Asking Over 30 NBA Players Who PLAYED Against LeBron and Jordan ‘Who is the GOAT?’.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsFnjhhFufU Ray Allen – LeBron James Or Michael Jordan? – Guy Hartman-Cocco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_nd8WWa98&t=687s Ray Allen w/Dan Patrick | Full Interview | 9/11/18 – Dan Patrick Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkoy0XGDzz4 The 20&20 Podcast #018 NBA Veteran Scott Williams – The 20 and 20 podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymReFaQJros NBA GOAT: Michael Jordan or LeBron James? Larry Hughes jumps in – Fresh 24 With Marc Zumoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAbfNhVVEsQ Wally Szczerbiak on the Dan Patrick Show Full Interview | 03/23/23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVvBAhaTjs Mike Miller | Out of Office – Boardroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTq3IDGgISg Jason Williams – Flagrant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T-f2oUeCeU Vince Carter, on LeBron James eclipsing Michael Jordan | First Take | ESPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2Va_al0y9Y&t=273s Kevin Willis says Lebron would have averaged__in the 90’s|B&B Ep 25 – bars and beyond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWp8ODlErM&t=3s KG & Paul Pierce Discuss Lebron’s Greatness & Explain Why He Passed MJ As The GOAT | KG CERTIFIED – All the Smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6P1PdjmmBY NBA Great Dirk Nowitzki – NBA Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq0qx3ONatc Dirk Nowitzki On The LeBron James vs Michael Jordan GOAT Debate – Sporting news Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrFhVfyGv4 Chris Webber on LeBron James “he is greatest team player of all time” | THE HERD – The Herd with Colin Cowherd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9B8NwOUYA Chris Webber On LeBron Passing Jordan – News Today
Shaq – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnaxjPugBwM&t=1556s (34:00) Shaq- Full Send Podcast
Juwan Howard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMRptnsrIk – Juwan Howard – The Wolverine: Michigan Football and Basketball
Jason Kidd https://youtu.be/umMeXwH1t5I Mavs’ Jason Kidd, “He Will Be The G.O.A.T.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzcGsyUYoE Jason Kidd praises LeBron James’ longevity in the NBA!!
Allen Iverson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICVAoZMXyQ Allen Iverson Goat Debate – HEADLINERS with Rachel Nichols
Grant Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eexXvny6O9M&t=270s Grant Hill On Why LeBron James Deserves More Respect From The “Old Heads Who Love Jordan” – JJ Redick
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Jamal Crawford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCC08FXNEPc Jamal Crawford | 06/02/23 – Dan Patrick Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3bf_tfIr4 Jamal Crawford – Jeremy Mills
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Jerry Stackhouse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jr-c9w1sAg Jerry Stackhouse – ESPN First Take
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDCXKcuRjCk Reggie Miller | 02/07/22 – Dan Patrick Show
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Brendan Haywood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7rilROp08 How Michael Jordan & LeBron James Differ As TEAMMATES | Brendan Haywood Breaks The GOATs Down – No Chill Gil – Fubo Sports.
Gary Payton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZRrdzgZ3XM Gary Payton on why LeBron is better than Durant, King James joining Lakers | NBA | UNDISPUTED
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Tracy McGrady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICTSyRCzC-8 MJ, Kobe, LeBron GOAT Debate Decoded by Tracy McGrady | Scoop B – Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson
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Gilbert Arenas Breaks Down Why LeBron James Is OFFICIALLY The GOAT As A Michael Jordan Fan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSV7-OQBT0&t=31s Isiah Thomas: I would pick LeBron James over Michael Jordan | UNDISPUTED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2S50Sh15DQ Al Harrington: ‘Lebron Is The Greatest Of All-Time’ | ALL THE SMOKE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzrbaLar9rA Jason Terry thinks LeBron James might retire if he wins the NBA title this year | NBA | UNDISPUTED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsdDp4d9U78 MJ vs LeBron: Who Ya Got, Carlos Boozer? | The Dan Patrick Show | 5/9/18

