"Everything I say about LeBron is in defense of the true GOAT, Jordan, against the phony GOAT, LeBron."
"The real gratefulness is for magic, Larry, and Mike. There's a reason the NBA is what it is today because of those three guys."
"Despite the amazing scoring machine that guys like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and James Harden were, they never once scored at least 60 points in back-to-back NBA games."
"You don't have to minimize Michael Jordan's greatness for LeBron James to be great."
"This is the evolution of the three: Mike, Kobe, LeBron."
"Reggie Miller's third all-time in threes made."
"Prime Dominique Wilkins and a future coach guy Doc Rivers."
"It's tough bro, you know you gotta admire what MJ and Scottie were doing back in the day."
"Both these guys are top 10 players of all time and two of the greatest players in NBA history."
"I have to go with '95 Hakeem over 2000 Shaq."
"I am going to go with Lou Alcindor... for the greatest NBA draft prospect ever."
"I don't think Michael Jordan loses a day of sleep knowing he ain't had to see Elijah One in the finals."
"That'd be a really cool story to have a player like that, a 15th overall draft pick, to get into this position where he could be potentially on top five basketball player of all time."
"Jordan gets four check marks to LeBron's one, making this GOAT debate, well, not much of a debate at all."
"Kobe was really one of the best - almost like the Michael Jordan of our generation."
"I think he would do well and be one of the best players right there with Magic, Bird, Isiah Thomas, Dominique Wilkins, and Michael Jordan."
"Magic at the point, Jordan and Bird on the wings, position adjustment for Hakeem to play power forward, and Shaq at center."
"Kareem has both the same amount of rings and MVPs as Michael Jordan."
"As much as I love Kobe, he wasn't as good as Jordan, and LeBron for damn sure ain't better than Jordan."
"I have a tough time believing somebody could be Michael one-on-one. I mean, everybody's all about LeBron, I love LeBron, respect him but Michael is a different animal."
"It's shameful, it's disrespectful, it's irreverent, it's blasphemous to even put the name of LeBron James in the same sentence with Michael Jordan."
"I see a lot of people discredit Ronaldo because they're Messi fans or discredit Messi because they're Ronaldo fans. Don't do that."
"What if I told you Wilt Chamberlain has that dog in him?"
"Chris Webber was right in the middle of the conversation with Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, and Dirk Nowitzki for the title of the best power forward."
"LeBron James has openly stated... he is chasing Michael Jordan."
"Lamelo respects LeBron. I mean, LeBron is like top five all-time players. He's just, he's goated now."
"MJ is possibly the greatest athlete of all time."
"His mobility, skill level, he is one of the all-time greats."
"No player in today's NBA is wired like Michael Jordan, but Kobe is the closest."
"Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, two of the greatest players of all time, had one hell of a heated rivalry throughout their playing days."
"You cannot say Michael Jordan without saying Scottie Pippen."
"LeBron James is a combination of Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan."
"Even the great Shaquille O'Neal is giving it up to Michael Jordan."
"Thanks to his defense, Hakeem is a two-time back-to-back champ beating elite centers like Shaq and Patrick Ewing in the finals."
"There's no Michael dynasty obviously without Pippen."
"LeBron is the GOAT, it's Michael that did it all, it is Michael Jordan."
"Larry Bird, likely the best small forward of all time, with LeBron right on his tail."
"Penny would have gone down as the top 20 greatest of all time if he had a healthy career."
"The work, the will, the commitment, like I said, getting up when you're knocked down. I mean, you know, throughout Kobe's career, Michael's career, LeBron's career, Dwayne's career, Magic Johnson's career, there's always gonna be these struggles."
"LeBron has a build similar to Karl Malone. Yet he can't play in the '80s and '90s? We're watching the same guy, right?"
"Jordan is ahead of the likes of Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul Jabar."
"Basketball's in a good spot. Thank you, Dream Team. Thank you, Michael Jordan, Magic, Larry. Thank you, guys. Thank you for that entire thing."
"For me, the four Mount Rushmore, if I had to keep it condensing into just a global NBA scale, I think MJ would be up there."
"Personally, I have him on basketball's Mount Rushmore along with Jordan, Kareem, Wilt Chamberlain, and Bill Russell."
"When you're playing with Shaquille O'Neal or Patrick Ewing, you're a little tougher."
"You can pick whatever offensive peak you want, and they're both better than Wilt in my opinion."
"I can't name ten defenders better than Scottie Pippen."
"Kobe, LeBron, and Jordan are my three basketball GOATs."
"LeBron, KD, Dwight, legends of the game."
"Both of them are coming off of historically great seasons; we haven't seen a pair like this since KD joined Steph on the Warriors."
"Magic at four, Kareem at three, LeBron at two, and obviously MJ at one."
"I'm very grateful to have the opportunity to play with two of the greatest to have played the game."
"All for that one move, AI got his fame. They forgot Jordan had 35 and still won that game."
"Game seven of the 1988 Eastern Conference semi-finals for Dominique Wilkins and the Hawks and Larry Bird in the Celtics."
"I think of things like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar when you think of the young Hardaway and the young Shaquille O'Neal."
"I love Bill Russell, one of my favorites."
"The greatest offensive player of all time is LeBron, followed by Jokic and Steph."
"When you compare these two guys' careers, it's not close."
"I came up under a different code, the key guys that I like would never... Mike would never go join Reggie."
"AI, Kobe, LeBron, Tim, and Shaq first team."
"It was definitely the triple threat: Pippen, Rodman, and Jordan."
"When we talk Isaiah Thomas, Kevin Durant, Giannis... we're really talking about the true top-tier pantheon greats."
"Top 10 most athletic NBA players of all time? LeBron, MJ, Dr J for sure."
"He's going to retire as one of the 13 best players ever."
"He challenged Michael Jordan, so what happened?"
"If you put Hakeem with Clyde Drexler, they're gonna win some games."
"First of all, there's Larry Bird, he's the God, I'm Jesus, and then the rest are my angels."