Jordan is the G.O.A.T.

MJ ( Period)

Jordan the goat, hands down

MJ is the best! The game was a lot harder than it is today. Players were much rougher back in Jordan's day and before.

That’s why Dirk’s win over Lebron, DWade and Bosh was very impressive.. how can u lose to Dirk when u have a great crew? That just eliminates Lebron from the GOAT convo..

Jordan is a Rolls-Royce, kobe is a Bentley , and labron is a lexus. 🎯

This was a fantastic debate. Here is what in my opinion makes a GOAT in basketball. You have to be able to play on and off the ball with equal success, and be impactful. MJ, Kobe, Bird and Magic. The other thing about these four, they made practically EVERYONE around them better. So much so, that it is actually used against them. LBJ is 2-4 with Wade/Bosh, and 1/4 with Irving/Love. I know there were injuries, but MJ did it with the flu and Pippen spasms.

My top 10....MJ, Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Bird, Duncan, Kobe, Hakeem, Shaq, Russell.

Kobe is over Tim because he’s a better player and Tim has two to three other HOF players his WHOLE career…Kobe didn’t! That’s why!

MJ, and isn't even close.

They using Jedi mind tricks on the nba fans. They make the argument Jordan vs lebron not because it’s actually a debate but because that’s the way of subtlety putting lebron over Kobe, magic, bird, Russell, wilt. How did lebron just skip past them?

A superstar CAN win a championship without another, it's definitely possible. But those are outlier championships. To be a consistent winner, you need atleast a decent team around you.

If Dirk Nowitzki was the only Superstar on this team and won a championship....... that makes the case against LeBron James even worse..... because Jordan would have never have been beaten by just a superstar..... not to mention dark beat LeBron and Dwyane Wade

LeBronze wears 23, does the powder toss, and did a Space Jam sequel because he wanna be like Mike.

MJ era Kobe Era Lebron/Curry Era In reality we shouldn’t be comparing the past to the future cuz it’s always advancing. I can never compare Mj and Bron because Bron is just a shadow of Kobe and Mj. Just like Kobe is a shadow to Jordan. At the end of the day whoever you choose it’s YOUR preference, there’s no right answer for the ppl that don’t bring up stats

Scottie didn't win without mike but has a better postseason record

All Great point, I just want to add that MJ, Pippen developed their game. They lost multiple times before the become the Champions. Unlike Lebron, he inheritted or picked All star Players to win championship.

Tim Duncan squares up to Kobe's achievements just fine the issue is Kobe passes the eye test.

🐐 🐍 👑… simple

Dirk really didn't have a superstar with him 2011 finals run nor did kwahi with the raptors in 2019

And bron is NOT top 3…never has been, never will be! Maybe top 7!

Great point about Dirk winning without a great 2nd option…. Who’d he best again? And which star melt down that finals?

Duncan in my top 5 🔥🔥🔥

Kobe won two without a superstar, Pau was a good player but he was not a Superstar💯

I take Kobe over Duncan because Tim Duncan’s teams never repeated, the only Dynasty that didn’t go back to back in the last thirty years.

Load management and EPO/PED's anyone can play 20yrs in this era. Mix that with no defense. Stop it!

Michael Jordan is the KING of basketball.

The fact that lebron lost to has beens with the mavs said it all

Ryan Davis had certain arguments that these guys couldn't dispute though. Jordan never won without the Triangle offense, and he only won when he had a 50 win team roster for him, you put Jordan on the Cavs back in those days they would have beaten the Pistons, but the Bulls would have still been contenders without Jordan because we know that... When Jordan retired the first time, that team was solid, the bench was solid also. So why is that? Lebron can drag a 25 win roster to the finals, but Jordan couldn't get out of the first round with Oakley, Paxon, Woolridge? I get they would play the Celtics, but they couldn't even win a game at home. And with that roster why couldn't Jordan avoid the 8th seed? And he's mentioning Craig Ehlo, Dumars, Mark Price, Doc Rivers, Reggie Theus, these were the guys Jordan played in his conference. In Lebron's era Jordan would have had to face Lebron, Wade, Paul Pierce, Vince Carter, Tracy MacGrady, they would have all been in his conference...I think he would have been a little better, but those guys would scored on him as well..