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Welcome back to a new video as you know on this channel we are doing 23 LeBron James videos in 23 weeks this is a new episode and I’m really excited for this one and this video breaks down the players that played against both LeBron James and Michael Jordan it’s a really

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Later does LeBron have to do something or can he do something where you would go now I would look at him as the best player uh no the conversation it it really is uh a non-conversation you know I played against both of them obviously playing against him and MJ I think it

For me it’s MJ all day long only because how I I played against him and you know MJ just had everything you know from mid-range to three-point to postup game and he could score and dominate in each position uh Lebron is dominant both of them were dominant in in each uh way

That they possibly could be um the way the game is you know the way the rules R have changed uh it’s hard to really compare the generations you know if you look at what MJ did during his era like I played in between both those eras and the rules were totally different like

You can’t touch a guy now you know you a guy will go to the free throw line 20 25 times a game just off of ticky Tac stuff but he used to and Phil Jackson said this uh when he was promoting his book years ago if Mike played today he he

Would average 45 in his prime easy you believe that mhm yeah and that’s why it’s you know so much is made about uh the errors we just it’s just not a comparison the best player I’ve ever played against is LeBron James I think LeBron’s the best because he he just makes everybody

Around him so much better where it gets back to the point where well Jordan won the game right so how you argue that but LeBron when he at the at the end of the game he’s got the last second shot and he penetrates whatever and he’s got

Three guys on him he passes the ball right that’s what you’re supposed to do and and Jordan’s just rising up and shooting it and making it right well back then it was like the defense was different like when Jordan caught the ball on the wing it was just him and the

Primary Defender next thing is the goal right where where now LeBron gets the ball on the wing got the primary Defender you got the weak side block slides over the ballside block and you got a guy at the elbow so LeBron sees three guys yeah so passing makes more

Sense it would back in the day yeah and I just think I think LeBron could could lead the league in all five major statistical categories blocks rebounds assists points all that if he wanted to where I don’t know if MJ could have done that cuz he didn’t not saying he couldn’t

Have but the mentality he had he was just going to get on my back and let’s go we get there yeah MJ is still at the top for me I mean I I got I got Brun you know right there with obviously all the accomplishments from from start to

Continuing uh on but for me that’s just my background is is MJ you know I always say Michael Jordan is the goat I grew up with MJ Wasing him six uh win six championships in the 9s uh I’m I’m sort of running out of uh uh Arguments for Michael I mean this

What this guy has done has been nothing short of incredible their longevity um and you know I always say you know being called King at 15 and and how he turned out and what he’s done for communities where he played and and changed so many lives so he’s a very

Very special athlete and um I think for now we need to appreciate that uh watching him and uh at the level he’s playing out when you look at his accolades and you look how the longevity and then you look at the biggest part of it was the expectations coming out of

High school that type of pressure and I never and I saw a lot of NBA guys was going out flying out to see this play celebrities rappers Jay-Z and all them going to see him play so I’m like man this kid must be nice but I

Don’t think he that good you know and then just to see the pressure that was put on him coming into the league and to live up to those expectations cuz they was like he could be the greatest to ever play the game and you like man they

Giving this kid this already and so for him to live up to it and probably surpass the expectations that’s tough CU nobody in our league has ever had to deal with these type of expectations coming in right and so and that’s like and then the probably the most scrutinized

Superstar so I I gotta probably put him up there at go status man it’s undeniable this conversation I mean he we talk about the goat man he might be the goat there’s only a couple cats that come along uh in our generation Our Lifetime rather that uh can do the

Things on the court that LeBron James and a Michael George can do and you don’t get to the NBA without confidence you don’t become an allar without confidence and you certainly aren an all NBA or a Hall of Famer unless you have Supreme confidence and that’s what Michael just snatched from those cats

Yeah he he was a tough dog Le great as he is does not do that you might LeBron might beat you but LeBron’s not snatching anybody’s Confidence from them when they go at home at night and dream they can’t dream that they can eat even beat you in their sleep that’s what MJ

