I don't know what's wrong with my Facebook algorithm. I say over and over and over that I mostly dislike basketball, and almost every day I am force-fed the Michael Jordan versus LeBron James debate.
This is the meme that broke the camel's back-
Listen, I was born in Cleveland, Michael Jordan was better than LeBron on the court...by a mile.
Here are the stats as I see them
Michael Jordan
Year Team Coach
84 Chicago Kevin Loughery
85 Chicago Stan Albeck
86 Chicago Doug Collins
87 Chicago Doug Collins
88 Chicago Doug Collins
89 Chicago Phil Jackson
90 Chicago Phil Jackson
91 Chicago Phil Jackson
92 Chicago Phil Jackson
94 Chicago Phil Jackson
95 Chicago Phil Jackson
96 Chicago Phil Jackson
97 Chicago Phil Jackson
01 Washington Doug Collins
02 Washington Doug Collins
Michael Jordan brought 6 Championships to the city that drafted him.
Michael Jordan left a ton of NBA baskets unshot by playing in college and retiring twice (including nearly 2 years in his prime.)
Do you really think Jerry Krause was a genius that plugged Jordan into an organization?
Or did Jordan make the organization work?
Editor's Note: The Latter.
LeBron James
Year Team Coach
03 Cleveland Paul Silas
04 Cleveland Paul Silas / Brendan Malone
05 Cleveland Mike Brown
06 Cleveland Mike Brown
07 Cleveland Mike Brown
08 Cleveland Mike Brown
09 Cleveland Mike Brown
10 Miami Eric Spoelstra
11 Miami Eric Spoelstra
12 Miami Eric Spoelstra
13 Miami Eric Spoelstra
14 Cleveland David Blatt
15 Cleveland David Blatt / Ty Lue
16 Cleveland Ty Lue
17 Cleveland Ty Lue (Larry Drew: Health interim)
18 LA Lakers Luke Walton
19 LA Lakers Frank Vogel
20 LA Lakers Frank Vogel
21 LA Lakers Frank Vogel
22 LA Lakers Darvin Ham
23 LA Lakers Darvin Ham
What's the lynch pin of my argument? David Blatt
Phil Jackson used to say that Michael Jordan let him coach him. I never understood that quote until 2016, when Cleveland fired David Blatt, despite having the best record in the NBA, "for a lack of fit with our personnel."
Brian Windhorst coined the term "organizational fatigue" based off of James' behavior within the league.
LeBron James brought 1 Championship to the team that drafted him.
LeBron James won a total of 4 Championships.
Michael Jordan was the greatest within the game of basketball.
LeBron James believes he's bigger than the game of basketball.
Jordan was great for basketball because he sold the sport. LeBron James is great for the NBA because he sells Drama.
Okay, I will admit that LeBron is better than Jordan ....at marketing.