Michael Jordan for me

MJ by far. And it's not anything about hate on Kobe or LeBron, but I don't put Kobe or LeBron in top 5 either. Finding the next Jordan ever since the end of MJ's Bulls career has been pretty much annoying for both player and marketing standpoint. Just because he plays like MJ (Kobe) or be marketable and face of the league and wear number 23 like MJ (LeBron) doesn't make Kobe and LeBron a top 3 player of all time. I wouldn't say media itself, but the fascination of a debate topic among sports writers and even on social media for viewership is at fault. Not necessarily the order, but MJ, Russell, Kareem, Magic, Bird, possibly Wilt too....and then the rest. They are the legends that shaped the league, and not giving the proper respect to the players before the 90s is legitimately disrespectful.

TD is ahead of Kobe, and Kobe is ahead of Lebron. of the 3, only TD is legit top 5 all time. #facts

Thank you Aries Spears. That is the same argument I’ve been telling people I don’t hate LeBron I hate the idea they think LeBron is better than Mike and he’s not look at the eye test Jordan had way more moves. He kept defense of balance. And then is the way he did it you think LeBron could’ve walked away from the NBA for a year and a half and came back and won the championship. No, they didn’t think Michael could do it until he did it.

In addition to Dirk, Hakeem also won a chip in 1994 without another superstar on his team. Aries got that wrong too

Greatest sneaker of all time debate: jordan 1 vs crocs. In case you’re wondering lebron is crocs.

1 Jordan 2 Kobe 3 LeBron Easily!

Lebron vs JJ Barea Lebron vs Jason Terry Lebron vs Jason Kid

I’m not a LeBron hater at all, I respect him and he is in my top 10 but I can never put him above Michael or Kobe. 10 years ago I couldn’t say never because we were waiting to see what was going to happen, but now that we’re towards the end of his career, there’s nothing he can do in the eyes of true, who aren’t just blind to put him at the best ever. Yes he’s got great stats LeBron worshipers never want to talk about the circumstances surrounding the stats. he had three times more help than either Kobe or Michael did and he didn’t even have half the competition they did. Yes he beat the Warriors, but let’s keep it a buck. They had some key players on that warriors team that were banged up and not playing at their best, but even at that I do admit that’s probably the most impressive thing LeBron has done in his career, was bringing that championship home to Cleveland. But there’s no way if I were starting a team and I was told I can have either Kobe Bryant in his prime or LeBron James and his prime but I can’t have both, there is not one scenario where I would pick LeBron. Yeah I know he might get a couple triple doubles in the finals but if he’s not going to win, then the triple doubles don’t mean anything other than just stats. Let’s go back to the 2000s win for two years in a row we were being fed these Nike commercials with two puppets that were supposed to be Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Back then his supporters were saying not only was he going to make it to the finals that he was going to bring home the championship Both in 2009 and 2010. Nobuddy was saying “oh well the Cleveland Cavaliers sucks so LeBron‘s not going to win.” that’s not what they were saying then that was only said after he left, but in the moment when it was happening, people were saying Cleveland was the best team in the east, and his supporters were saying he was best in the world. So the best team in the east with the “best player in the world.” (he wasn’t. It was still Kobe at that time. LeBron didn’t really become the best player in the world that was currently active until I would say 2011) Can’t get past Dwight Howard in Orlando Magic? And the next year couldn’t get past Boston. Kobe beat both of those teams for a championship. But let’s just say Kevin Garnett broke his leg in the playoffs in 2010 and Ray Allen had a broken finger. Somehow, LeBron and Cleveland beat Boston and the 2010 NBA finals, are the Cavaliers versus Lakers. . There’s two minutes left on the clock, the game tied and it’s game seven. LeBron stats for this game are 33 points 10 rebound and eight assist. That’s some great stats but he’s losing that game. Kobe was built for those moments he doesn’t flinch. Kobe loves those moments like Michael did. LeBrons not winning. And to me, that’s the big difference. Not the only one, but it’s one of the big differences between the type of players. Kobe and Michael were and who LeBron is. I don’t think LeBron ever learn to be the guy that love those moments. he wasn’t the guy to take the game over. That’s why even in the 2011 finals having two Hall of Fame players who are both two top 75 players and we’re both All-Stars in Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosch was not enough to get the ringless king a ring. They had to go get another Hall of Famer and another former champion who was multiple time all star in Ray Allen. Not only does that add another cast to this super team, but you also broke up their biggest competition in Boston. So now they broke up their biggest competition in the east so getting to the playoffs is a walk in the park for Miami at this time but it’s pretty much the Eastern conference All-Star team. And if you remember, yes, LeBron had good stats in that game but when it came time for someone to finish the game who had to do it for him, Ray Allen. And look I’m not saying Michael and Kobe didn’t pass the ball in big moments because they did but they had already proven that they could finish the job. We’ve never seen him really be the guy to finish the job.

