Michael Jordan, Aged 59, backed to Beat LeBron James One-on-One

Published 02/26/2022, 3:30 PM EST

The Greatest of All Time debate has gone on for too long. Spectators have always been divided among players such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. However, the comparison of LeBron to Michael is something that sounds out. The major debate stands between these two.

Skip Bayless gave his opinion about who might be better on The Skip Bayless Show. Skip Bayless is of the opinion that Michael Jordan is, and has always been better than LeBron James. He is a huge Jordan supporter and believes that Jordan could easily defeat LeBron in his prime. He says “both their primes, destruction on part of Jordan.”

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However, the shocking part was Skip backing Jordan in a one-on-one with James right now. Jordan just turned 59 years old. No one knows whether he is still active and athletic right now. On the other hand, LeBron is having one of the best scoring seasons of his entire career. Skip Bayless still backs Jordan in a one-on-one right now.

Skip continues “My head says no. Michael couldn’t hold up in a one-on-one right now against LeBron.” However, he continues to say, “I still believe that Michael Jeffery Jordan would even now figure a way to beat LeBron on sheer killer will.”

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Michael Jordan’s legendary career

His Airness was quite literally the greatest player to ever exist. He is not just regarded as the greatest basketball player, rather he is known as one of the greatest athletes. He has inspired countless people throughout his career. And there is nothing he has not achieved as a professional basketball player.

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Jordan didn’t only play the game, he changed it completely. NBA did not have the media and international attention that it has now. Michael was one of the first athletes to be internationally celebrated. People used to line up to see him in whichever country he went to.

Moreover, he established the legacy of the United States in basketball by being one of the most important players in the 1992 Olympic Dream Team’. Furthermore. most of the records that the young stars are beating now, were mostly set by him. Jordan broke the ceiling of the sport and took it to a whole different level.

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Some players just played the sport. Michael Jordan, however, was there to set a whole new standard for basketball.

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Abhinav Bhalla is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He is a 5th year law student and has had a passion for Basketball and NBA since his early childhood. He has competed at school, university and national levels himself, and has a deep analytical appreciation for the sport.

Michael Jordan, Aged 59, backed to Beat LeBron James One-on-One

Michael Jordan’s legendary career

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