Jordan's ego is insanely irritating today. He's getting worse as he gets older

MJ could stand to learn some humility. This is just getting old.

Seems like MJ is feeling threatened.

This is a grab from a basketball coach which I think sums it up pretty well. Seems to me MJ was just coming out with the answer to a question he gets asked all of the time. Lebron will never be close to Jordan for a number of reasons...anyway, here is the excerpt;

There, he said it.

'Bout time, too.

Yesterday, MJ layed the hammer down
on the LBJ fanboys, saying that he could take LeBron in one on one... But wasn't so sure about Kobe.

Uhh. No kidding.

To serious basketball brains, this isn't remotely groundbreaking news.

First of all, do you have ANY idea how
good Jordan actually was?

And second…

As good as LeBron is, he's NOT
a one on one player.

He's an ATHLETE.

His 6'8" 250 lb frame could dominate just about any sport on the planet right now… Dude just happened to decide on bball.

Guys like Jordan and Kobe, on the other hand, are tacticians.

They're students of the game.

They meticulously strategize, analyze and calculate… Then explode straight down your throat.

Then they'll stomp on it while you're down, just to twist the knife a little deeper and make it clear:

"I run this court."

The argument could be made Dr J could beat MJ one on one, or even more so Earl Manigaut, or Shaq in the 90s, etc. Does Jordan think the moves Kobe has emulated are MJs first, or has he just completely forgotten all the players he emulated and took parts from?
No wonder he got divorced. I could just imagine him getting some toast in the morning and his reaction being something like "you call this toast? I make the best damn toast ever, except for maybe Martha Stewart, she stole all my toasting moves anyways"

As Boti said,
its all about NBA 2K14 released yesterday.

ya video games big money.

He is talking about in his prime so what's the problem here?
MJ would beat nearly everyone in 1 on 1 in his prime.
Kobe is the closest to having the "I will kill my own mum to win" mentality since.

Well, the media machine is kicking in nicely, thank you very much. Yup, my kids will no doubt buy this game and work it really hard.

On the debate, please, obviously M.J. is taking the piss out of everyone, including LeBron!

My opinion is that M.J. is a little more miraculous and probably has a higher skill level and ability to produce the amazing.

LeBron is just that little bit more of a power player, obviously he is a couple of inches bigger and has more explosiveness, but only just.

So, who would win, bugger if I know, get the game and play for yourself I guess......

MJ

Rating out of 10 for each, according to me:

Skill
MJ - 9
LBJ - 8.5

Power
MJ - 8
LBJ - 9

Athleticism
MJ - 9
LBJ - 8.5

Speed
MJ - 9
LBJ - 8.5

Hops (Leap)
MJ - 9
LBJ - 8.5

Shot
MJ - 8.5
LBJ - 8

Game winner
MJ - 9
LBJ - 8.5

I don't think its to do with the game so much, when you think back on his career he wasn't allowing any game to use his name when he was at the bulls. YouTube chamillionaire and Michael Jordan, gives you an insight to who he is outside of the media

I appreciate Michael as much as the next guy, but Lebron just seems like the more complete player in terms of athleticism, skill and physicality.

Having grown up watching Jordan, Lebron James would mow him down.
The guy is like a freight train with hops and an outside shot. No way Jordan could defend Lebron in the post