Did to guys have you embarrassed when you got to drive home with your girlfriend or your wife after a game the way he just embarrassed you in in front of your own own fans in your own City that’s what MJ did on a nightly basis no load management days you know no no

Sitting out because you had a sprain finger that guy wanted every person in that Arena even the last person while I was sitting up there no cheap seats to know they just watch the greatest basketball player of all time and he did that 82 games a year people say LeBron

MJ I said you know what LeBron did something twice that I don’t think Michael Jordan could ever do once he won two NBA titles Shane Bader is is starting power forward all right he was let me tell you what man for for as good as you think he he was

He was that much better that’s it that that that that’s you know I’m biased but I don’t think you know I love Mike you know one of the greatest of all time but LeBron did it twice with me but you know look the force the intelligence uh you know he didn’t have

A weakness when he was in his prime he’s still playing Amazing now but I mean just there’s no answer there was no answer for him and he was like a a queen on the on the the chess board and just do everything and so made my job

Certainly easier um but you know I love playing with him he was a you know as great of a player was even better teammate you played against both of them and Jordan was still you know his last three years with the bulls when you played against him right so you know

Both of them kind of in their primes or at their best talk about what it was like to go up against both of them like the differences you see well I think M for me Michael Jordan was it was a killer it didn’t matter he wanted to

Come in and kill you from from LeBron standpoint the first time you know I played against him obvious I was a little older I think it maybe just been a little more respect factor I was able to you know do more against him even when he was in his you know Prime you

Know five six years in the league but he’s he’s unbelievable talent I mean I take either one of them any day but in my mind MJ I’m from North Carolina he’s from North Carolina we went to the University of North Carolina I’m going with my guy and I really believe it I

Mean LeBron is great but Michael Jordan is the greatest I hate the argument because I grew up with Jordan guy and I played with Bron and he want me they’re both unbelievable and I never thought I’d see another Jordan and then obviously there there’s guy you know they’re not him I

Just don’t ever think I’ll see another LeBron never yeah I just don’t I I I just so the argument is hard LeBron’s body of work is Flawless there’s no way to compare MJ’s body of work seriously except for six for six in the championship but can you even compare

Them as players is this a stupid conversation I mean I hate it I’ll be honest and I know why people do it cuz I have to right but at the end of the day we can have this argument back back and forth and we can bring 10 people in and

Someone could say this that and the other and be like damn you’re right and then I come back with something else like damn you’re right so like to me unless they played against each other in the same era is it different they’re both great I mean we’re talking about

Like probably the two best yeah so what are we really arguing about you know I mean it’s impossible to have a right answer because like I said you know six championships is unbelievable right what Bron’s going to be top five in every major statistical category ever yeah was

Unbelievable longevity like I know what I felt like at 38 I wasn’t averaging 30 well I never a 30 game not even when I was my but you know what I mean like that’s that’s to me like that is amazing who was the hardest player you had to

Defend and LeBron early LeBron too actually I think Jordan was the toughest man so Jordan the reason I say talking about Wizards Jordan [ __ ] yeah the first year was his Jordan not the um not his last year I mean the thing about Jordan was you knew what he was going do you knew

What he was going to do and he going he going to get you all he going to pull up he going go left pull up go fade right and you knew it was coming where like LeBron when I first started guarding LeBron like LeBron I didn’t really know

What he was going to do and he was quite successful but it was still like you know it wasn’t as predictable which made it a little harder but Jordan I knew exactly what he going to do but if I had to give it to one I would probably say

Jordan um and and you and and maybe TI with LeBron and Kobe so with the NBA All-Star break coming up that means we are heading into the second half of the NBA season and there’s nowhere else I would rather get my tickets to go watch an NBA game than

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Video like when people talk about you know your favorite players and and I the best players in the world you know I say Mike and I say coob you know what I mean and then everybody else LeBron’s after that for you um definitely okay definitely after that Michael Jordan is

Michael Jordan LeBron James is a special player I’ve heard a lot of players say he’s in his own lane uh he has goals in mind what he wants to accomplish and and it’s clear that he wants to be the greatest you know when he’s saying you

