Michael Jordan vs Lebron James - The Best GOAT Comparison! (LeBron Fan Reaction) 

Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king. - Tywin Lannister

Take it from a broken-hearted Knicks fan from the 90's. We had outstanding teams year after year, epic battles in the playoffs against the Pacers and others, but once we hit MJ's Bulls, it was all over. Every. Single. Year.

-- You had to be there, live to see Michael play. There's no words to describe it.

The only live game I saw MJ played was in Wizards, 40yo Jordan dominated the Eastern champion Nets with Jason Kidd, K-Mart and RJ. That game I will never forget.

I can say one thing watching his high lights and watching live totally different. There will never be another MJ.

The thing about Mike's game that gets severely overlooked is the fact that he had no wasted movements. He was precise. It's like every move was precalculated.

The 20% clutch Kobe face pop up had me weak!😂

I was a kid living in Australia in the 90's, but you'd think it was Chicago with how many people here had bulls jerseys. You forget what MJ did for the sport internationally. People who like basketball know lebron internationally, and maybe more now cause he's been in some movies and stuff.... but man EVERYBODY and their mother knew who MJ was... MJ is so iconic around the world that the most popular shoe was sold with just his silhouette. My 65 year old Scottish mother whos never watched a game of basketball in her life can point Jordan out and know exactly who he is and what he did

I am one year older than MJ so I saw him when he was playing and I have seen obviously Lebron and many other superstars - MJ took your breath away watching him - taking nothing away from all the other greats - no one else has really done that since - And I live on the other side of the world - he took the game truly global - Legend

The biggest thing to me growing up with MJ is that everyone was an MJ fan. It didn't matter who your team was, you were excited to see MJ play. I am from Seattle and it was crushing to have the Sonics loose to the Bulls in the finals, but we still loved watching MJ.

Im not understanding what people are thinking between bron and M.j.🤷 Again there is no comparison. Bron not on M.j's level period. M.j played when there wasn't much European players, maybe 35-40 at that time if that. Bron is playing at a time when there's atleast 160+ european players who defense have made the n.b.a. full of H2o, watered down because none of them play a lick of "D"/ The floor is more open than it use to be, no holding or hand checking ine bit. So what do ppl think M.j. would do to the defense today? He would absolutely grill the n.b.a. for 42+ easy. He never failed in a finals, like bron have. Bron has the 3rd most losses in N.b.a. finals history.

MJ's will to win is unmatched!

Most LeBron fans don't want to hear these facts.

...if you`re the best in something, you are the "Michael Jordan of...... - no more words needed

Bro I just subscribed to your channel , I watch that whole video , and I appreciate you being a LeBron fan and having a better perspective on this debate.

No matter where you lived in the states, we were all Bulls fans more than our own team. I live in Atlanta so the Hawks for me were always second. Every game Michael played we were glued to the TV to see him play. It was truly a blessing to have watched him play live.

Saw both live..MJ is another Level

Jordan is the goat hands down. My mom doesn’t even like basketball. But it was dinner time, and the bulls game was on tv. It was unreal what he was doing and everyone wanted to watch live. From kids to grandparents. He put asses in seats and made crowds erupt with winning shots. What a time to be alive to see him play live

I appreciate your humility brother ✊🏾💯💪🏾

Lol this was very fun to watch

Hey there! I can add another perspective why MJ is the GOAT. I am from Germany and I was never a great basketball fan. Football or soccer as you call it in the US is the big thing here. But when Mike was playing, me and my friends gathered and stayed up whole nights, just to see him play. School or work next day? I don't care, Mike is playing. Because he did things we never saw before. That doesn't happen for Lebron. No one in Europe cares about the NBA anymore. Greets from Germany!

My favorite players of all time are Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp. Because of MJ, they never won a title. I seriously believe if MJ hadn't retired to play baseball, the Bulls would have won 8 straight championships. The things he did on the court were just amazing.

LeBron fans are stats oriented not results oriented or the bar wouldn't be just barely off the ground in comparison to MJ. Jordan is a leader and LeBron is a better version of Scottie Pippen. A good Robin looking for a Batman. His career speaks volumes about it. MJ has always been the Dark Knight.

