Kevin Garnett shared a meme on Instagram where Michael Jordan can be seen rolling something to smoke on the NBA sideline with the caption ‘Bron ain’t never rolled up mid-game’. Garnett shared the meme with laughing emojis, though he also added a salute, a 100, and a goat emoji.
This meme isn’t to be taken too seriously, as Garnett was sharing a joke. But he did highlight his respect for Jordan by adding three emojis to recognize his greatness after sharing the joke. Even though Garnett is a major proponent of the modern era, he’s a man who grew up with Michael Jordan as his idol, a stance that hasn’t changed after all these years.
We will see comparisons between Jordan and LeBron James for the rest of our lives, given how impressive their accomplishments are. Unfortunately, LeBron won’t have a consensus argument to have surpassed Jordan primarily because of Michael’s 6-0 Finals record.
LeBron is the league’s all-time leading scorer and torches Jordan on almost every longevity metric, but the championships will always tip the scales in Jordan’s favor.
Kevin Garnett Describes Seeing Michael Jordan For The First Time
The aura that Jordan gave off was infectious to young players when they came into the league. Kevin Garnett was drafted in 1995 and was floored the first time he got to see Jordan.
“The ni**a (Michael Jordan) walk out here, I swear to god, it seems like everything is stopped. This ni**a is moving in slow motion. Every motherf**ker in here looking at him and he knows it. Never seen anyone own the stage like bro.”
Garnett averaged 20.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists against Jordan in nine games. The matchups ended 5-4 in Garnett’s favor. Jordan averaged 28.9 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.7 assists in these games.
Even with this, Garnett has recently claimed that he thinks LeBron is the GOAT when you look at basketball from a much wider lens.
“He’s my GOAT of all of this. The business, the everything. He’s the vision of what every black man should aspire for, has been a billionaire, having your own labels, like he’s set the tone. I played against bro, it ain’t personal anymore. I’m watching as a fan and I’m giving him flowers and I’m looking at it from a different perspective of things that I’ve never seen in the game. We ain’t never seen a 39-year-old like this…”
The beautiful thing about the game of basketball is that we can disagree on who our GOAT is and have one of the best conversations possible about the game. Garnett keeps analyzing the game from all angles to have a well-informed opinion, which is also clear with his positive reception to calling LeBron the GOAT without disrespecting what Jordan achieved.
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