IndyHawk wrote:Sgt. Largent wrote:austinslater25 wrote:
Grew up idolizing Jordan but to me LeBron is the just the better all around player and who I would call the greatest of all time. People get romanticized by Jordan because we grew up with him but I still give a slight nod to James. Regardless its a fun debate and just glad I got a chance to watch both.
I agree.
If you're comparing the two players in a vacuum, only one player revolutionized the sport, James. He can literally play all five positions on the floor, sometimes rotating from one position to the other in the same game.
Yes Jordan won six rings, but he also had a far superior coach and supporting cast. Can't hold that against Lebron.
You forget there was Magic who played all 5 and did all well in his prime.
Lebron is great in his era which is not MJ's era or Magic's and that is obvious.
The game these days with the soft D and 3 point shootouts is just nothing to me.
You say MJ had a far superior coach/cast?He would have won with Doug Collins.
The cast he had for the first Three Peat and second is Pippen The others were not the same players.
You look at the Cavs/GS they have 3 superstars so I don't see how you can use that.
The one fact you will find is Jordan/Pippen were named on the all defensive team multiple times.
I watched most of the Bulls games for the last 10 years of MJ's time.
There is nobody that I have seen that comes close to him when it came to winning.
He had the ability to channel his will on others on the team to win.
No matter who they try to replace him with.
You will never see the likes of him again.
Magic IMO is a more fair comparison to James as far as versatility........but other than assists, Lebron far surpasses Magic in career pts per game, etc. by almost 10 pts per game over his career.
And Lebron does not have two superstars, neither Love or Irving can carry a team, as we found out when Lebron went to Miami. Did Love even score a point in the last game of the finals? Both wildly inconsistent players, and nowhere near the the level of Pippin.
Listen, this is a fun debate, and it's VERY close for me. Jordan is THE MAN, but if you forced me to choose GOAT? I'm going with Lebron, because he's the most well rounded versatile player in the history of the sport. He can do everything.