I’ve watched this video a few times and it’s the best version of this debate great job buddy

People dont understand how good MJ was! I grew up when MJ in his prime and there was nothing like watching him live! there was Jordan and everyone else!

I know it sounds crazy saying Jordan was great at everything & had no weaknesses, but I'm telling you, I saw with my own 2 eyes. Normally when you see someone shoot it, for a split second you're hoping it goes in. With Mike, that NEVER happened. You knew it was going in, & it always did. Yeah, he missed shots, everyone does, but he made so many that you expected. I saw this man do incredible things. He was definitely great at everything & had zero weaknesses.

Michael Jordan was a worldwide superstar way before social media. LeFlop became a star because of social media.

Great video!!!

I'm Italian, so I'm bound to football (or soccer, as you americans call it), never been a fan of basketball. But MJ is what made me follow it and love it back in the early '90.

Why does everyone forget about Kobe, I put him way before Lebron!

That's why its hard for this generation to get, they didn't get to see him live on TV or in person 🤷🏿‍♂️

Im Australian 41 years old. Playoff games used to be on at 1am & u bta believe i stayed up to watch the bulls & Jordan play.... and i was a Barkley /suns fan.lol But u just knew Jodan was going to bring it & come up clutch. His desire & will were just unimaginable. Now Lebron... great player & all no doubt. Top 5 player but in my mind there was always a question mark weather he would get it done come crunch time in the back of my head. Cant say the same for M.J. I dunno....its hard to explain.... but i giess thats what greatness is. Peace ✌️

All I'm gonna say is, Ask Portland what happened when they forced him to shoot outside? MJ is on another level from everyone else.

I'm an Ohio guy, I love Ohio, I love all my Ohio teams and love LeBron. I would enjoy nothing more than to say the goat is a kid from Ohio. But that would be a lie because I've seen MJ. LeBron is amazing, but comparing anyone to MJ simply isn't fair.

I love Lebron but c’mon man! Jordan is GOAT! 🐐 Jordan’s peak was much higher than Lebron’s.

Nice reaction.

As someone who obsesses over Larry bird. I can say without a shred of doubt, Michael Jordan is the absolute goat. The same way Muhammad Ali is the goat for boxing.

But he also worked harder than everyone else. That's why he was great. You should look up some playoff series. Full games. From 92, 93, 96, & 97. Watch him work. You'll find them on RU-vid easily

Anyone remember playing Jordan vs Bird on Nintendo?

I'll be 44 years old next month. Michael Jordan was God of basketball. Even Larry Bird said that essentially. EVERYONE wanted to be like Mike. I'm thankful I got to see his career through most of it's existence. Too young to remember his first couple of years unfortunately. But he lit the league on fire from day 1.

A legit reaction with humility at the end. Respect.

Jordan was graceful on the court, truly beautiful to watch on the court. He had a better back to the basket game, better handle, was more fundamentally sound, bigger IQ. MJ learned from Dean Smith, Bron learned watching MJ. And anything Bron can do MJ could do. If he needed to be a PG and display court vision-the one thing Bron guys say he’s better at-yeah right…he could do it. If you wanna say a minor flaw for MJ was that he was about an 80% career FT guy. Thats it. Minor in that we expect the greatest ever to be at that John Stockton FT%. He was a better defender and though the game was different back than-without the over abundance of 3’s like now-MJ would be the better 3 shooter. On top of that was the work ethic and mythological stamina and killer instinct. MJ didn’t do load management, he respected fans by going out and playing for the fans who showed up to see him. Oh and as much of a jerk that he was to teammates, he did it behind closed doors. He never showed up coaches and do stupid egotistical crap like Lebron subbing himself out and getting his team a tech. 9:50 - What about the big 3 in Miami losing to Dallas, and Bron getting locked up for the most part by an old J Kidd?

Love the video

This is the best breakdown I have ever seen .. Every basketball fan needs to watch this .. Thankyou..

