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Broussard dominates sports debates like Jordan dominated basketball. #facts

Whitlock got his mind right quick 😂😂😂😂😂

Chris Broussard is by far one the best NBA analyst i've ever seen ! He ALWAYS speaks facts and the truth. Never gets tempted to say outrageous things just to get headlines. It's a pleasure to hear him in a world (NBA) where almost everyone is hysterical and can't have reasanoble opinions.

Remember kids, don't be like Whitlock and suffer from recency bias

I don't think I've watched a video where Chris doesn't spit facts

Jordan Playoffs 1985: 29-6-9 3 stls 1 blks 1986: 44-6-6 2 stls 1 blks 1987: 36-7-6 2 stls 2 blks 1988: 36-7-5 2 stls 1 blk 1989: 35-7-8 2.5 stls 1 blk 1990: 37-7-7 3 stls 1 blk 1991: 31-6-8 2 stls 1 blk 31-11 assists per game in the finals 1992: 35-6-6 2 stls 1 blk 1993: 35-7-6 2 stls 1 blk 41ppg in the finals 1995: 31.5 ppg 1996: 31pgg 1997: 31-8-5 1998: 32-5-4 at age 35 He also was efficient and shot 83% from the freethrow line while almost always playing lockdown defense.

We need more Broussard the only true objective analyst on TV

Thanks Broussard for being the voice of reason

Whitlock praising Lebron?

I'm the biggest LeBron fan but Chris Broussard hit it right on the money.

in 1991 MJ average 31 8 and 6 on 52% with great defense

Jason Whitlock is a perfect example of how the media is trying to push this lbj as goat theme. And how they don't even know what they're talking about

What's funny is the people who say Lebron is the Goat probably never even watched a single 90s Bull's game start to finish. They purely make their arguments off of looking at stats and speculating.

You can't foul these days..cmon now.todays game Jordan would average 45 vs lance stephenson and Jeff Teague smh

I don't think they're allowed to say what Michael Jordan would've done to the teams LeBron is going against... Fact is, LeBron cake walks through his weak conference, and loses more often than he does win, in a series against the other best team in the NBA. You can't say the same for Michael Jordan.

This argument again can we get some better topics 😒😒😒

But kobe went thru a lot of prime teams in the west tho 🤔

`Thank you Broussard!

JORDAN AVERAGED 40 PPG IN THE 93 FINALS. STAHP IT

Chris is definitely one of the best NBA analyst there is, all he does is spit straight facts. No bias, no nothing, just facts, doesn't get caught up in media hype, doesn't try to push the media saying stuff (like whitlock tries to push media hype). He speaks the honest truth.

Colin and Nick Wright have nightmares about Chris Broussards MJ facts lol

Prisoners of the moment

Btw, Broussard was slightly off on the Lakers Finals. Jordan averaged 31.2 PPG. 6.6 rebounds, 11.4 assists (Broussard said 11 rebounds), with 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks. He shot 56% in that Finals. The Suns Finals was even more amazing. Jordan averaged 41.0 PPG, 8.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals on .508 shooting (.400 from deep).

Since we are talking Playoffs, I just want to show how the level of competition in the East was different. Both have played 37 teams in the Playoffs (LeBron as of 2016... not counting 2017) LeBron Playoffs: Has faced FOUR 30 win teams, SIXTEEN 40 win teams, TEN 50 win teams, and SEVEN 60+ win teams. Jordan Playoffs: Has faced TWO 30 win teams, EIGHT 40 win teams, EIGHTEEN 50 win teams, and NINE 60+ win teams. Jordan has almost played double the 50+ win teams LeBron has had to play. LeBron has played 30-40 win teams up into the third round of Playoffs. WTF? Jordan has never had that luxury. Jordan has only played ONE 40 win team in the second round of the Playoffs. LeBron SIX different times. Nor has LeBron ever played a 50 win team in the first round of the Playoffs. Jordan has multiple times. Nor has LeBron ever faced a 60 win team in the first round of the Playoffs. Jordan has. Jordan is 7-2 against 60 win teams in the Playoffs. LeBron is 4-3 against 60 win teams.

