Debate in the NBA is often centered on who is the best player of all time — James or Jordan.
Jordan, 57, won six NBA championships, as many Finals MVP’s and five Most Valuable Player awards during a remarkable career with the Bulls.
James has three titles to his name — two with the Miami Heat and one with the Cleveland Cavaliers — and three Finals MVP honors, while he is a four-time Most Valuable Player recipient.
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Following the conclusion of ESPN’s 10-part docuseries “The Last Dance,” focused on the Bulls team that won the 1997-98 NBA championship to complete a second three-peat in eight years, James fantasized about being Jordan’s teammate.
“Me personally the way I play the game — team first — I feel like my best assets work perfectly with Mike,” the 35-year-old said in a video via Uninterrupted’s YouTube Channel on Monday.
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“Mike is an assassin. When it comes to playing the game of basketball, scoring the way he scored the ball [then] my ability to pass, my ability to read the game plays and plays and plays in advance.”
James added: “I saw the things [Scottie Pippen] was able to do with Mike, I just think it would’ve been a whole ’nother level.
“Pip was one of my favorite players…it would’ve been a whole ’nother level with me being that point forward alongside of him during those Chicago runs.”
James also remembered taking part in Jordan’s annual summer camp at UC-Santa Barbara after being drafted as the number one pick in 2003.
“We used to play around 9 p.m. The camp would end…and we would stay along with the college kids that he would invite,” James said. “We would get a good-ass run in for about an hour, an hour-15. I was on the same team with MJ and we didn’t lose a game.”
