For a lot of fans, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James are the three main names in the GOAT conversation. While Jordan and Kobe were quite similar, LeBron is quite different from the two. And Tyronn Lue, who coached James and played alongside MJ and Kobe, recently spoke about the difference between them.
“Bron is great, and they all to me are great players,” Tyronn Lue said on the Pivot podcast. “I don’t never compare and do the comparison… Cuz they wanted to kill you. They wanted to come in the game, ‘I wanna get 50 every night.’ That’s their mentality.
“With Bron it’s ‘I wanna come in and get 30, 10, and 10, and make the guys around me better’. Whereas with Kobe and Jordan, it’s like listen, ‘I wanna win but I also wanna kill you and take your heart.'”
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Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were both about scoring first and carrying their team on their backs to win the game. Whereas LeBron James has always been about making the right plays and helping his teammates reach a level that they can win as a team.
There is a reason Magic Johnson said LeBron James is more like him while Kobe Bryant was more like Michael Jordan. There isn’t much difference when it comes to greatness, those 3 are among the greatest who ever played the game, but just the way they operate on the court makes LeBron markedly different from Kobe and Jordan.
Former Players Have Commented On The Difference Between Michael Jordan And LeBron James
After LeBron James claimed the NBA’s all-time scoring record, the GOAT discussions have started in full swing once again. And many feel there is still a big difference between LeBron James and Michael Jordan, who remains the greatest ever for most in the NBA world.
LeBron James’ teammate, Mario Chalmers, said that opponents didn’t fear him like they feared Michael Jordan. Antawn Jamison described LeBron James as ‘happy-go-lucky’ while talking about how Kobe Bryant was more similar to Michael Jordan than LeBron has been.
They are far from the only ones, this topic has always sparked a lot of discussions. But the key here is that LeBron James doesn’t have to be like Michael Jordan to make his mark on the GOAT conversation. What makes him different is precisely what has given him an advantage, there is a reason very few people put Kobe Bryant over Michael Jordan, and it has to do with how similar they were.
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