96 scottie made all nba
96 Rodman made all defensive
97 scottie made all defensive
97 scottie made all nba
98 scottie made all nba
98 scottie made all defensive
Let's fast forward to MIA wade Bosh
0 all defensive
3 all nba(all from wade)
Cle with kyrie and Love?
1 all nba (kyrie)
0 all defensive
Now u tell me who had more help. Never compare the 2.
Man this has to be the best a most respectful analysis ever
Bottomline LeBron is NOT in Jordan's league!
There is no Lebron James without Michael Jordan
I would say Magic
@@No-Hassle nah MJ is his idol but he plays like Magic
mimi a he still plays more like Magic
@@No-Hassle like i said
There's no MJ, if there's no doctor J. And there's no Dr J, if there's no Elgin Baylor
Jordan WINS. LeBron WINES.
jordan whined about how the pistons played when he kept losing
not a hater. but simply fact. You can look it up. he complained how they played the game of basketball. Right after that, you started to notice that MJ basically created the "superstar" treatment. And during his time no one was getting it except for Jordan. Nowadays, you have multiple superstars getting that type of treatment.
@@Amzingred Jordan also whined about the way the Knicks played the game.Jordan whined all the time like most superstars!
@@Amzingred ... yeah complained bout piston no doubt cause thy use to abuse him... thn he started hittin thm weights got stronger nd better nd started doing thm in... da pistons pushed him to be the best...
@@jimmybrown2040 uh no. The league started to change rules and the refs started to give what became known as "The Jordan treatment"
One of the best interviews to learn a lot about Jordan’s mentality. BJ also did a good job of discussing the differences and likes of the players while comparing the different eras of the game.
There’s been a lot of noise lately about LeBron perhaps passing Jordan as the G.O.A.T. There’s no doubt that LeBron is all-time great - in my opinion, there’s a solid argument that he might land at #2 on that list. But when the numbers are laid down, sorry kids...it ain’t close. From a post on KSR:
Jordan vs LeBron
Updated after Lebrons 14th season. Michael Jordan has:
•3 more rings
•3 more final mvps
•1 more DPOY
•1 more season MVP
•9 more scoring titles
•3 more steals leader
•3 more all defensive team selections
•4000 more points / bron moved past him in playoff points, but it took him longer.
•800 more steals
•Beat 20 50+ win teams in the playoffs (Lebron only defeated 10)
•Jordan never averaged less than 40% Field Goal in the finals
Lebron did it twice
•6/6 (never allowed a game 7)
•Lebron had much more offensive help, example:
Jordan never had a teammate average more than 22 points in the finals.. In fact, Mj is Only player in NBA history to lead a team to the championship with only one teammate averaging double figures in scoring
* In the Bulls’ 1997 playoff run, Scottie Pippen averaged 19 points per game on 42% shooting. All other teammates of Jordan averaged under 8 points per game
Kyrie averaged over 28 and DWade averaged more than 26
•MJ never ever had a finals meltdown like Lebron in 2011 against the Mavs
•MJ had more points in the playoffs in less games..
MJ accomplished all of this in 13 seasons
Lebron after his 14th season, is still chasing the “ghost (GOAT) that played in Chicago”
•Michael Jordan in the playoffs has put up atleast 40ppg, 5rpg, 5apg in 6 different playoff series. Along with an average of about 55% shooting, 3spg and 2bpg.
(86 vs bos, 89 vs cavs, 90 vs philly, 92 vs Miami, 93 vs Phoenix, 88 vs cavs) Jordan won every one of those matchups except for the 1986 matchup vs the celtics.
•Jordan in 88-89 averaged 32ppg, 8apg, 8rpg, 3spg off 54% shooting. LeBron has never even came close to this stat line.
•in 87 thru 92, MJ averaged 5 straight seasons of atleast 51% FG shooting. LeBron has never done this.
•the lowest FT% MJ ever shot in a season was 78%. Lebrons highest in a season ever is 78%.
•MJ has a higher playoff FG% of 48.7% to Lebrons 48.3%
•MJ has a higher playoff player efficiency rating of 28.6 to Lebrons 27.3.
•MJ shoots a higher playoff 3 point percentage of 33.2% to Lebrons 32.9%
•LeBron James has scored 30 points, 416 times in 1,117 games.
Michael Jordan did it 562 times in 1,072 games.
Jordan won 6 championships without losing a final in 1,072 games and LeBron in 1,117 games has lost 5 times and has only won 3 times (updated 2018)
•MJ also shocked the league by being the first (and only) player to have 100 blocks and 200 steals in the same season, then turned around and did it again the next year..