You are right, seeing a player live in person is something totally different. I too got to see Jordan live. I also saw bird, Ewing, the bad boys, Karl Malone, Allen Iverson, everyone. I was at LeBrons first game at arco arena in Sacramento too. When it comes to sports, I’ve been blessed to have lived diuring what feels like the NBA’s prime. There will never be another Jordan. However, I would love to see Lebron compared to Kobe. Kobe also wasn’t Jordan but I feel like he was closer to Jordan than lebron is.

It’s kinda crazy to me how people can get caught up in the difference between your “favorite” player and the “best” player. I grew up in Houston and really got into the right age range to follow sports RIGHT when the Rockets were winning championships(I think I was 11 and 12 for the two rings)and it was AWESOME. Hakeem will always be my favorite player, and you put a couple of drinks in me and I’ll 100% argue that he was the best center of all time. That said, if you get a couple of drinks in me, I’ll argue that the sky is green, because we’re out and I’m bullshitting with the boys. When it comes to actually playing the game, influencing culture, and making the game what it is? MJ is the GOAT, and it’s not even a question

Great reaction!

Good video, brother. 👍

The hustle is what makes Michael the greatest. I watch James and he looks like he's watching the game just as I am. He's just on the court doing it.

The eye test watching MJ play was beyond phenomenal! No weaknesses. His first step was lightnig fast, it threw off defenders. His fade away jumper became unguardable. MJ say, " y'all cant guard me!" And back it up!

Great video

What you got to see with LeBron James versus Michael Jordan is how the media never wanted to declare Michael Jordan the goat... Michael Jordan had to fight very hard to be recognized by the national media as the greatest player of all time and he fought with his play on the basketball court. The media was so eager to put someone ahead of Michael Jordan that they overlooked what would become an avalanche of support for Michael Jordan... Jordan only became a media darling because he stood up to The Firestorm of pressure and overcame it but let's not act like it was ever a debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James because Jordan is clearly the goat...

The crazy thing is MJ is actually underrated, grossly by fans today. Lebron is a great player but all his accomplishments come from his longevity and that is aided in playing in the softest era. It's fun to compare players but there is no comparison here 🤗

All I'm gonna say is - Not only was LeBron 4-6 in the Finals, but in 4 of those 6 losses, his head-to-head matchup, the other team's SF, earned Finals MVP (Kawhi, Durant x2, Igoudala). Jordan would never!

I’ve seen MJ & LeBron 51/54x each live and BOTH are ILLmatic. I was there for both! I’m in my 40s! They’re BOTH Mount Rushmore athletes in ALL sports. Anyone acting like it’s not close is a biased non objective Stan. I was at Game 4 in 1989 ECF when he gagged Vs Pistons in Chicago. I was in shock as he was ILLmatic all playoffs before that averaging 37 ppg his first 14 games. He was amazing his first 3 game vs Pistons that ECF too. They were up 2-1 with games 4/6 at home and they lost 3 in a row with MJ playing bad all 3 games especially in the clutch. All in 6/9/9 point losses. MJ was also bad Games 4-6 of 1996 Finals. This notion he never came up small like LeBron games 4-6 of 2011 Finals is just not true and I say this as a massive fan of both. Pacers season tickets since 1987 (great seats center court row 9/11/13) so I’m as unbiased as it gets as diehard Pacers fan who also happened to love MJ/LeBron (as well as Reggie Miller Bird Isiah Hakeem Jokic Luka Haliburton name a few others). I’m also a love of NBA/ABA history who has not only been to 1500+ NBA games live since 80s, but studied the history going back to 50s like very few others. MJ & LeBron are both God tier and anyone trying to tell you different is a biased Stan PERIOD! MJ > LeBron in his first 9 years LeBron > MJ yr 10 and beyond MJ 6 yr peak 87-88 to 92-93 > LeBron 6 yr peak, but LeBron 08-09 to 19-20 > 12yr peak then MJ. MJ > in 20s LeBron > 30s It’s splitting hairs on so many levels yet so many try to pretend the other is not elite alien in their own right and it drives me mad! Stop trying to downplay the other or the others era! BOTH would dominate in any era EVER just like the best in every decade would!

Great stuff 🤘 Good on you for having an objective mindset here. Jordan was simply a different animal.

