Michael Jordan is Better than Lebron James

If you were to say who the greatest basketball player of all time is who would you say it is. You may say Wilt Chamberlain,Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul jabbar or even Larry Bird, but the two names that stick out are Michael Jordan and lebron james. Michael Jordan and Lebron James are both very good at basketball, and guaranteed hall of famers. It is very hard to choose who is better because of how different things were in the 90s to 2010s, but it is pretty obvious who is better. Michael Jordan is better than Lebron James, and the greatest of all time in the NBA.

Michael Jordan has better stats than Lebron james. According to Land of basketball.com, Michael Jordan has more MVPs, All defensive teams, defensive player of the years,scoring leaders, and steals leader. By showing this it shows that Michael Jordan was a more all around player considering the amount of all defence team ,defensive player of the year and mvps. Lebron does not play very good defence compared to Jordan. Land of basketball also says Michael Jordan Scores more points a game and has more steals a game. This shows that Jordan was a better offensive and defensive player than Lebron James.Michael Jordan shows that he is better just by his stats alone, but there is more than one reason that he is better.

Michael Jordan played in a time period where players were tough, actual played defence and were willing to fight if they had to. Lebron James time period is soft, no defence is played, and they never fight. The NBA has implemented rules such as the Hand check,forearm check, or the 3 second violation. These rules make it hard to play defence without fouling for example, the hand check rule states that "A defender may not place and keep his hand on an opponent unless he is in the area near the basket with his back to the basket. A defender may momentarily touch an opponent with his hand anywhere on the court as long as it does not affect the opponent’s movement (speed, quickness, balance, rhythm)." According to Sportskeeda. Rules like these make players like Lebron James be able to drive to the rim without anybody playing defence on them. If Michael jordan played with rules like these he would have scored more points a game than he already did.

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