•Mj also has more career blocks (893) than Lebron James (853) despite playing in 22 LESS career games and being the smaller guy.
Also, MJ averaged 1.6 blocks per game in the 1987-88 season which is absolutely bonkers for a 6’6″ shooting guard.
Seriously this list can keep going. This isn’t even a debate. Mj is the GOAT.
MIchael Jordan:
•NBA record 5 playoffs series’ averaging atleast 40ppg
•Only player in history to lead league in scoring and win DPOY
•Highest scoring average, points per game, in any championship series:
41.0 vs. Phoenix Suns, 1993 NBA Finals
•Only rookie in NBA history to lead his team in four statistics (1984-85)
•Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring, win Most Valuable Player, and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season (1987-88)
•Only player in history to average at least 30pts 6reb 5assists And 2 steals per game AND HE DID IT 7 TIMES.
•Only player in NBA history to win Rookie of the Year (1984-85), Defensive Player of the Year (1987-88), NBA MVP (1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, 1997-98), All-Star MVP (1988, 1996, 1998), and Finals MVP (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
•Only player in NBA history to lead the league in scoring and win the NBA championship MORE THAN ONCE in the same season
* He did this SIX TIMES!! (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98)
•One of two players in NBA history to score 3,000 points in a season: 3,041 points scored in 82 games played (37.1 ppg) (1986-87)
* Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player to achieve this.
•MJ is also the only player in NBA history to score over 40 points at age 40, and he did it twice!
•In 1988, MJ earned: Dunk Champ, All Star Game MVP, NBA Scoring Title, League MVP and Defensive Player of the Year.
Michael in only ELEVEN complete seasons with the Bulls:
-10 scoring titles,
-Won Defensive Player of the Year,
-9 times all defensive team,
-9time All NBA,
-5 league MVPs
-6 finals MVPs
All 11 seasons. Mj has done in 11 seasons things Lebron hasn’t done and won’t do in his whole career…
Remind me again...who is the GOAT?
I get the point! Also agree MJ the GOAT!
Wilt 😂😂 nicely done with this list. Impressive stuff
Best post ever
Joel Te'o These are facts. But who is the original author of this post I've seen it already before.
right on point...I'd pick MJ at any given time...
MJ The 🐐
This guy has the best perspective of the LeBron and Micheal debate.
MJ dont need to shoot 3 because he can always get and1 anytime he wants.
*i think JR will definately fit Jordan scoring system of 0 - 0*
YourTechGuide 😂😂😂😂😂🤣
At least then he would’ve known it was tied
Lolol
I SWEAR TO GOD. The volume on my phone sucks so it was hard for me to listen in the car...so when I heard him ask that, I seriously thought he was changing the topic and asking about JR Smith's mistake and then had to hear him again.
When Jordan had 0-0 mentality.... He's gonna score without a doubt.... When JR adopted that Mentality.... He goes for the Overtime
Those Miami teams was loaded, The media should stop this crap mike is the original, LeBron is the nock off.
Raymond Ragbar yup, they were STACKED. I even hate when people degrade the impact Wade & Bosh had. Just imagine what people would be saying if the Ray Allen on the Heat were on the Warriors today. But most people just write him off & talk about that one game saving shot. That's it.
Yea ... It was. The media makes so many excuses for Lebron instead of saying he isn't on Jordan's level.
What? LeBron is 100% an original player that we have never seen before. If anyone was a knock off of Jordan, it's Kobe Bryant (still a top 10 ever).
When you go to a team that just won a championship and they don't lose anybody, yeah, the team is loaded. All championship teams are loaded.
Knock off
0-0? Nah, MJ played as if they were down 2.
If James was playing back then he would be crying like a little girl every time he would drive to the basket.
Players like Lambeer and Oakley wouldve had Lebron crying and afraid to come into the paint
@@ievibes nope...just seeing Oak will give him fits...LeFlop will throw bricks from half court
I don't think so, the mentality would of have been different knowing the game was more physical in the 90's
He would retire 😆😂
Jordan would average 50 in this league...Lebron would have Pip's headaches for a MINUTE....
Tenacious Zen lmaoo hell no the game is faster than back in the day it’s not even close , the athletes now are faster , stronger , smarter , everything has evolved
Tenacious Zen nah...with the intricacies of today’s defensive schemes I don’t see it maybe on some teams particularly the younger teams yeah
Oscar- the game is definitely not faster..if anything its slower. I used to go to ALOT of NBA games when I lived in Atlanta a few years ago..and I used to always wonder.."why is everyone half ass playing?" you do realize that statistically Lebron is in the slowest player in the NBA. why? no one..picks up anyone full court in the NBA. College is way faster than the NBA..if anything has picked up speed, its D-1 ball.
