^ Agree with anon.

Jordan will always be the best, how many rings, defensive player of the years, he took the last shot everytime when every team knew he was going to ( unlike lebron in cleveland).
Lebron couldnt do it in clevelnd so goes to miami to team up with bosh and wade says it all. they havent even won it yet. I hope dallas win in 4.


Lebron is good dont get me wrong but hes not close to jordan yet.

Funny Pippen would say that about Jordan as Pippen was nothing without Jordan... Bit of resentment that still lingers inside him..let it go Bro! Lebron is good but he needs to earn his stripes before he can be considered in Jordan's league.

Jordan was a scorer who repeatedly came up short in the playoffs until Jackson and Pippen came on board. Pippen says James 'could' become the greatest ever. Hard to argue with that, we will have to wait and see if he 'does'.

Magic Johnson also deserves to be in the discussion.

Let's not forget how good Pippen actually was.

To Anon's "Pippen was nothing without Jordan" comment - Pippen was third in MVP voting in 1994 in the year the Jordan didn't play. Care to change that comment.

Personally I think Jordan will always be the GOAT. I think James has the skills and ability to replicate what he did but the question is how much he really wants it and whether he can match Jordans mental attitude and desire to win.

But on the flip side Jordan's Bull's teams were way better than LBJ's Cavs teams. Jordan couldn't win by himself (in the eighties) and neither could LBJ in his early years.

Lebron did what MJ never did...He quit.

In the Cavs second round playoff series Lebron simply quit. He wasn't giving it his all.

MJ never quit. The flu game springs to mind immediately..Quit was a word that wasn't in his vocabulary.

Funny how people are saying Pippen was nothing without Jordan... Pippen went to the playoffs all but one season after Jordan first retired

I still think that LeBron "could" still become the GOAT...he has age and time on his side...

I guess we really should really revisit this discussion once LeBron finally retires.

Hey Ricey, who did he play for in those years?

I couldnt tell you. Portland?

They were great together!!

Playoffs every season except his last, must have been doing something right. One of the best players of all time also. Think his thoughts on lebron woul be more valid than not. If anything jordan needed pippen to win

I agree jordan is the best. Lebron James also has never been the complete player jordan was in the sense that jordan seemed completely ready for the NBA stage as he had done 3 years in college. James came out of high school and when the cavs lost to the spurs in NBA finals. One of the most mismatched finals in NBA history, James conceaded that he needed to get alot better and their weas plenty he had to work on in his game. Jordan had the complete game from the get go he was always ready for the challenge the only thing missing from his game was the 3 point shot which he was able to add during his carrer.

Just on another point Horace Grant has come out and siad if Jordan did'nt retire after their 3rd NBA championchip they would of won 8 championships. That has always been the common belief but Stephen Smith a sports writer who followed the Chicago Bulls said Jordan knew after they won the 3rd NBA championchip there run was over with the current team and they would have to rebuild. If Jordan had not retired the Chicago Bulls winning 8 championships in a row is very, very debateble.

Pfft. Jordan, Bird and Magic changed the face of Basketball. Lebron's just playing the style they set over 20 years ago.

Lebron gets stats, plain and simple. I'd compare him to Oscar Robertson; a guy who will be remembered as Mr Triple-Double; doing everything and anything, but will be remebered by players as "the guy who just had to have the ball all the time to be effective".

The only player(s) I would even put on par with Jordan as game-changers besides bird and magic would be Karl Malone and Shaq.

Infact, for the modern game, most people would have them in a 10-man team as the Greatest lineup:

Shaq, Malone, Bird, Jordan, Magic.

But 4 who?

They needed each other very much.

Pippen will never be remembered for post Chicago days!