MJ rulez, no contest

I saw MJ play for UNC at the Dean Dome back in the 80s. Was a treat.

lebron is damn good..........but jordan can fly!

comment at the end seals it...how about 6 rings from now...

I am a Bulls fan, and I'll say James could end up being better than Jordan. Is he better now? No. The comments in this video about how he's a lock down defender because he shutdown Derrick Rose? Look, James is a pretty good defender, but the reason he shut down Rose is because Rose is far shorter than James, and Rose only has speed over James, and that's so miniscule, James could still block most any shot Rose would try to make driving to the rim. Rose simply has not developed offensive moves to be able to score against James because he can't shoot the jumper well enough to take more difficult shots like step backs and fades necessary to shoot over James. That's not Rose's game... yet. Rose simply tried to be more athletic than James when you think about it, and as good as Rose is in that department, James is the best pure athlete the NBA has ever seen.

That doesn't make James a lock down defender. It makes him a freakish athlete. He won't shutdown Dirk. He can't shutdown Kobe. He can't shutdown Durant. Hell, Luol Deng can get some points against James. James is a good defender, but he's not great.

James is an incredible athlete. The fact that he can keep up speed wise with Rose is ridiculous. With that said, James isn't the on ball defender Jordan was. James is also not the clutch scorer Jordan was. Yes, James can rebound better. But when it comes to which one when the game is on the line, who would you want making the offensive and defensive plays to win you the game? Jordan, hands down.

With that said, James has the potential to become a better defender because he's a better athlete than Jordan. James has the athletic ability to guard virtually anyone in the NBA, even a center, and give them fits. Jordan could never guard a center or even big forward. But James at this point cannot be considered a great defender. Jordan was without a doubt.

Jordan to this point is clearly better, but objectively, James has a long career ahead of him to catch up and perhaps pass Jordan.

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Lebron still misses the full-court understanding and vision that Jordan had. I could say only John Stockton, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson was that far, mentally as a leader--he lacked the "ego" to force plays to happen to other guys; Karl did what Sloan wanted or Karl did what Karl wanted. Lebron is a good defender, very athletic, and a prolific scorer.

He has a way to go and grow. Basically, he NEEDS to learn how to lead; and to be like Jordan you have to grow a third-eye. Kobe had/has this same issue. Amazing player still.