Here is one of the things that just irks me when people try and claim that LeBron is better because he carries so much more of the load.
Oh Lebron has to rebound and assist so much more so he can't play any defense anymore. He just can't cause he does too much on offense.
Did you know that for their careers LeBron averages a whopping 1 more rebound and 2 more assists per game then Michael? Really? And he just can't play defense because of that 1 extra rebound and 2 extra assists?
Meanwhile Michael averaged more points per game for his career while continuing to be a much better, all NBA defensive player his entire career in Chicago. If Michael hadn't decided he wanted to play a little more his scoring average would have remained at 32 points per game, instead of 30 and he'd then have retired averaging 5 more points per game while still rebounding, getting assists, oh yeah and playing All NBA lock down defense.
Get out of here.
Also did anyone know that in all 6 of Jordan's NBA Championship seasons he had only 1 other teammate as an all star? Cause I hear all the time how Michael had all this other help and LeBron plays with nothing. 6 NBA titles and Scottie Pippen was the only other All star. 1. Just 1. Meanwhile LeBrons 3 titles have come playing on teams that had Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosch, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love as All Stars with LeBron. That's 4 to 1. So get out of here with the help BS. Did you know that with those All-Stars LeBron has had a team mate average 20+ and another average 18+ on every single team he won with?
Michael had Scottie average 20+ and only ever had a 3rd team mate average more than 14 once...and that year they gave him a whopping 15. But LeBron never has enough help, right? What?
And I know people will say but Dennis Rodman...he never was an all star while with Chicago. Not one time. He was a fantastic rebounder, played D, and gave you basically nothing offensively.
Kyrie, while playing with LeBron, was averaging the same area of points per game with LeBron as Scottie was with Michael. Between 20 and 24 points per game. In fact in their last season together Kyrie was actually averaging 25 points per game. Do you know how many times Scottie averaged 25 points per game while playing with Michael?
0
In fact Scottie NEVER averaged more than 22 points per game in his entire career. NEVER. Not even when he was the man in Chicago while Jordan was retired.
So enough with all this ******** about how LeBron has to carry hot garbage to titles while Jordan played with all these amazing all star team mates. And that's just showing you what Kyrie does. I didn't even mention that he also had Love averaging 18 per. Or that in Miami he had Dwayne Wade averaging 20+ while Bosch was averaging 18 a night as well. But LeBron never has any help right? That narrative is false and stupid. Enough with the LeBron has to just carry too much of the offensive load. He just can't play defense because of that. Really? Less points per game, a couple more assists, and 1 more rebound per game and you're having to carry too much of the load to where you can't play D?
Get the F out of here. This debate is beyond stupid because people hear things like "Well LeBron tied MJ on 30 point playoff games. He's got to be just as great."
Never mind the fact that it's taken him almost 60 more playoff games to match Michael's total, despite supposedly having to carry so much more of the offensive load that he just can't play D. But that's none of my business.
People need to stop with this silly crap. LeBron is an all time great player. He's amazing. He should be proud of what he's done with no shame at all.
But he is not as great as Michael. He's not now, nor is he going to be as great as Michael, let alone better than Michael.
MJ is the G.O.A.T
Period.