Know I want to play so many years like I’m saying I want to play as long as I can he wants to be the greatest and he’s he’s a player that we have not seen before because he can do a lot of things I think at the end of the day LeBron can

Do a lot of things very well I don’t think I mean Michael Jordan was probably the greatest to to put on a game a pair of basketball shoes and LeBron is on the way and it’s tough like right now he’s still playing the game so let’s talk

About this when he’s done I remember like oh you’re not Michael Jordan you don’t have the scyl on your face you don’t do this you know all of that stuff it was always said he doesn’t get into saying it publicly got it behind closed doors I guarantee he has on his list of

Things to do for the day is kill that guy now it’s like oh he didn’t say it on social media so maybe you know broadcast it I think that he he makes things happen he does a lot of things he’s a allaround basketball player he makes everybody else better only thing that I

Don’t like about him is that he doesn’t had that Killer Instinct like Michael Jordan I think LeBron is a more all round basketball player he gets everybody in Jordan would have took the basketball and scored every time he would have scored every time he’d have went to the block he’ have made pipping

Them do whatever they wanted to do and you just make sure that I’m going to get me the ball and I’m going to take them shots would nobody else on that team would have took a shot we called him Black Jesus for a reason I played

Against him a long time and he just did it you know he he just had he had all that he just had the mentality to win and if it gets close he going to take the shot correct Michael Jordan would take over the game more if LeBron was

Like that we would be far my NE talking about a player like that you’re a one of four players to play with both MJ and LeBron so how would you compare playing with MJ versus playing with LeBron they’re two totally different players that go about their business totally

Different ways but they got the same common goal they want to win you know Braun’s going to Braun’s going to kind of try to be politically correct with you a little bit more MJ is just more direct decisive right at you like if you’re not

Doing your job like Hey listen he G to let you know it was a different Dynamic but he just works he work both MJ and LeBron work ethic top tier top tier their work ethic is top tier mentally they’re strong and it just comes down to

Like one is more aggressive one is a little bit like Braun’s going to try to massage the situation a little bit more but they both going to get get to it I hate the fact that everybody say like Bron doesn’t have the killer Jean and everything like that like playing with him in

Cleveland showed me that all that nonsense to like skip B let be talking he don’t have the killer jeene like you shut your old ass up like dog because do you remember the shot that LeBron hit against Jimmy Butler and Chicago the three in the corner yeah to win the game

To win the game so Braun had actually been playing terrible down the stretching like he had Miss some shots free throw turnover like terrible and we get to the Huddle and David black I don’t know why BL did this he draws the play up he’s like yeah you

Know and he draws the play up Jr you get right here and get the shot Bron was like absolutely not sorry Jr he make Braun I’ve never seen this he said absolutely not grabs the clipboard erases the play and just all right this what we going to run you

Go here you go here hey I’m a fake he tell I think was Del taking it out I forgot he’s like yo I’m a fake this way I’mma pop to the corner and get me the ball right there I’m hit the shot I’ve never seen somebody draw up their own

Game winner like so when everybody braon ain’t this mentally MJ like Hey listen Braun want Braun’s not scared of that moment will y’all stop with that narrative bro to be honest the play that was drawn up um I scratched it and uh I just told uh coach just give

Me the ball and um you know we either going to go in overtime or I’m going win it for us it was that simple supped to inbound on the original play I was I was supposed to take the ball out I told Coach there’s no way I’m taking the ball

Out un unless I can shoot it over the backboard and go in uh so you know I told him have somebody else take the ball I’ll give me the ball and everybody get out the way you got LeBron when he just comes into the league and then you face Mike when

He was just leaving the league that’s pretty cool what if LeBron ends up the all-time leading score let’s say he doesn’t he doesn’t which he could though yes but he doesn’t win another championship but he’s a top 10 and assist yeah and probably top 10 in

Steels and the number one scorer of all time yeah I think I think he’ll have a strong argument as maybe the best player yeah I think there I think it’s a it’s a great discussion I have it with my friends all the time you know I got a lot of friends that

