Am I trippin or do people not know that in 2001 the NBA implemented the defensive 3 second rule making it easier for players to score at the rim. That’s part of the reason why players say Jordan would average 40 or 50 in todays game. But regardless congrats to lebron for being an iron man and taking care of his body to be able to play at a high level for so long. Jordan is still the goat though, no debate.
Don’t forget that Jordan played in a far tougher era than Lebron, half the reason he lost against the Bad Boy Pistons was because they played physical defense, knocking down players, and even then Jordan played just as hard to make them earn those wins
The fact that lebron (at age 38) is scoring more and putting up better numbers these last 2 years than when he was younger and in his Prime and Peak... says all you need to know about how ridiculously EASY it is to put up stats in this NO DEFENSE league.
The one thing no one seems to mention that is the biggest difference between Jordan and LeBron is the killer instinct. Jordan simply refused to lose, the harder things got the higher he seemed to rise. LeBron just makes excuses and at times seems to fade into the nether.
