Michael Jordan Finally Weighs in on the GOAT Debate

Everyone loves to debate who the Greatest of All Time is. In the early NBA, it was Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell. Then it was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Then Magic Johnson and Larry Bird entered the conversation. After that, Michael Jordan entered the equation. After Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James took a shot at the honor of being basketball's greatest player. 

These days, most people have whittled the conversation down to Michael Jordan or LeBron James. While we hear media members and former players constantly debate about who the GOAT is, we haven’t actually heard much from LeBron or Jordan on who they think deserves that title. 

That was until Jordan was asked about the term GOAT and what he thinks about the debate. 

“The GOAT term is something I’ll never get high or low about. It just doesn’t exist for me.. We paved the way for Kobe and LeBron. The beauty of he game of basketball is a player after previous players have evolved the game further. But don’t then use that against the players that taught you the game or that you learned from. I would have loved to play against LeBron and Kobe in my prime but we’ll never be able to know that… I think it creates animosity. I have no animosity against today players but you do have certain players that do have animosity due to the forgotten ness of their contributions to the game of basketball… I think LeBron has had an unbelievable career. I admire him for what he’s done. As well as Kobe, KD, all these guys. I think they’ve elevated the game of basketball tremendously.”

Everyone knows that Jordan thinks he is the greatest. He wouldn’t be Jordan if he didn’t. That being said, he kept his answer very political when it came to debating who truly deserves that crown.