Broussard statin them facts💯

the NBA is so boring right now that this people make the most stupid topic to talk about. Is a shame.

YOU JOKING RIGHT?! that gives me a good laugh wahahahaha!

Finally somebody admits that Lebron basically gets a free pass to the NBA finals every year.

On top of that Jordan would post up, not those free passes to the basket because his team was stacked. Stop comparing LeBron to Jordan!

*Jordan was a better Scorer BY FAR, Mid-range Shooter BY FAR, Post-up player BY FAR, 3-point Shooter in the Playoffs and Finals BY FAR, Free Throw shooter BY FAR, getting to the FT line BY FAR, Defender BY FAR, Steals BY FAR, Blocks, DPOY, Without the ball, FAR LESS Turnovers, ala Ball handler, Clutch BY FAR, Tougher BY FAR, more competitive BY FAR & Winner BY FAR. What did I miss?* -->> _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Karl Malone has more points than Jordan too. It does NOT make him a better scorer than Jordan! *LeBron has benefits & luxuries that Jordan never even remotely had! LeBron is simply racking up a bunch of over-inflated stats in the weakest worst, most pitiful, putrid, horrid, atrocious, dreadful, dismal, abysmal eastern conference in NBA history! LeBron also has the benefit & luxury of playing om the WORST shot blocking era in NBA history! LeBron also has the benefit & luxury of playing with the 'Defensive 3 second violation' that prohibits ANYONE from camping out in the lane, resulting in opening the lane like Moses Parted the Red Sea, LeBron also has the benefit & luxury of playing with 3-4 three point shooters on the court at all times creating more space and room to operate never seen before in NBA history that results in spreading the lane wide open like Moses parted the Red Sea as well! LeBron also does not have to endure the resistance of hand-checking, arm bars, checking in to the lane, pushing, pulling, holding & grabbing & constantly getting thrown to the floor on a consistent basis like Jordan did! These are all crucial factors to seriously consider when comparing their numbers. If you do not take this into consideration then you are being disingenuous, nonobjective, biased & dishonest!* *Jordan played in the most BRUTAL conference, nevertheless eastern conference in NBA history, played against the greatest era of shot blocking in NBA history, played w/o the Defensive 3 second violation that actually allowed those shot blockers to camp out in the lane waiting on perimeter scorers, had to endure hand-checking, arm bars, checking in to the lane, pushing, pulling, holding & grabbing & constantly getting thrown to the floor on a consistent basis, AND never ever played with 3-4 three point shooters on the court at all times creating more space and room to operate that resulted in spreading the lane wide open like Moses parted the Red Sea.* *Now use your heads kids. This is not rocket science. If Jordan had ALL of those benefits and luxuries as LeBron has had, then his numbers would be even FAR GREATER. Again this is NOT rocket science. We do not need an astrophysics master degree at Harvard, Yale or Princeton to know this. This is basic rationalism, basic logic, basic common sense AND basic laws of physics! Playing in a BRUTAL conference, with light years more resistance and in a far more congested crowded, compacted, confined, condensed, cramped lane resulting in far less room to operate makes everything harder. These are all extremely important factors to consider when comparing LeBron's over-inflated numbers.*

Colin..you try so hard to equate LeBron to Mj ..that you didn't even want to here Chris's point

i just imagine how much Jordan would dominate in the no-hand-checking era, I mean the guy played in an era where centers and PF-s would "touch up" slashing guards, as Shaq put it once, and the officials would let it go. And he still looked better than LeBron. Not to mention the competition, or the absolute, never wavering, clutch that LeBron never had.

