Michael Jordan’s career was one full of incredible highs which led to him being regarded as the GOAT but the amazing part is that he could have achieved a lot more.
MJ retired twice during his career, first in 1993 and then in 1998, before calling it quits for good in 2003. Paul George, though, thinks that if Jordan knew a player like LeBron James would come along, he wouldn’t have retired on those first two occasions.
“MJ took years off, came back, took years off,” George said. “If MJ knew that there was this LeBron specimen coming, he definitely would have been like, ‘Alright I ain’t taking no years off. We gonna keep elevating this.'”
LeBron has built a great case to be regarded as the GOAT over Jordan, especially after he became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer earlier this year. If MJ had known that LeBron would be setting all these records, then he might have pushed himself to keep playing and not walk away temporarily.
Even with Jordan missing all that time though, he still ended up with more awards and accolades than LeBron, which is incredible. It is just one of the reasons why Jordan remains the GOAT over LeBron despite breaking the scoring record and math reveals that had Jordan played in the seasons that he retired, he would have broke Kareem’s record himself.
Michael Jordan Said He Wouldn’t Have Retired In 1993 If He Played For Stats
Jordan though was never someone who was driven to accumulate stats. He was all about winning titles and he stated that if he played for stats, he wouldn’t have retired in 1993. He claimed that the only stats that mattered to him were the games and rings he won.
As for whether he could have won the title in 1994 and 1995, Tim Legler believes Jordan would have gone on to win it those years as well if he didn’t retire. Legler played in the NBA at the time and it was clear to him back then itself that Jordan was the GOAT. Despite everything that has happened since then, his opinion on the matter hasn’t changed.
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