out of prime you can make the same excuse for the MJ Pistons and Lakers. Barely escaped but he escpaed ragardless, no need to put barely behind it.
Point is, he beat PROVEN champions, whereas MJ didn't. Let's keep it 100, LBJ had more competition than MJ. GSW alone shyts all over the competition MJ went through

The bulls beat the lakers 4-1. How is that “barely”? And yes Lebron did have more competition....and he lost more than he won, in fact, he had to force a game 7 twice out of his 3 rings.
The spurs were seconds from beating him before Chris Bosh rebound-Ray Allen shot. Granted Lebron had a spectacular Game 7 but still it was seconds away from no game 7 at all from a team where 3 of the stars were old ass nikkas
The warriors were up 3-1 and had probably one of the worse collapses in sports history for him to beat them.
That whole “More competition” shyt only works if Lebron has 4-5 rings. Then we can debate who beat who.
Lebron is 3-5 and had to force his way from defeat twice. Jordan never had to
Jordan never choked to a team like the 2011 Dallas either.