Discussions about James have intensified since this season's All-Star Game, and james hasn't experienced as much criticism as this season in his entire career. But if we can look at James's entire career, we will find that this is another decision after James' deliberation. James is arguably the most successful basketball player in the world after Jordan, but he is not great about basketball itself.
In the 20 years that belonged to James, his role in the NBA league was unparalleled, after the NBA League put him in the position of king, James greatly promoted the commercialization process of the NBA league, the countries that broadcast NBA games expanded rapidly, the NBA fan base surged at a terrifying speed, the NBA league made a lot of money, and never again stern went to Beijing to request free broadcasting of NBA games.
At the same time, James has quickly become the first person in today's basketball world with his outstanding performance and the position of the NBA league, but all of this is also inseparable from James's excellent business acumen, and every major decision he has made in his career will make him worth a step. Leaving The Cleveland, who gave birth to him and loved him, James escaped the horror of being dominated by the Spurs and used the Big Three to win the first championship of his career. After this goal was achieved, James returned to the Cavaliers to form the Big Three, and used Cleveland's first championship in history to give back to his hometown father and elders, allowing his status in the NBA league to rise again.
After the success of fame, James chose to come to Los Angeles, join one of the greatest teams in NBA history, the Lakers, here, james at the end of his career gained higher attention, won another championship, and also established his business empire, James's career in the NBA league reached its peak, whether it is in the current NBA league, or more and more assets, James in the basketball field has been unshakable, then James has the last pursuit, That is the real comparison with Jordan in history.
And the hype for that purpose, which has been going on since the All-Star Game, the Lakers, who named James and Jordan's photo as two GOATs, are already testing the reaction of the media, fans and other NBA players. On the other hand, James has done everything in his power to improve his honor in basketball, including pressuring management during the All-Star Game, allowing the Lakers to overdraft more of his future to win a championship again, and a waste-time brush performance in recent games to become the all-time scoring champion.
Even if James announces his retirement tomorrow, his career is brilliant enough, and there is no doubt that he is the most successful basketball player after Jordan, but for basketball itself James is far from great, his commercial atmosphere is too strong, the purpose of basketball is too strong, his several major decisions, although he completed himself, but also hurt the sport itself, since then the superstars have hugged more and more groups, superstars kidnapped the team to force more and more, the order of basketball has been broken.
In recent games, James's fast attack and defense, the teammates under the basket do not give the ball and watch the opponent grab the rebound, pinch the waist defense and complain about the teammates, etc. The video has been edited, which has greatly reduced James's basketball leader image. Jordan's greatest contribution to basketball is not his two consecutive triples, nor many almost miraculous scoring performances, but to make the sport popular all over the world, and Jordan at the age of 40 is still fighting for everything on the defensive end, even if six fouls leave the court, which is the real love for basketball itself.
Among James's contemporaries, most of them recognized Kobe Bryant as the new GOAT after Jordan, and Bosh directly claimed that Kobe Bryant was the GOAT of their generation of basketball players when he entered the Hall of Fame, and was the spiritual pillar of many players. Brother Alphabet also said in the interview that Kobe Bryant was his idol since childhood, and even more so, the idol of this era. Dream Green was not stingy with Kobe Bryant, but mocked James at the championship parade that he thought he had not joined the super team.
Kobe Bryant's contribution to basketball is also not in his championships and outstanding data, but Kobe's dedication to basketball, his dedication to victory, Los Angeles at 4 a.m. has inspired countless teenagers, and Kobe's influence has not only been in the field of basketball, any field needs Kobe's dedication to succeed, he has become a model for learning in many education and training.
In this NBA era, even Curry's historical status is higher than James, because he has changed the overall way of playing in the league in a real sense, completely ending the era of giants with the interior line as the core, thus opening up the era of small balls dominated by three points. Curry broke the monopoly position of the giant, which is also of great significance to world basketball, because he let those basketball fans who are not tall and relatively thin also see the hope of basketball as a career, and now the domestic civil basketball programs in full swing have benefited from Curry's birth.
The farce between James and the Lakers continues, but even if the Lakers do everything they can to win another championship for James, even if James becomes the scoring king of history, he cannot match Jordan's goat, because he is still far from greatness.