The Gantt Report
By: Lucius Gantt
I hate to say it but LeBron James is better than Michael Jordan and I don’t care how many championship teams Michael played on.
No doubt, Michael Jordan was an awesome offensive and defensive player but it seems that LeBron matches Michael’s scoring ability and overwhelms him in other areas.
LeBron James is a triple-double machine. He can score 40 points, get fifteen rebounds and dish out twelve assists while blocking four shots and making three steals.
As great as MJ was, he couldn’t go to sleep and dream about being a great rebounder and assist man.
For most of his career, Michael Jordan had an all star supporting cast. The Chicago Bulls also featured Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Horace Grant, Jim Paxson and others.
No disrespect but LeBron’s team has good players but not too many hall of famers and all stars.
The MJ lovers will hate me I know but I’m old enough to have seen Wilt Chamberlin, Bill Russel, Larrt Bird, Magic Johnson, Doctor J, Jabbar and others. They passed the best player baton to Jordan now is time for LeBron or possibly Kobe Bryant or Dwayne Wade to take over.
I just think LeBron is too big, too fast and can jump too high! A big man is too slow to guard him and a shorter player can’t leap nearly as high as LeBron James.
There is one thing, however, that Michael Jordan had that James doesn’t have yet. Michael had “Jordan Rules”. MJ could get referee calls that other players couldn’t get.
Perhaps Michael Jordan can un-retire again and the two can go face-to-face in a playoff series but I think talk about the best players in any sport regarding any era is a never ending debate.
I know people right now that can’t decide if Joe Louis and Jack Johnson were better fighters than Muhammed Ali!