Think that the the torch has been passed already LeBron is that great he’s like a combination of I always say he’s a combination of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan because we all know that he can lead the league in scoring every year if he wanted to but he’s very unselfish

Great playmaker and you can tell by what he’s doing right now he makes his teammates better like there’s no question that he’s he’s beating the Indiana patriot who I thought were a better team but he’s a more complete player than Michael I agree with that

100% I think he might be like maybe one of the best most players we’ve ever seen because he makes his teammates better who would you rather play with uh Lebron everybody listening out here this is a actual NBA like Cornerstone of the NBA 23 he played in three different eras the

80s the ’90s and the 2000s he knows if anybody knows this guy knows but you got MJ or Lebron you play against both of them in their Prime MJ MJ MJ is it like clearcut it’s clearcut everything he does is just like just masterful man I

Mean if he he could have he could have averaged 40 if he wanted to if he wanted to man or if Braun played y ER back in the mid ‘ 80s and the in the ’90s uhhuh he probably average about I think he would probably average about 1920 1920

Okay and um okay he could definitely play that era okay but it wouldn’t be no it wouldn’t be no cake wash I mean this is what it is I told you man I said this earlier man this is The Changing of the Guard of everything we know the game to

Be and this the first part of the the transition of now gr being King of the Hill man he put 40,000 think about high school Bro think how many buckets you not put up think about just though he fa he going he’s going to have 40 40,000

Points p in the [ __ ] NBA bro crazy it takes it takes Focus P tell you this man to go through a 82 Game season is probably one of the most vigorous things on your mind on your mind if anything so for him to be mentally ins stimulated

For him to be mentally driven see this is what makes him go on top of the list to me this [ __ ] right here if we talking about shot making we talking about ability we talking about skill he and all those conversations but now you’re doing some [ __ ] where yeah the greatest

Couldn’t even do this wil couldn’t do this Jordan couldn’t do this 38 man 38 in the league is really like 45 Lord you know what’s so crazy he’s such a good he’s such a humble kid such a humble guy he he ain’t go he ain’t step on everybody like he could have

Y’all everybody shut the [ __ ] up Braun if he wanted to he a person I can understand doing load management he’s earned the [ __ ] right he’s he’s earned the right though L want take a week off then go ahead and take a week off for load management for us to get

This greatness longer hell yeah hell yeah he’s earned the right and he maybe a better passer than score you know just think about that how crazy that is and in his history of play and so it’s just been uh it’s been fun as a fan it’s been

Fun as a player to compete against him and as a fan to watch him what we’re seeing out LeBron it’s ridiculous man the minutes he’s playing the assist the the points and so I I never really get into the greatest argument I think each player has their own skill set and their own

Talent but what we’re watching right now from this man is is incredible yeah I was wondering about that because you played against these guys so you’re sort of that Bridge guy that you know what Mike was like and obviously what LeBron is like for him to pass every

Expectation to me that’s the greatest accomplishment but you know you can look at a lot of things you know Jordan didn’t come straight out of high school what if Jordan would have played two more years Jordan played in a different era you know so I I’m kind of uh worn

Out of the comparisons because I just I think you still have to talk about him being better than Kobe you can’t just jump up to Jordan I don’t think numbers just mean it and I think maybe he is the greatest teammate of all time instead of individual player so

When you get into the weeds of it I’ve heard some really good arguments and I can agree with those but the overall arguments I’m not sure he didn’t go to college yeah he’s taken every rookie coach he’s had to the NBA finals so from an educational standpoint in a knowledge

Base where did this brain come from I mean he’s the Einstein of basketball because when you look at myself you look at a Jordan you look at a Shaq you know we we had Hall of Fame coaches like Michael Jordan played for Dean Smith Hall of Fame then he goes with meets

Phil Jackson Hall of Fame Doug Collins those were his F first coaches he’s around text winners I was around Chuck Dy Coach T night so from an educational standpoint the knowledge that we were given and what we were able to apply out on the field and out on the floor that