Tenacious Zen 😂😂😂😂😂
Tenacious Zen nope because Lebron knows how to conserve energy he’s in his 15 season and there’s way more possessions now a days so it’s a lot faster the game now
In Michael's era, he was the star, but we rooted for the Bulls, as we do nowadays for the Warriors, Rockets etc. We don't root from Kevid Durant, Curry, Harden, Anthony Davis, but for their trams. The only team treated like "helping" or "not helping" a teammate is the Cavaliers. This is unique in basketball history. I'm pretty sure that at the end of the day ALL non-LeBron players in the roster resent this way of perceiving their roles in Cleveland's team, and I think that it probably plays a role in downgrading their performance level.
It does cause some resentment when a star player has to become a role player and then get blamed when he plays that role.
Damn I miss Mike!!!!
Thank you B.J. Armstrong for everything you said! You are absolutely right in every point you explained.
James is a great player, but he just doesn't have what it takes to be better than Jordan!
Defense... MJ's strength was his defense. To be the only player to have over 200stls and 100blks in back to back seasons, while still avging 37ppg and 35, in not human.
i remember when jordan was as to play the facilitator he got 10 triple double in 11 games...and go back being the scorer....
EXACTLY.
Jordan led the Bulls in points and assists for YEARS until Pippen showed up to help with the load.
daveberg69, and where did it get him? Lebron has done it and got to the finals quite a few times. It seems to me Lebron is more efficient at being a facilitator than Jordan, and that's obvious.
Take note of who Lebron was passing to on his teams, compared to Jordan in his early years. Most people couldn't even NAME the players Jordan had on his team until Pippen showed up, outside of perhaps Charles Oakley, who was a offensive liability. (Great defender though)
The Bulls weren't even making the playoffs until Michael arrived, so his impact was immediate.
daveberg69, woolridge, Corzine. And daily are who I remember from videos. Woolridge was a pretty decent player in the early 80s. Athletic wing. Both MJ and lebron made an immediate impact in their first years. I wasn't like Cleveland was a playoff team either.
Woolridge had potential to be a good supporting player for MJ until he threw it all away on drugs and booze. I actually enjoyed watching him play.
Cleveland in 2007 weren't actually a bad team. They had some solid role players. Reminded me a little of a watered down 94 Rockets team - solid core built around a single allstar.
BJ was one of my favorite Bulls player. Great to see him
Let’s just say this,
Lebron James 8 finals appearance, won 3.
Michael Jordan 6 finals appearance, won them all.
That doesn’t make him the goat! Bill Russell won 11
@@jaymobley8228 bill russel won 11 champs no fails? 🤦🤣
@@jaymobley8228 the point is, mj won everytine he go to finals, u didnt get the point tho, or maybe just tryna dodge the point and divert it alil bit 🤣🤣🤣
BJ Armstrong was the shortest player of all the Michael Jordan's era of the Chicago Bulls.
He was always consistent with his game and he was also a high level of performer. And as a Chicago Bulls fan at the time, I did appreciate him. I also remember him sticking out his teeth guard a lot of times when not in possession of the ball. Great player.
There's nothing watchable about Lebron's game, they let him offensive foul all game and then he jumps in the air to pass to some shooter on the wing,... Cannot compare to Jordan.
lebron game is. jump up in air pass or shoot 3's or run people over going to the basket travel and run people over some more. misses free throws. throw a temperamental when things dont go his way. wow what a goat/ oh dont forget mr no dunk contest
Phon Xieng oh don’t forgot weak ass era Jordan played in lol Lebron would kill those fucken bums if he played in that era he’s way more athletic and bigger than those fucks
Lebron is Heavier than most Centers in the 90s and is also a Faster runner than most of the Guards too and everyone forgets back then they Played Man on Man Defense imagine someone guarding Lebron 1 on 1 with no help defense lmao dude will average 40 points
x50s only somebody who knows nothing about the NBA and basketball would say that Jordan's era was a weak era. This era is weak where there's ticky-tack fouls and referees call everything. The 80s were physical the 90s were physical even the early 2000s with Kobe and the Lakers but now the game is a totally different game. Where a guy can waltz right down the middle and score because it brings more ratings. If you're playing International ball you do not have that freedom this is where you guys know nothing about basketball because that's rule number one nobody gets a layup and LeBron is benefiting from that.
MaLJaY Worldstar LeBron wouldn't score 40 points he'd score about 25 and that's being generous. Jordan on the other hand in this era with the last physical play would average about 50 easy.