The part about Tim Duncan having four rings and MVPs but what people seem to forget is that you have to have an asterisk by his first championship in the '99 season due to the strike. So did he really get four does it really count? Would the Spurs have won the championship in a full 82 game season

Smart and logical are two totally different things!

The problem that I notice is that people who make these comments and statements don’t know or understand the history so having a debate with someone who doesn’t know the history of basketball is like talking to a wall Someone will google stats and watch 2 highlights and say yes greatest ever… That’s not how it works because you can’t rush learning history… you have to watch the NBA year by year, the pre season, regular season, post season, finals, all 82 games year after year after year You can’t rush knowledge

Aries Spear is so intelligent

Well Magic benefitted from where he forced himself to be drafted. They had Kareem

These guys need better mics

I Can-Not believe that this is a debate. Makes me love the Gen-Z EVEN LESS.

Also, I dunno how ‘Ryan’ got away with lumping Dan Majerle into that group and still get his point across. Thunder Dan was 6’6” and built like a Greek god. He was the god damn Dolf Lundgren of the NBA

1. Jordan 2. Kobe....but kobe and Jordan are ALMOST the same

It was 6 teams in the 60’s

If you put a Asterix next to Russell the same has to be done for the water down. Michael Jordan played in, Where they spread the talent out. Players that were drafted to expansion teams were not the starts or star players🎉🎉🎉

Like i said they pick and choose certain arguments

ARIES, you kind of lost me with the Dirk response. Dirk went dolo, and you know it. Everything else was spot on.

Lebron the goat

MJ and its no debate!!

Im soo sick of this debate-who ever does better then MJ in 15 yrs then we can talk PERIOD...

Michael Jordan is the best SYSTEM player of all time - Ryan Davis

LeBron is top 30 at best

AD was the “better” player but lebron led the team in points, rebounds and assist.. doesnt make sense 🤔

JASON KID WAS SUPER STAR

They say the players of the day are better then why do they have to team up to win a championship?

LBJ is the GOAT.

MJ 🐐🐐🐐💯💯💯

MJ is King. you can’t think of basketball without thinking of Jordan.

There is no debate. The real debate is LeBron vs Kobe

This conversation is all subjective and preference

Hakeem Olajuwon did it alone!! But Mj izda GOAT

Mike faced double and triple teams

You can’t compare Tim Duncan vs shooting guards.. you have to compare Tim Duncan with power forwards and the argument can be made about Tim Duncan being the greatest power forward of all time Listen I’m not Albert Einstein but the guy that brought up Tim Duncan doesn’t know the history because if he did then he’d never say what he said

Let’s say that Dirk did win a championship without another hall of fame player all star, which are facts because Dirk did However that’s 1 time in 50 years of NBA Basketball

@5:55 in the video the guy in the black shits down the conversation when he answered “personality” when ask why Duncan is not considered over Kobe. Proving again most people goat has nothing to do with skills or talent

Did Jordan figure it out of the Phil Jackson figure it out for him !! Facts the problem is win Jordan won it was all Jordan but win he lost it was not his fault But we don’t do that for lebron even though he was asked to do more

Jordan and Kobe are by far the 2 greatest ever. The only 2 basketball gods ever. The only 2 players ever with 0 weaknesses in their games.