Came from somewhere I look at LeBron James and I go where’d he get all this because he can look at your coach figure out your def defensive scheme he can look at your substitution pattern he can read the stat sheet and then he can you know not

Only rece read it but he can dissect it then he can come back and put together a game plan and then he can go out and implement it LeBron James just came in from high school and said boom seven straight finals you just don’t walk in from high school with with no

Institutional knowledge and dominate a sport for for the years that he’s dominated so when you talk about LeBron James Michael Jordan LeBron James is Head and Shoulders above any of these guys so are you saying LeBron is better than Michael Jordan I would pick LeBron

James you would yeah if I’m if I’m if I’m trying to if I’m trying to build a team so if you trying to win a series I’m going with the brain okay if if I got to get 40 points or 50 points then yeah I’m I’m taking a Michael Jordan or

Kobe I think L go down is the greatest to do it you know um when you look at what his his numbers um what he’s done um on and off the floor no one’s done that this LeBron this is something know you know if you

Were a betting man uh you would bet with him against father time you know just the things that he’s done um you know to date um just doesn’t look like he gets tired he understands the game at a high level he’s shooting the three uh very

Well and he just lets the game come to him um and just you know shows um you know to our youth that you know if you you understand the game you can play for a long time and uh hopefully the youth is watching he’s he’s the greatest of

All time did you face Jordan and LeBron oh yeah the difference between those is on the court is what I still put uh Jordan as number one just because every time he had to win a game he did uh and the dominance that he had over that era

Winning six championships in six year with his six opportunities I mean that is just unbelievable to me and he had that the mental game I think was Second To None any downside to being LeBron’s teammate no LeBron was an outstanding teammate he was an outstanding father outstanding friend outstanding teammate

Absolutely love my time with him in Cleveland um he brought out the best in me especially at that point in my career when I was kind of on the downturn dealing with injuries couldn’t play a lot of minutes but I had a great role as a three-point shooter and a stretch

Fourman um and we had a great season winning 66 games so uh Lebron is is a joy to be with as a person off the floor as his teammate and also obviously on the floor he makes everyone better we know I’m I’m I’m you know I’m I’m I’m Michael Jordan

Fan but I’m not not going to be I’m not going to do the stronghold Michael Jordan is still the best player ever that was my next question for right I’m not going to be that that dinosaur here’s why I was in a league when LeBron James name came right this is the next

Jordan right right MJ he’s here MJ also they threw an extra one they mounted that [ __ ] on the next magic y’all hibernated this right that was supposed to be a unicorn right by these two number the best point guard ever thank you the best player ever

Until LeBron yeah right and the and then he gets here and then you want to pretend you’re going to pretend that he’s not better than just the one player you said he caught both players then he caught an extra who’s leading everybody and scoring he surpassed him and then

You want to get to well he played on different teams he got the load M he played TW then you want to throw all this extra [ __ ] no all that all laugh what does he have to do to say he’s the best if you say Michael Jordan’s the

Best and he’s the best because of the scoring [ __ ] and I surpass it I don’t give a with talk about no more this was the this was what I was supposed to be I did that and then this is just just in case you want to throw him in front of

Me I’m going to top that [ __ ] too there’s that argument is over oh he he he did it in six years I don’t care or he only played I don’t give a he played 82 games for nine I don’t give a [ __ ] right I there’s no like what what oh if

He wins one more chip what the does the chip have to do with the best player like you know you always ask people who’s who’s who you compare to Mike I don’t compare anybody to Mike but if I had to answer the question Kobe is the

Closest thing to Mike but like when it comes to ranking it’s always it’s going to be Mike going to be Kobe and then probably LeBron but I know LeBron and I think this is LeBron’s plan I think he wants to pass up Kareem cuz if he pass

Up Kareem in point we all got to shut the hell up yeah think about it for sure he going to have four rings he already passed up Co he already passed up Mike now he passed up Kareem so if that don’t make him the greatest basketball player

