Hakeem Olajuwan Gives LeBron That ETHER.

[Stick Up Kid]

“Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough league”

Then warrior teams and spurs teams would’ve beat them bulls ass. When he says “tough league” is he taking about the competition

LeBron was going through Demar Derozon, Joe Johnson, Al Horford, Paul George, Brook Lopez, Bismack Byombo every year.

 

[EBK String]

MJ was an artist on the court and the player that helped take Basketball global. Lebron or anybody else can't surpass him, he is the Babe Ruth of basketball.

 

[Conscious Pilot]

The Dream told no lies

 

[sfgiants]

Hakeem Kendrick Perkins

 

[duncanthetall]

In b4 LeGBT up in trying to juelz about how one of the greatest, most skilled, and knowledgable players in the history of the sport don't know what he's talking about and how Tristan Thompson, Shannon Sharpe, Nick Wright, and resident coli couch potatoes worthless ass opinions on anything mean more than his

Dream the greatest 5 of all time IMO but I really don’t give a fukk about his opinion

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

And I'm just going to point out the obvious here (well, maybe not to some), of course, Hakeem is going say MJ played in a tougher league because it's the same damn league he played in too. He's not going to come out and openly say Bron played in harsher conditions when it makes him look like less of a player and dilutes his accomplishments when he won titles in that tougher league.

When are y'all nxggas going to learn that all these players have their own agendas to uphold?

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

Dream the greatest 5 of all time IMO but I really don’t give a fukk about his opinion

So top five Hakeem opinion not greater than yours?

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

And I'm just going to point out the obvious here (well, maybe not to some), of course, Hakeem is going say MJ played in a tougher league because it's the league that he played in too. He's not going to come out and openly say Bron played in a tougher league when he makes him look like less of a player and dilutes his accomplishments when he won titles in that tougher league.

When are y'all nxggas going to learn that all these players have their own agendas to uphold?

So Hakeem can't have an opinion? That's what I wanna know?

 

[IllmaticDelta]

That quote is from 2017

Legendary NBA center Hakeem Olajuwon was once asked about the comparison between Michael Jordan and LeBron James. The two-time NBA champion thought the comparison is not fair back in 2017 because Jordan ‘is far superior player’.

“When people start comparing him with Jordan, then that’s not a fair comparison. Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough league, and he was very creative. That’s not taking away anything from LeBron because he is a great player, but it is not a fair comparison because Jordan is a far superior player,” Olajuwon told CNBC via Will Starjacki of Basketball Network.


LeBron won his fourth NBA title since the quote has been made. But this may not have changed Olajuwon’s views since the number of championships won wasn’t one of his criteria.

Hakeem Olajuwon: Michael Jordan is far superior player than LeBron James | TalkBasket.net


why is this news like he recently said this?

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

MJ never lost in the finals... 6 for 6 with 6 fmvps.. No losses...

 

[IllmaticDelta]

isnt this quote old as shyt i remember dream saying this years ago

It is...it's from 2017!! People out here using old articles/opinions for clicks

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

So Hakeem can't have an opinion? That's what I wanna know?

How did we go from players having agendas to players can't have opinions? Everyone can have an opinion, but just because someone played the game at the NBA-level and are one of the GOATs, doesn't mean that their opinion(s) hold more weight than everyone else's. If we're being honest here, the best players' opinions are more agenda-driven than everyone else's because they've built a sense of self-belief and competitiveness where they've had to become the best. They didn't become great at their craft by being objective and reasonable.

You can't expect one of the GOATs to come out and say anything that puts themselves in a bad light.

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

How did we go from players having agendas to players can't have opinions? Everyone can have an opinion, but just because someone played the game at the NBA-level and are one of the GOATs, doesn't mean that their opinion(s) hold more weight than everyone else's.

I'll dap. But you don't think Hakeem knows more about basketball than you? If Tom Cruise said he knew more about flim than you you would take that. If Barack Obama said he knew more about politics you wouldn't say otherwise. If a crack head said he knew more about crack you wouldnt argue. so what makes you wiser than Hakeem.

 

[LexDiamonds]

The quote is actually from January 2015 the interview just came out in 2017. A lot has changed since then.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I'll dap. But you don't think Hakeem knows more about basketball than you?

Too broad of a question to answer.

And just because someone may know more about basketball than someone else doesn't automatically mean that they're going to be more objective, and it doesn't mean that they're always going to be right. Hakeem could be infinitely more knowledgeable about the game than x-person, but x-person has a more accurate opinion on Jordan v. Bron.