MJ, hands down. Watched both play....I remember MJ for having an un-deniable will to win and I will remember LBJ for self proclamation.

It never was a chance MJ is just that guy he's him

Grew up loving Jordan and I’m from Ohio and watched Lebron from high school,and I absolutely love Lebron, but Michael Jordan is the best player I’ve ever seen. This video break down is great one especially for the younger guys who didn’t see Jordan play.

Man, they tweaked these stats to put it in Jordan's favor!😂😂

1. MJ 2. Kareem 3. Bird / Magic 4. Russel 5. Wilt

Your the most mature, and truthful reviewer ive seen.....spot on man 😎

GREAT REACTION TO A GREAT VIDEO!

Best breakdown and explanation as to why, seeing was believeing

One small thing about a lot of the MJ "highlight" videos - Most of the stuff you see in those videos are things you could just kind of expect from MJ on a nightly basis. PS - I'd absolutely love for you to react to some of the full game videos here on youtube. You may not be able to see it live, but you can see raw uncut games.

Jordan, Magic, Bird, Shaq, & Kobe in that Order.

One of the few Lebron fans that take logic and facts before any false sentiment: you got my respect for that! A piece of advice: you don't need numbers, stats, or anyone else telling/explaining who is the goat, just watch games and then you will truly understand why us old-heads keep MJ on top. You may like it or may not, but trust your eyes! Good luck!

Even his final bulls game was one of the most legendary things I’ve ever seen. Final seconds of the game. Stole the ball from the other teams best player (Karl Malone). Hit the buzzer beater immediately after to win. That follow thru…

They did not even have the 3 point arch when MJ was in college. Crazy

What makes Jordan so great, aside from stats and accolafes is that his moves are so graceful, from his dunks to his signature fadeaway. Its beautiful to watch. Poetry in motion. Closest anyone got was Kobe. I couldnt say the same for LeFlop. I read somewhere that its like comparing a fine-tuned Ferrari to a souped up Escalade. Jordan just has that XFactor. He plays a beautiful game. Roger Federer also has it.

You can only be a Lebron if you have not seen how Michael Jordan played during his prime.

It's okay, man. We all find out eventually that Jordan was the goat. I grew up a huge Memphis Tigers fan and Penny was my guy. When him and Shaq beat the unprepared Bulls in '95, I thought the Jordan dynasty was over. Then he came back in '96, swept the Magic, and took over the game again. I was bummed because Penny and the Magic were done, but you had to acknowledge that Jordan is the GOAT. I saw him play the Grizzlies live in 2002. Dude was 40 at the time. He was playing on sore knees per the press. MFer had 22 at halftime and sat out the second half because the Wizards had a huge lead. Even at 40, watching him on the floor, he wasn't as fast as he had been but he was so precise and he carved up the Grizz. I saw another comment below that Jordan highlights vs Jordan live is a different experience. Jordan live was scary. You just couldn't stop him and he would pick you apart on defense, not to mention that he had a pathological desire to win.

The only comparisons: One played both ends all out, the other the offensive end ,which promoted his longevity. The other: One guy won a ring every 2.5 years, the other ever 5 years.. and counting.

That first time he said But Lol😂 then talked about the spurs

Does anyone have the link to the real video?

There is no weakness to MJ. He is unmatched

For another example of this, listen to Dame talk about the 75th anniversary ASG event Dame was starstruck being in the room with the other greats. And when MJ walked in ALL the greats were starstruck MJ is HIM

When they call lebron name on then court, the opponent team had a smile and happy. Thats different with MJ, when MJ names get called, the opponent teams gets terified.. not only them.. the all stadium or halls get goosebumps. Imagine beeing in the opposing side while playing at chicago stadium… the intro sound of bulls will catch your soul already.. then The Man walking out to the court.. your soul would never coming back to your body 😂🤭🤭

How many folks from before Jordan's era ever complained about how the game itself was better in their era?

Beyond all that, you ask any player that played against both of them (and Kobe too), as far as I know they will, without hesitation, say Jordan was the best.

To me it's the "eye test!" We all know. It's MJ!

