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By Joël Pütz | Sports journalist
LeBron James or Michael Jordan? The Chosen One or His Majesty? The debate rages within the NBA community but overall, it is the legend of the Bulls that has the advantage. And according to an American animator, it is not about to change.
At 40, he probably only has one season left to play before he retired for good. Quadruple NBA champion and regular MVP, the most prolific scorer of all time and face of the League for two decades, LeBron James is without dispute among the best players in the history of basketball. On the other hand, those who refuse to put it on the throne are very numerous.
We especially think of fans of Michael Jordan, including among the media. The King Beef with Stephen A. Smith is an excellent recent example, the ESPN polemicist being known to support His Airness in the goat's debate. For the famous Dan Patrick, it therefore seems obvious at this stage of the career of the Laker that public opinion will never be ready to designate it as the best player of all time:
LeBron less good than Michael Jordan… even with more titles?
(Stephen A. Smith) obviously does not like LeBron, there are history. LeBron probably said, “You can criticize me as a basketball player, but I gave my son a chance”. Is there nepotism? Yes, and that doesn't have any problems. LeBron is, in the general opinion, a very good parent and a very good husband. I hated seeing this, I was really embarrassed for my profession.
I have great admiration for the whole career as a basketball player if you consider it in its entirety. But he will never be Mike, people will not allow it. It is interesting to see how we cling to the memory of Michael Jordan as if our life depended on it. LeBron could win seven titles, he would never be considered better than Michael Jordan in the mind of the public.
Not at all a fan of the attitude of SAS vis-à-vis Bronny James, who had also brought the chosen one out of his hinges, Patrick shows himself fatalistic and he may not be wrong. In the end, only one thing could change the situation for LBJ: time, once it has been retired. His fans are in any case convinced:
@ hazir_2000 : The young generations who have never seen Jordan play will see LeBron as the great player in history. It is not that he cannot become the best, it's just that it will take time for the perception of the public to evolve.
@Leweststan : No one will appreciate his Greatness until he retires. It is too often taken for granted.
Michael Jordan is so deified in the NBA microcosm that for Dan Patrick, we will never leave someone other than occupying him the official status of the goat. Not even LeBron James if he had to surpass the back in number of titles, that is to say.
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