SMH people forgetting how great jordan really was

stats are overrated that got boy saying LBJ is better than mj when LBJ playing bums

I love how Chris gives credit to both LeBron and Jordan when the debates about the two happen. He isn't bias Towards one

Did Whitlock just give up and withdraw his argument?

lol Jordan would score 50-81 points in todays NBA

Thank you Chris Broussard

This conversation never dies out ....

Just getting to the Finals was much tougher in the 80s and 90s - East has no competition today, none..

even LeBron himself doesnt think hes the GOAT

Chris just put all 15-21 year olds on suicide watch with them stats, goat stats. People today do not realise how dominat this guy was in the most physical defensive era. If MJ played in today's game with these rules, jesus he would avg 40 points. I'm dead serious

Zone is not allowed back then because of hand checking yet it was still widely used. The reason that they ban hand checking is to allow zone to be use. Hand checking can't co exist with zone defence because it will make the game more hard to play, because the NBA can't foul out all the players that used illegal zone so they made an adjustment the NBA remove hand checking and allow zone defence. So I can officially say that defense back in the hand checking era is much more effective than defense in the current era.

Good to see people making sense for once

no not even close. jordan average 30 in his playoff career lmao.

Hahahaha a So we mention the injuries and missing of players yet the talking heads gloss over that Worthy was hurt and Kareem was 2 years retired and Magic past his prime... But don't let facts get in the way of a good story

Jordan also went against Dan Marjele, Jeff Hornacek and Byron Scott! "Competition"? LOL!

Jordan averaged 36.7 points per game 7.2 rebound, 6.8 assists and 2.8 steals at 52% shooting season 89-90.

yes he is. nobody wants to admit it though. they don't like LeBron so they will never admit it. nobody hated jordan because he was the only one that good in history at that time

I am so tired of all these LeBron is better than Jordan talk. Michael Jordan has far more accolades than LeBron and has won in a better fashion, there is no comparison.

i wish Broussard would check Nick Wright on this Lebron is better than Jordan argument.

It’s funny looking back on this

I have no idea why but I feel Lebron would give MJ the business if they hypothetically played in their prime. Don't @ me

Nah I will still take Mj over LBJ any day!!!!

If you look at the old classic ESPN for any classic games from when Michael Jordan was in the league early on in the mid-to-late 80s against the Pistons

Its always funny when they say...You made a good point.

if lebron went to Brooklyn they wouldn't make the east lmao,he was asking for more help with this team imagine with the Nets

Just so you guys know LeBrons 3pt %, is the equivalent of 70%+ From the field

When you played in the 80s you were playing ruff-ruff basketball. For example some of the things that the Detroit Pistons did in the 80s would give somebody a month suspension in today's game. So keep in mind Michael Jordan was doing all these things in that type of play.

Why should we give credit to Lebron for making 3s? If you want to be considered the best in the world you must have almost no weaknesses. Plus the league changed and centers now are outside the paint so he can easily just pres R1/R2 and lay up or dunk. He doesnt need almost any skill, just musccles in

We did this with Kobe and now Lebron. It's unfair in many respects to compare thes players to MJ. They are their own thing. Lebron has been great for his era and the game of basketball . Just like Kobe. There will not be another Jordan period. Just leave it alone and enjoy Lebron. Because soon there will be a gal in the game when Lebron leaves. With Kobe then Lebron the NBA has been the 49'ers with Montana and young. It may be 10 years to find another one of these. They don't make a lot of them Lebron/Kobe/Jordan's.

god i hate the 3 revolution

But who was on Jordan most of the time when he faced the Lakers and Suns? Byron Scott? Terry Teagle? Danny Ainge? Kevin Johnson? Midgets. I like how Broussard doesn't even bother to mention Craig Ehlo, who was Jordan's actual matchup and not those other guys. Jordan faced off against severely weak matchups. LeBron has had to go up against the likes of Paul Pierce, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, and Draymond Green, future Hall of Famers.

