(05-07-2018, 05:13 AM)JagFanatic24 Wrote:

(05-06-2018, 01:38 AM)Jagsfan32277 Wrote: LeBron has surpassed Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time.  LeBron does it all while Jordan was a ball hog scorer and one of the best defenders.

I'm probably the biggest Jordan fan on earth, so here is my take if it matters.

I named my son after Jordan, so I'm a huge fan, and I have watched both Jordan and James. 

Jordan could have won 8 Titles if his father didn't pass away. The only team that was even close to the Bulls was the Rockets. What many people don't realize is Michael could have been a MLB outfielder because he was that talented. But back to basketball. Michael was a ball hog and he took a lot of shots. He would tell you he was going for 50 points. And he did.

James could have went in the top 5 in an NFL draft as a TE, WR, and DE, or Safety. He would be Sean Taylor on defense and Shannon Sharpe on offense. But back to basketball. Lebron has the advantage at the end because he skipped college. He plays in a different era, however both could play in any era. They kept saying Lebron doesn't have that clutch gene...but that kind of changed this year without Kyrie. Kyrie won James a Title with a game winner, Kerr won Michael won. James never had Rodman, Michael had Pippen, James had Wade.

You can go on forever, but the fact is Michael was deadly and dangerous. Lebron is only like that in game 7s. 

If Lance Stevenson blew in Michael's ear, then he would have been punched in the face. 

They are both great. Michael was a little more sellable on the market...but Lebron is closer to him than Kobe.

Just my opinion

I agree with this. My take when people talk about goats or compare greats from different generations with the intention to rank them is always the same; at this point it is just speculation formed from circumstantial opinions. Personally, i look at it like splitting hairs to find which is better. they are both the greats of there time and that is really all we can say definitively.

Happy to have had the privilege of watching both of them work.

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