The debate went on before Michael Jordan and it will go on for years after LeBron James retires. The question: who was the GOAT?
Or, in James’s case, is.
There are only a handful of realistic candidates: James, Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That’s about it.
We might argue Russell because his teams always won the last game: two national championships in college (and two undefeated seasons), Olympic gold and 11 NBA titles in 13 seasons and he was hurt in one of those two losing seasons.