Ahhh Chris Broussard

Let's see Lebron needed to go to Miami and team up with two other all stars in the East to win. That wasn't enough for him though. The Celtics series was too close for comfort so he weakens the East even more by stealing another superstar in Ray Allen. Even with all this help he only goes 2-2. Then he goes to Cleveland after getting embarrassed by an old Spurs team and teams up with two more all star players. Lebron has only beaten one team that had more than 58 wins in the regular season and only one team that even had the best record in the Western Conference. He beat a second place 47 win young Thunder team, a second place 58 win Spurs team, and the Warriors that were plagued by injury and suspension. Jordan on the other hand stayed with his team through the losing years to the great Celtics and Pistons. And unlike what Lebron fans like to argue, the Pistons were not old when he beat them. Isiah and Rodman were 29 and Joe was 27. If they were old the Spurs Lebron beat and lost to were ancient. Jordan also beat five teams that had the best record in the west and four teams that had 62 or more wins. Pippen was the only other player who even made an all star team during their run in the Finals. Grant never made one and only made all NBA once. Armstrong, Paxson, Harper, Longley, Kerr and an old Cartwright never accomplished anything. Kerr was an accurate shooter but unlike Ray Allen he only took 2 or 3 shots a night. Kucoc was sixth man of the year once but accomplished nothing else. Rodman was a great defender, but never made an all star team with the Bulls and Jordan had already proved he could win without him. So compare Jordan's help with Lebron. It's a joke. And Lebron is still only 3-4 with all that help. Jordan also made the all NBA defensive team 9 times and defensive player of the year, two accomplishments Lebron will never match. He hasn't made a defensive team in four years. So I guess it's easy to do great on offense when you're not doing anything defensively. As for Lebron's assists. Assists are made a lot easier today when you're surrounded by three point shooters. The only area where Jordan can't beat Lebron is probably rebounds because of Lebron's size. Rebounds also weren't really Jordan's job on the floor but still Lebron does have that. The only reason Lebron will break many of Jordan's records is because of longevity. Longevity doesn't make you the greatest. Otherwise there would be a lot of other players in the discussion. I'll just never understand how somebody could even try to say Lebron is better with all the evidence against it. Being second best to Jordan is enough of an accomplishment. At least 99% of the people who matter realize it like the players and former players.

So glad Broussard is here to bring some facts and history to this show..... Colin and Whitlock are so living in the moment they don't even remember how great Jordan was

They gonna stop having Chris Broussard on the show. He consistency makes Whitlock look bad.

would love to see lebron play one playoff game against the 92 and 93 knicks and see his coward fans keep talking ish. see this coward lebron fold and spams up like he did against the spurs with his menstrual cramps foh

Lebron should be the best 3pt shooter int he playoffs... because teams goad him into shooting 3s, litterally the eastern conference strategy is "let Lebron beat us from the outside, only defend if he comes in the lane, then foul" if you watch Lebron in these games hes trying to draw a defender out to the perimeter just so he feels more comfortable taking a "some-what contested 3" vs just bricking a 3 with no one around him. Litterally every game Lebron is doing a stepback crossover for a fadeaway 3 and the whole time your thinking.... aint no body contesting your shot just take it.

Somebody give Chris a show already!!

did collin just try to compare big guys shooting threes to his podcast?.....smh argument lost

basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Chicago-Bulls/4/Playoff-History Quick someone name a player from those great buck teams... Ill wait.

If MJ was in the league, Kobalinda and Lebronica would finish they careers with 0 rings. #FACTS

Chris. You the man! Some people forget about MJ because of the "now" times. You pointing out the numbers/percentages MJ accomplished was proof! Guy next to you even admitted those were good. LeBron is a VERY good player but what MJ did was something else! He even took 2 years off (baseball) then came back and win 3 more consecutive championships! MJs drive is unparalleled. MJ's a killer! Love you, man! Peace!

