***Official Joe Burrow / NCG Thread***

[Millhouse]

(01-14-2020, 02:02 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: At this stage of his career, absolutely.

- He has 3 titles to Jordan's 6, yes, but 1 was NOT on a stacked team (all of Jordan's were)
- Outside of scoring, he has better numbers than MJ across the board... and even then, the scoring numbers are insane.
- He can play 1-5 and be among the best in the league at each position. Jordan could never play C and possibly, not even PF.

When people were calling Lebron the best after 1 championship on a stacked team in Miami, that was presumptuous, but after 2 more (again, 1 being in Cleveland), more Finals appearances, more MVPs and just his ability to adapt and stay relevant in today's game, he's absolutely better than Jordan, IMO.

Chamberlain is still the best ever, IMO, but that's an argument for another day

EDIT: Just for a very quick, dirty comparison.

Lebron:

RPG  APG SPG BPG TPG FPG PPG   FG% 3P% FT%
7.4   7.3  1.6   0.8  3.5  1.8  27.1  .504 .344  .735

MJ:

RPG APG SPG BPG TPG FPG PPG    FG% 3P% FT%
6.2  5.3  2.3  0.8   2.7  2.6  30.1   .497 .327  .835

Pure scorer, MJ wins. All-around, Lebron wins.

MJ was an amazing defender which was overshadowed by his offensive awesomeness. 

MJ had an incredible killer instinct and drive at the highest elite level.

MJ >> Lebron 

For that matter, I would take a Larry Bird in his prime over Lebron. Because look at Birds numbers way back in the day when defense was way more nastier than todays modern softer rules.

p.s. welcome back to the boards