I normally don't touch comparisons. But as BJ said,"MJ was a finisher." LeBron hasn't learned to share the load,so that he will energy to be a great finisher. LeBron is totally exhausted in the 4th quarter and especially the last 5mins,because he never learned to trust his teammates to do their jobs. LeBron is the point guard,scorer and rebounder. His teammates become robots just standing around. And another thing,MJ didn't concern himself with being the smartest person in the Locker Room. Meaning he was Coachable.
After watching “ The Last Dance” Jordan is the greatest without a doubt. He just revalidated my opinion.
NBA champion (1991-1993, 1996-1998)
6× NBA Finals MVP (1991-1993, 1996-1998)
5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
14× NBA All-Star (1985-1993, 1996-1998, 2002, 2003)
3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
10× All-NBA First Team (1987-1993, 1996-1998)
All-NBA Second Team (1985)
NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
9× NBA All-Defensive First Team (1988-1993, 1996-1998)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (1985)
10× NBA scoring champion (1987-1993, 1996-1998)
3× NBA steals leader (1988, 1990, 1993)
2× NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (1987, 1988)
No. 23 retired by Chicago Bulls
No. 23 retired by Miami Heat
3× AP Athlete of the Year (1991, 1992, 1993)
2× USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (1983, 1984)
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (1991)
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
NCAA champion (1982)
Consensus national college player of the year(1984)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1983, 1984)
ACC Player of the Year (1984)
2× First-team All-ACC (1983, 1984)
ACC Rookie of the Year (1982)
No. 23 retired by the University of North Carolina
Los Pepes AWESOME!!!
Yea.. Nuff said. Goat
Los Pepes in only 11 full prime NBA seasons. The other 2 years, he only played less than 20 games. The other 2 years was when he was with the Wizards and was 40. 6 chips out of 11 seasons... GOAT
Great job !!
Nuff said!!!
I loved it when he pointed out that “the guy(jordan) averaging 37 with hand checks, what would he average with no hand checks(this era)?”... good point.
LeBron wouldn't have survived in Jordan's era. Those Bad Boy Pistons and Knick teams with Oakley and The X-Man, McDaniel, would have made LeBron get in the fetal position.
I remember watching the Heat vs Bulls in the playoffs years back, and the amount of BITCHING LBJ was doing at the tiniest of fouls - he'd be running to the locker room calling his momma if he played in the 80's and 90's. Can you just IMAGINE what Dennis Rodman would've done to him......
Not just Rodman, but Bill Laimbeer and Rick Mahorn, too.
Hell yes.
Same with Oakley. Mason. The X man. Barkley. Malone. Zo....etc etc
Philip Callado thank u i been telling people the samething
I think that's the ultimate argument for Jordan's greatness. Jordan in this era would be damn near unstoppable, while LeBron in Jordan's era would still be a solid player because of his talent but wouldn't be able to handle the physicality.
This is the best comparison video I’ve watched yet
Put all of MJ teammates he ever had together and it's only 11 all star appearances not including him...put all of Lebron teammates together and it's 44 all star appearances not including his. Don't tell me lebron never had help or had better teams than Jordan
Yella Boii
Two different era's... Allstar voting was different back then too. Can't compare it that way. It takes a lot more to win now. Why you think they called the 90s the expansion era... Talent was spread around. Jordan was never facing teams full of all stars either.
baldpnoy410 if you can compare that cause it’s “two diff eras” then you obviously can’t compare the players either.
Makaveli X
well yea... But OP going by how many all star appearances by each player had as help... I'm just saying in the 90s you didn't need to build all star teams to win, like the 80s and now. Level of competition was different back then.
baldpnoy410, much harder to win now?? They don't play real defense now. You saw what happened to GS when Houston got a little physical with them. If Chris Paul stays healthy they win that series. What would happen if they played the Bad Boys??
Kevin Hines
They don't play defense now?... They will probably run those guys off the court. That team is not used to guarding the 3 point line.. Laimbeer will be useless. KD/Curry/Klay will just shoot over those 2 midget back courts. A lot of those teams will struggle to guard teams now. They are not used to guarding the 3pt line. Game was played differently back then.
bj looks 32 much respect brother
BJ Armstrong seems like a rly nice and objective dude
Eloquent too
“He was a scorer per say” yeah and also you can say he was a phenomenal shooter. Look at those fg takes and makes. He shot more fg within the arc than anyone in the later half of the second three peat during the reg season. ESPN showed me that stat. And he was by far a heavy shot taker in the last and maybe the last two years of the Chicago run m, 97-98’