Ahahahahah their faces when Colin started comparing reporting to how lebron had to change based on rules, they were like "here we go again with the analogies" 😂😂😂 you cant just liken everything to anything lol

it's not that lebron plays nobodies it's that he makes them look like nobodies.

nobody cares about Jordan I was 2 when he retired

Colin and his comparisons. Was waiting for it and as soon as he mentioned Saban i thought "here we go, here comes another Belichick comparison".

Thank you Chris for the common sense and stats to back it up lol... Whitlock be trippin

Why do y'all say that MJ would average 45 in today's game just because the hand check rule isn't around anymore? Today's defenses are MUCH better than they were in the 90s because now defenders must learn to rely on their quickness and foot speed to cut players off, which means that today's defenders are much more athletic, there's a much higher focus on defensive schemes, in fact, I've watched almost every finals game since the mid 80s, last year's finals and probably Spurs vs Heat in 2013 are some of the best defensive series I've ever seen (behind the Pistons against Jordan). Also, zone defenses were not allowed back then. It was considered illegal defense, MJ never had to face it, and considering how the Mavericks were able to slow down 6'8, 270 lb Lebron using their zone defense, I think it's safe to say Jordan would've had his fair share of troubles had he played in this era.

I agree with Whitlock....

so for the first 2 series of 2017 Lerbon: 34.4 pts -9.1reb-7.1 ast -2.1stls- 1.5 blks- FG 55.7% / in 42.4 mpg with a 32.3 USG rate and in my opinion the real value stat that no one ever considers, Game Score of 29.1 Jordan 1989 in the first 2 rounds 37.5pts - 7.8reb- 8.3ast- 2.7stls-0.9blks- FG 53.4%/ 41.7mpg Game Score: 31.4 Jordan 1990 first 2 rounds 40.2pts- 7.2 reb- 7.2ast- 3.3stls- 1.1blks- FG: 54.4% / 42min Game score 32.2 so yeah i can take into account the first 2 rounds and only mention FG% by 2% but it's a long way away from averaging 40-7-7 & 3+stls

"oh thats a good one" lmaaao i watched that part like 5 times

REAL QUICK TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN IS IT JUST ME OR WHY IS IT WHEVER PEOPLE SPEAK ON MICHAEL JORDANS CAREER THEY ONLY SPEAK AS IF HE PLAYED FOR ONLY 6 SEASONS THE MAN WHO THE WORLD IS QUICK TO CROWN THE GREATEST PLAYED A WHOLE 7 SUB PAR SEASONS THAT NOBODY EVER SPEAKS ABOUT WHERE HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF A PLAYOFF SERIES AN LEBRON WAS GREAT EVERY SINGLE SEASON HE PLAYED SINCE HE CAME INTO THE LEAGUE

Y'all are holding to Jordan like a kid holding a blanket let it go and accept that lebron is the 🐐

Chris Broussard....Thank You.

Lol no jordans stats are ridiculous he had a 37.5 pt season. And 41 pts a game in one of his finals

Only things Jordan is better than LeBron at is midrange, guarding shooting guards, losing in the first round, and retiring when you know you're gonna lose and than coming back.

we're talking half product to full product of a playoff run let's wait till after the year to compare the playoff series he's started off great but wait till the end product

I love how Chris changed Whitlock's mind. Chris is the best NBA analyst there is.

I feel like I see an MJ-LeBron debate every week from either First Take, FS1, or Speak For Yourself.

Chris B is 100% correct as usual..

Are we really forgetting the injuries of the '91 Lakers?

This disrespect for LeBron James is disgusting

FOH!! Against a weak conference!! Are ppl really surprised??

Thank God for Chris Broussard. He's the G.O.A.T. of analysts. 95% debates won per show winning in a era against a bronsexual super team in Nick Wright and Collin Cowherd and Shannon Sharpe.

What the.... What is going on with Whitlock actually speaking positive about Bron???!!!!!

We need to stop comparing these two guys, they will never play against each other at their prime so we will never know. It will always be argued about

The amount of disrespect.