Is I don’t know you know what we talking about but you know that’s that’s always you know debatable Michael Jordan is like for basketball for me he’s the end off be like he’s the best player I’ve ever seen I believe he’s the best player I’ll ever see I believe he’ll be the

Best player a million years from now I really believe that I believe he is the best ever what’s LeBron four years younger than you uh four is he 30 yeah he’s about four or five years younger he was so mature and so polished so when I was playing with

Jordan we were closest in age because he came up in high school and was playing with us as well so that’s when we first met and I met MAV and Rich and all those guys way back then but he was so mature and so curious and he was so polished

And I’m be honest with you I knew he would be a really good Pro I had zero idea he would be this good because they were saying chosen one back then so the fact that he surpassed 10 years ago so he’s still adding to to his legacy it’s unbelievable but I think

Michael even said I couldn’t stop LeBron if he wanted to go to his right and get to the hoop I wouldn’t be able to stop him and that’s coming from Mike who never gave an inch to anybody anybody yeah that’s saying a lot and I played

Against him one time I was at the Garden and he was in Cleveland and this a true story then I can dribble pretty good right I get ripped at half court and I said I that had to be a guard I turned turned around and LeBron was dang near

Taking off right inside the free thr I said there’s no way that guy that big like that he took off like a rocket I’ll never forget that I thought it was a car I thought it was Eric snow or somebody and he took off like a rocket he was

Gone unbelievable you’re one of the only people to have ever guarded Michael Jordan and LeBron James if Jordan set the standard I’m not comparing the two but if Jordan set the standard LeBron has at least at least reached it and and I’m curious about your perspective in watching him having played against

Jordan first of all you know it’s all subjective I I think in my opinion Jordan’s the goat but I I hate the conversation because in order to justify it we put down the other and and so it’s like like LeBron’s incredible like what he has done the pressure uh from a very

Young age how he’s lived up to the expectations and what he’s had to endure that I don’t think Michael Jordan had to endure you know early on I think he at times was struggle now he could like he got to a point I last 10 years where he

Could just put up high 30s get double digit assist and just purely dominate the game those old heads who love like Jordan I don’t think we fully appreciate like what what LeBron has done in this environment that he’s in and how he’s done things off the court you know BR is

You know my my goat is he oh let’s talk about that Braun is the best player cuz I feel like just because you talk about the best basketball player not the best Killer Instinct you understand what I’m saying the fact that he can play all five positions the fact that he’s done

This [ __ ] for 17 years consistently no drop off at at any time and we’ve been saying well not we you big teeing right now like you really feeling this I’m say he’s the best allaround player of all time it’s not far there’s no question all right I’ll give him that yeah but if

You ask me do I got to start when I got to start an organization and I need a bad [ __ ] him no I’m going with Mike okay really I’m going with Mike yeah I’m going with Mike but outside of that it’s him dog hands down over magic

Bird all of them to play at this high level against this competition and to be this successful this late in his career we want to continue to see this and I tell people you better appreciate it while you’re seeing it unfold if the caves if the Cavs find a way to get to

The finals and if the Cavs find a way to beat Golden State or San Antonio you can make a strong case it may not be a good case but you can make a strong case that he is knocking on the door of the goat uhoh oh I’m not saying

He would ever pass him but you can make a case for that but you can’t be the Great of all time is Somebody’s knocking on your door can you I said you could make a case I’m not saying it’s a strong case but you could make a case but then

Can you say he could be the second greatest player of all time numbers wise he’s going to end up if you just look at the numbers alone you would have to say that I’m not saying he is because I will always side with black Jesus don’t get me wrong gone

To the finals six times six finals MVP period and it’s the Killer Instinct think that MJ had I think LeBron’s more of a pleaser and he wants to get everyone involved and there’s nothing wrong with that but if you’re looking at the numbers alone you could make a case

I think the NBA might have a little problem trying to find the next Superstar cuz especially in Lebron League this the icon what he run for 20 years at a high level speaking up holding people accountable on the floor off the court LeBron Lee like he’s he’s