I was lucky enough to grow up in the Chicago area in the 90’s. Jordan was more recognizable world wide, than the President of the United States!!! Think about that for a minute. MJ was an unstoppable force. Greatest athlete of all time!

I’m 46 years old and grew up in Phoenix,Az. I was lucky enough to see MJ play live in 1993 when the Suns lost to the Bulls in the finals. I also seen Kobe play live in Los Angeles in 2000 when the Lakers won the first of their 3-peat. I also seen Bron play with Cleveland the first time and Miami when they played the Lakers because I moved to Los Angeles in 1997 and my good friends family has had Lakers season tickets since the early 80’s. MJ and Kobe were just different. They were assassins out there. Players feared MJ and Kobe. They lost sleep the night before the played MJ or Kobe. Players never feared Bron. Bron is a amazing player and is the GOAT of his era but MJ will always be the GOAT overall

9:49 statistically MJ faced harder competition than LBJ. On a final run (As of today) LBJ faced a 50 wins team 58% of the time and MJ 66% of the time. And for 60 wins team, LBJ faced one 15% of the time and MJ 29% of time.

Is he getting better because he's found the Fountain of youth? or because he rests on defense and not play full seasons? Honest question.

I agree 110% never a debate,don’t get me wrong I love LBJ,but if you so them both play you know,and in my stat’s I still put Kobe one step a head as well,LBJ definitely top 5 of all times.

Where is the original video from?

I just came across this video. Probably the best comparison video I've seen. Didn't show a bias towards LeBron or Jordan. Just used good analysis. I also have to give you high marks for keeping an open mind. I could tell by your reaction to the different statistical analysis that you are a student of the game by your comments throughout the video. Great video. I enjoyed it.

I heard you mention that your generation wasn't able to see MJ play live and that could be why a lot of people consider LeBron to be better. If you get a chance, check out the full game videos on RU-vid of the 1991-92 ECSF and 92-93 ECF of the Bulls vs Knicks. Those are 2 of my favorite series of all time that MJ played in. Just look at the tough defenses, hard fouls, and intensity of those games. They were amazing games and summed up 90s NBA basketball in a nutshell. Some of today's stars wouldn't have made it through those series, both physically and mentally. Do yourself a favor and watch them, you won't regret it!

Don't make any excuses. Also this was the best breakdown on the GOAT video yet.

There are full games of Jordan playing in the 90's I think you'll be surprised. They are all on youtube.

Having grown up in the Jordan era, the bit that people do not get, Jordan was as ferocious on defense as he was on offense. He chased through ALL screens and never took plays off.

One thing that always fascinates me about Jordan is how his handle seemed so simple. It was like he faced his opponent, shimmied his shoulder a little and then blew past the defender. He has the crossover, of course, but many times he didn’t even need to use it.

I could probably say Lebronda is a better athlete. But Mike had more skill, talent, charisma, leadership, loyalty, and most importantly, heart.

This was the best goat debate video ever

The greatest NEVER have to proclaim themselves the greatest. The fans and history will do that for you

Im 45 so Ive seen both thier whole career and its not even close. Jordan was a cheat code.

I am from Kingston Jamaica and i can speak for most Jamaicans including my self,we stop watching Basketball when Jordan stop playing,our focus has shifted to soccer,LeBron is a great player but not a wow how did he do that.

Where is the link to the video in the description?

@FTB REACTS Ay mayne,as someone that has watched a lot of these react vids to this particular 🐐 comparison between MJ and LBJ as well as having the privilege to watch them both since they entered the league, I gotta give YOU your props.🫡 There are some staunch LBJ fans from your generation and mine, that refuse to acknowledge what is factually known. I appreciate you giving the insight in your last vid of stating the fact that your gen didn't get the opportunity to see MJ play,something I hadn't taken into much consideration when watching others reaction vids. I understand LBJ is y'all's goat. MJ is thee G.O.A.T. even if you exclude the eye test. Which is the only test you actually need. I sub'd up on the fact you kept it funky. Respect.💪🏽 Jordan was different different in EVERY aspect and it showed EVERY game. Opposing fans and teams feared MJ.