The eastern conference was weaker then too

Beating them plumbers in the 90’s

MICHAEL JORDAN

Jordan all day killer instinct was just crazy And take over ability was crazy. It's not even it's debate

MJ and LeBron top 2. I like LBJ but either way 🤷🏿‍♂️

Mj will always be the Goat

LBJ is the GOAT

FYI, Scottie wasn't drafted by the Bulls, it was Seattle

Ppl thinks todays player now are more athletic than 80’s and 90’s coz the defence let them do whatever the offense want. Back in the day u cant do that. Not to mention its was harder to your body to play both ends of the court offensively and defensively compared to todays you only see offense and let them loose.

You can't claim its a team game, when its bums on the other team, then claim 6-0 as if it was a personal achievement. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 They calling MJ the Greatest before he had a ring. So you can not turn around and use the rings as a measuring stick for greatness for the other players. 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Imagine if players could build or jump on super teams back in Jordan’s era… how many championships would Micheal Jordan have if he went to the Pistons with Isaiah Thomas and his squad Or joining the Celtics with Larry Bird or LA with Magic Johnson in his crew Micheal Jordan would have 20 championships in this case Do I need to go any further with this conversation?

Hakeem won without a all star

I've been watching the NBA since Shaq entered the league. MJ is by far the most feared player by opponents while Shaq is the most dominant ever in his prime. Kobe is the most exciting and Lebron is the most dramatic player. Here is why Lebron will never be greater than MJ and Kobe. He won his first rings with at least 2 top75 players in their prime. Kyrie and Kevin Love both top5 at their position back than. AD was the best player in the bubble and Bron had an allstar roster full of Hall of Famers against one Allstar in Jimmy Buttler. Second, all I hear from LeShannon, Perk and Nick is that it's so much harder in todays league without at least two superstars. So how come Giannis, Jokic, Kawhi and even the 2022 Warriors won rings without another super duper superstar when Lebron in his prime always had at least 2 Superstars while playing in the weakest eastern conference era ever

For those who say Michael Jordan went against Ehlo and Dan Majerle and the NBA was watered down back then Nonsense….. Let me explain how the NBA in 2024 is watered down….. It’s easier to win championships in this era…. Players are making their own super teams and jump ship to join teams with all the best players Example = Lebron James had to go to Miami to win 2 tiles with Ray Allen, Bosh and DWade Then went back to Cleveland to join Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love Then went to LA to recruit and play with Anthony Davis The NBA going back 10 years up until this day today… it’s easier to win championships in this era because players get to ditch one team and join another Wanna say Micheal Jordan’s era was watered down? I just gave you the facts on how the NBA today is watered down

Here’s what I just heard in this interview.. Aries Spears said you have to have that one 2 punch to win championships They brought up Dirk not having that all star one 2 punch…. Correct however Aries didn’t say you had to have that other all star to win 100% of the time… there’s some teams that slips through the cracks and won with that other also To know what’s going on and how Micheal Jordan is the GOAT.. you have to open up your mind and let the understanding come naturally instead of watch from social media

Mavs had matrix ,dirk ,Tyson chandler ,jj, Jason terry, j-kidd…maybe finley? … they had a SQUAD… dirk wasnt dolo… also mite be … the single hardest path to win a chip too so 🤷🏾‍♂️

Duncan had the 2nd best coach ever...olll papi! Timmy will be a top 10 player ever

Kareem Abdul Jabra is the GOAT

Hakeem Olajuwon is the Superstar to win a title without another all star! He did it twice

is this another mashup with Aries???????

I’m a die hard lebron fan, but Jordan is the GOAT and the better player.

You said matches is Jordan vs heló. Jordan vs horfnef

yeah fyi. the cavs team that everyone is making fun of had mark price on it. rumor was he was on the short list for the dream team.

Lol I don’t understand the argument

Kobe won 2 without another superstar. Pau was great but he was not a superstar.

Rest management Lebron? Talk to Jordan 3 retirement, is not the same play 20 year with the same tire

this is not a debate they all agree foh w this clickbait ass title

LeBron won with not 1 but at least 2 superstars in his championship seasons.

Tell these fools what's up