A preacher to the whole choir and everybody in here that he speak up and he got opinion his opinion go a long way LeBron had to play every night to make everybody better Michael could early he didn’t do that LeBron been doing it since day one make everybody on the

Floor better he just he play all five position in his mind but he makes sure he know the guys on the team they stri and weakness so he can find them to make them better every night he don’t like shy away from his teammates if you on

The court with him he going to make sure that he going to get something from you he want to count on you in in the biggest moment the end who got a son watch LeBron cuz if you open he’ll pass your son the ball it a like some guy

Look at you then then shoot it so they said LeBron ain’t the guy who want to take a big shot but ain’t about taking a shot if somebody checking you you know they they always said well Mike would take the shot LeBron will pass the shot

I mean now would you like playing with MJ or Lebron more do you think they asked me who you ever play with LeBron or Mike I said LeBron but Mike my best friend Mike ain’t passing me the ball well MJ never passed me the ball LeBron would pass me the

Ball so but thing is I didn’t in my career would a about guy pass me the ball I tell everybody he don’t care if about get a shot today or tomorrow cuz I got the rebound I set the pcks I made they job easier then let no one mess with him so

I made them better who’s the best player of all time o is it LeBron James or is it Michael Jordan when they always make that comparison who you like LeBron or Mike I say it’s Frosted Flake Corn Flakes Mike LeBron so LeBron got no sugar Mike

Got the sugar so the sugar I have I’m LeBron cuz I was I was corn flakes so it’s always going to be a comparison do you think it’s unfair that folks are often day after day making this a LeBron Michael comparison when I was younger I used to be like no MJ is

The goat I I can’t just the greatest to me man nobody compares Mike like as I get older I’m like so what who like why does it matter I think LeBron is a goat in his era because he’s the he’s been the best player for God knows how long MJ

Was the best player in his his erors I mean I it’s it’s two different eras two different styles of basketball to say who is the goat even if LeBron doesn’t win another championship to me he’s still arguably one of the best players to ever play this game and and some may argue he’s

The best player to play this game so you want have that argument with him I second all that that he said all of is arguably okay and I I won’t say he’s the best but statistically um you you can’t argue that he’s he’s one of the the

Greatest absolutely you know we all talk about you know who’s the greatest player you know LeBron or MJ let’s that’s really admire and appreciate you know what LeBron brings to the game and to be 18 years old no excuse me let me go back 15 16 17 called The Chosen One

And um to follow that up with work working on being dedicated to the game being dedicated to improving being dedicated to investing in himself being dedicated to playing the game the right way sometimes where he gets uh stomped on because he’s made the right play and everyone thinks he need to shoot the

Ball every time he gets the ball like LeBron is a gift and a gift to the game of basketball to the fans that LeBron end up you know breaking Kareem Abdul jabbar’s record at 38,000 points and keep in mind the points never really matter to him what matters to him the

Most is Ser in the game where he is inspiring young men to to play the game they love he’s doing it in a winning way uh Carl Malone the great Utah Jazz Hall of Famer joining us St Patrick Show okay now would you rather have Jordan is your teammate or Lebron

James uh Lebron James why he play like me because he play like me and I tell you what we don’t start playing that we get hit so I’m G say LeBron and you know what let look let the debate let let the they begin and I don’t give a rat’s ass

That they do I just telling you who I would like I think LeBron James is the most talented player that I’ve ever seen and I’m a and the reason being you know I sometime you hear people make a statement but they don’t back it up with nothing and let me

Explain to you LeBron James is about 68 over 68 about 265 275 and I would say to do the things that he do we will never see it again so all of those haters out there all of those haters out there sit back and enjoy every now and then you see a

Player come through you say wow well people don’t know how to take them so they become haters I get asked all the time about you know MJ LeBron and and it’s such a difficult question to ask all I know is they’re the two two best players that I’ve ever witnessed um

They’re very different but you know however you want to rank them you know they’re they’re right there together and thank you guys so much for watching today’s video here are two new videos I think that you will also enjoy so be sure to check them out and if you did

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