LAUGHABLE! Stephen A. RIPS Shannon Sharpe’s LeBron vs. Michael thoughts! | First Take

MJ all day.

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They really tryna compete with inside the nba

Didn't Brin get carried off the court due to 'cramping' MJ was BALLIN' with 103° temp in Utah( high elevation). Stop it Shay-Shay

Yup Bron is the goat. Going On Another Team. That's the point. MJ wanted to the best(and he is) Bron wanted to be Jordan...Maybe in another lifetime baby Bron. MJ all day, everyday and twice on Sunday.

"Lebrons the first player to have to deal with sports media" 🤣🤣

Michael Jordan left the NBA with a Mark a stamp, blue print and a world record status
That world record he left is still untouchable in this era of world wide busket ball. unless someone beats his record he can pass it on.
Usain bolt left his record it's still untouched

JORDAN IS G.O.A.T.
Stephen is right, when you looks at Lebron he just hasn't achieved enough.

Lebron has...

Highest turnovers in history.

lost 100 playoff games.

Has only 1 scoring title in a long 20 year plus career.

Has no defensive title in a 20 year plus career.

Lost 6 NBA Finals including 2 full sweeps. Would a real great lose in the Finals six times and get swept?

Missed 19 consecutive 3 pointers last season.

Has a bronze medal to polish, unlike better Team U.S.A players.

Has never matched Jordan and Wilts career average of 30.1 points per game.

Has never scored more 30, 40, 50, or 60 point games than Jordan. (And Jordan played a lot less years....a LOT LESS)

2nd most missed Free Throws in history.

Manufactures videos about him getting into work early to practice. Trying to emulate better players with a better work ethic.

Keeps talking about "Mindset" and "Legacy"....but then rarely wins anything.

Flops a lot, and misses vital free throws. In fact he is 2nd for most missed Free Throws in History.

Walks off court and throws tantrums when things are not going his way. That's not passion, that's acting like like a child.

Awful in the clutch. Was currently 2/22 at one point .

With his size he should be dominating the open lanes, especially since there is less competitive defense in the league now.

Even his own ex teamates Ray Allen and Dwayne Wade said Jordan is better.

Made a mediocre Space Jam movie, but thats nothing to do with Basketball. That was just more hype than anything.

His PR team are on fire though, dragging out an overrated career with new t.v shows, and old dunk highlights , and talking again about "Legacy". It needs changing to "Lunacy"

Fans use litterally ever other player except Lebron to say Lebron is better 😂😂😂😂

A perfect example is when Lebron fans bring up Scottie Pippen.
Yes Scottie Pippen played with Jordan....but what they forget....Jordan still led in scoring and played hard defense.
Pippen certainly didn't make Jordan a better player, because he was already the top of his game.

This is unlike Lebron.....when he cried and demanded to be traded to teams with better players, and specifically a team with a shot at a title.....he didn't step up, he choked and let Dwayne Wade average big numbers instead.

It's like comparing Ferrari to a Peugeot.

JORDAN IS G.O.A.T

MJ literally said from his own mouth he couldnt deal with social media.

Shannon won that one

I don't think LeBron was as globally popular as Jordan was.. Even Kim Jong Un was a fan haha. I was born and raised in the US but like in Korea and even here, Stephen Curry is more popular than LeBron.

Why is facing scrutiny a good thing lol maybe don’t flop and complain about fouls and call yourself the goat when 75% of the world disagrees

Excellent.

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Lebron can't mess with Mj on any level. Cut it out.

Polarising view :
The scrutiny for both players on gameplay is/was the same. The difference is in the avenues which have been created to express criticism or go through old time regular media(Social Media). I think Jordan certainly wins the GOAT debate, but I also believe, Jordan would be less scathed from this sort of scrutiny that happens today.

LeBron is a great player. But unfortunately shall always be reaching to what the greatness of Micheal Jordan was and forever will be.

❤both though!

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This is much much better than undisputed~

Lebron better people just so stubborn an foolish to admit it just like 99% of the world today s/ o to the 1 percenters like Shannon

Jordan had to deal with 24 hour, 7 days a week media coverage before it even existed!!!
Stop making excuses for LeBron. Stop, just stop.
Normally I would tell anyone not to smoke crack. In your case... smoke crack. You need something heavy duty, to being you back down to reality!

its shannon who riped stephen a, i dont understand the title

Bro I swear u ain't see Stephen A smile this much on first take in years lol

This was very honest interview

Rich is a cornball

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Shannon sharpe literally argue or debate by raising his voice and being loud.

Look, lebron is a awesome player and on a mount Rushmore of basketball but let's be real here. 6-0 in the finals, lead the league in scoring 10 times, All defensive first team 9 times, played all 82 games both sides of the floor, had that mentality of a champion and who was a killer on the court. As i said before lebron is a great player but we're not comparing him to a guy who had no weaknesses

I'll have to agree with Shannon strictly on the fact of the internet.

I agree with Shannon on the scrutiny but the poll for who is the GOAT hands down MJ for me. There was no one to compare to MJ he was so great he stood alone. Bron doesn't have that going for himself.

😐 luckily i do neither and don't go around getting emotional and crying over a basketball player, because of a ranking and how someone sees a player and their competition. If your gonna disrespect the 1940s to 70s players. Than its okay for someone to disrespect the 1980s to now, you can't have your cake to eat it to

🐐+🐐=best duo in ESPN history

Lebron should’ve never picked number 23 then

Never had to deal with uh, Larry, Magic, Kareem, Dr.J, etc? Lmao

Todo muy bieno eselente programa

Shannon is right. Tougher scrutiny by a mile. Literally constant monitoring of his life. As a high schooler he was given the nickname of king. Cmon now. It shouldn't even a discussion.

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These two are straight 🔥 🔥 🔥

Jordan never had that lol, nah just had reporters blaming him for his fathers death with no real proof. Just one example

Shannon talks too loud

This is a great setting watching two comparisons from diff eras but the level of respect is still there. Watch 1st take rates go up. I only watched Undisputed because of Shannon. Stephen A is very knowledgeable as I have watched him for years. There may not have not been social media in Mj time but there was still Paparazzi around. Looking forward to more of this. 💯

The reason why LeBron is always compared/scrutinized is because he has done NOTHING to separate himself from the argument. Who were people going to compare Jordan to? The answer: himself.

Why does everyone always leave kobe out of the GOAT conversation

Molly just ruining a great debate at this point

Bruuuuhhhh if MJ played during this era, he’s def have more scrutiny. He’d score like 45 a night having people wondering how.

Mj

Lol…who did Mike get compared to. That’s like saying who is Jesus compared to. There was no one in Jordan’s world……point blank period. That’s the issue with Kobe on down. As great as they were there were others around them

i just want to dispell this weird thing Stephen A says when he asks "are you white" becaaue according to Stephen A only "brothers talk that in jest"

bro, white people talk like that in jest all day, but Stephen A has to make the racial dig like whites are lame and so prim and proper. The Pure racism and stereotyping is so unappealing.