Jordan was just leaps and bounds ahead of his peers. The distance between him and the guys he played against is greater than the distance between Lebron and his peers.
The natural order for any league/industry is for competition to increase over time. If Jordan had to go against Kawhi Leonard or Andre Iguadala in 5 of his finals appearances, i don't know that he would be 6-0
Something I wrestle with is that Lebron could do more with less. If you think Jordan could have taken 2 of those Cavs teams (2005 and 2015) to the Finals then I can't help you.
Jordan was the absolute perfect fit for Phil Jackson's triangle, and Scottie and role players were pretty good too. I think that system maximized Jordan's greatness. It certainly maximized Kobe's.
Jordan only made the finals with 1 coach. Same with Kobe. Lebron has made the Finals with 4 different coaches and maybe a 5th after this year.
Lebron is undeniably not the shooter/all around scorer that Jordan was (obviously Lebron plays SF, not SG). I kind of think that people just look at this fact and make the declaration of Jordan over Lebron based on this. Some days I do too.
Idk...it's fun to think about.
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