Messi is the football James, James is the basketball Messi

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Spurs player Josh Richardson was involved in a topic in April 2022 that once again popularized a widely accepted common sense to the world: Messi is the football James, James is the basketball Messi. Messi and James are soccer and basketball, the two most influential sports in the world, and both history and active service are also the first-gear superheroes, and indeed there are a lot of the same characteristics from the field to the field. So it's very certain to conclude that Messi is the football James, and James is the basketball Lionel Messi.

Messi and James are mirror supergiants in terms of game style, they both pay attention to the team, especially all-round. Messi's versatility is reflected in many aspects, such as he can score goals and assists, and can play from forward to midfield. Messi's versatility is not only technical and positional, including the presentation of technology and the improvisation of position, he can instantly change from midfield to striker in one turn, single out the opponent's entire backline, and complete the goal. Messi scored in a way that was also the Museum of Human Football Attack, where he was able to complete the key goal of the title with an unaccustomed header in the Champions League final. Messi and James have very broad visions and can complete the pass by finding routes that their peers have not seen.

James's all-around is also there for all to see, and unlike the incompatibility of football attack and defense, James is more all-round than Messi, he is a kaleidoscope of attack and defense. James can also score and pass, and can complete the transition from a championship point guard with an assist king to a regular season starting center in two years from one to five. And James's skills from scoring to passing are the first in history, he and Jordan are tied for the first scoring game in history, if the career debut focuses on playing point guards can even challenge the identity of the first point guard in the history of the magician.

Statistically, james and Messi have records and milestones of historical first, only and only in history. James has had the feat of ranking first among the two teams in five finals statistics, James completed the only grand finals in history in 2017 to average more than 30 points and triple-doubles per game, and James completed the five playoff statistics last season in the top ten in history. Messi has the first Ballon d'Or in history, the first world footballer in history, the only Lawrence in history, the first in history to represent the total number of goals scored by a single club, the total number of goals scored in a single natural year as the first in history, the number of European Golden Boots in history, the number of League Golden Boots in history, and the number of consecutive La Liga Golden Boots in history. Messi is also the only player in the history of the five major leagues to have more than 200 assists, messi made 38 assists in 2011, and is still the first person in the five major leagues. Messi has also been authoritatively certified as the first midfielder of the new century (history).

The all-around is just one thing James and Messi have in common, and they are too close. And Messi and James are both particularly friendly to their teammates, so they have a lot of friends. Messi's best friends include, but are not limited to: Aguero, Neymar, Suarez, Di Maria, Fabregas, Busquets and Alba, among others. James' most famous henchmen are three groups, the first of which are his four high school teammates, the second of which are ritchie Paul, who started their own businesses, and the third of whom Anthony, Paul, and Wade met before and after their league debuts.

Messi and James are also often celebrated, from the young to the younger. Messi has been praised too many times, I once summed up a "Praise for Messi Ten Quotes", Guardiola, Wenger, Bosque and Xavi, Rooney, Lampard and other famous managers or celebrities, have certified Messi as the first person in history. Maradona and Pele are no exception, Maradona even said that Messi must have been the first person in history when he retired, and Pele believes that Messi is the first person in the world in the past fifteen years, and if he is looking for a player to be a teammate, he will choose Messi. Mbappe said he got better after being a teammate with Messi, and Haaland nominated Messi to remain the Ballon d'Or winner in 2025.

The juniors and rivals also said too much about Messi, and basically every four or five days at least two or three of his peers came out to sing his praises. I have informally counted Messi's supporter groups, including but not limited to: old acquaintances, celebrities, opponents, famous managers, nemesis, women's football, media, club management; refugees in war zones and the president of the country, as well as C Ronaldo's old acquaintances, as well as team rivals such as Real Madrid, The United Kingdom and Brazil's celebrities, and even big data and supercomputers; and so on.

James, like Messi, likes to sing his praises to juniors, opponents and seniors. Jordan said at the 2020 NBA france paris: "I am a James fan, I like to watch James play. Jordan also called the media and asked them not to blackmail James. Abdul-Jabbar has a lot of long talks about James' praise, saying that James transcends the discussion of the first person in history, saying that James is glory alone to exhaust himself. O'Neill said james was a combination of Jordan and Kobe Bryant, and said that James was the first in history as long as he became the all-time scoring champion in regular season history. Bryant believes james is the best player for him, and he also thinks that Messi is equal to James. When James said that the player he most wanted to work with was Curry, Curry was pleasantly surprised: This guy who may be the first person in history came to the scene to watch me play in college, a little unreal, too crazy!

Since we are the first person in history, let's discuss the historical status of Messi and James, which is another point they have in common. Messi has long been the first-man contender in history, at the same level as Maradona and Pele. But in my opinion, since winning the seventh Ballon d'Or in history last year, and leading Argentina to the final with the best player, the first scorer, the first assists, the first person in the game and the top of the ten statistics list, brazil, which is now the number one in the world and has a Ballon d'Or candidate at the time, Neymar, to win the Copa America, Messi has surpassed Maradona and Pele and is the first person in history. In terms of historical status, Messi's players in the basketball field are compared except for James, that is, Jordan, and no other supergiant can keep up with Messi's heritage. James has yet to surpass Jordan, but he is also the closest and only one in history that could surpass Jordan. Messi and James are both the world's first people with no suspense in active service, and even the only era supergiant.

Messi and James' ability to lead the team can also be matched. Messi is a very high-quality leader, and Argentina international Martinez even said such a sensational thing as "I am willing to die for Messi", from Di Maria to Lautaro, all agreed that Messi was the leader. Barcelona is no exception. Messi treats his teammates well, so even if some veterans leave Barca or Argentina, they will praise Messi. James's leadership temperament is stronger than Messi's, and he is equally kind to his teammates, so he has become recognized by the players as the "most cooperative player" through voting. Those who didn't play with Messi and James were eager to team up with them. Lillard, for example, was surprised by Irving's application to leave the Cavaliers a few years ago: I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to play with James. As for Messi, both Neymar and De Bruyne have said the same thing: there is no player who does not want to be a teammate with Messi, no club that does not want Messi.

James and Messi are even more like on the court. They are all champions in life, good men, good husbands, good fathers, good sons, good friends and moral role models. James and Messi are both first love, that is, wives, who were together before their debut, and their private lives are healthier than some ordinary people, healthy enough to starve paparazzi and gossip media. The famous football gossip media "The Sun" wants to rub Messi hot spots, in addition to making up some fake transfer news, that is, to report that Messi won a charity award.

James and Messi are also similar in some of the negative opinions. The first is the only technical shortcoming, which is the penalty. James' free throws were unsteady and Messi's penalties were Achilles' heels. In addition, in the cacophony of some opponents, both Messi and James are often misunderstood. For example, there is no mental attribute, but the mentality of James and Messi is ahead of any of their peers. For example, relying on supergiant teammates, but James and Messi are the most unappreciated players in history, James won the championship as the boss of the three teams that were made strong by him, Messi was the player who singled out the entire back line of the opponent the most times in history, messi without Xavi and Iniesta became Xavi and Iniesta himself, and won the Ballon d'Or, The World Footballer, la Liga Golden Boot and Lawrence. For example, the runner-up was actually hacked, and James and Messi, who have won the championship, have had the experience of falling in the final several times, so that what was originally the height of the ceiling of other players' careers was smeared as better than being eliminated in advance. All of the above is a fallacy.

James and Messi are a lot like each other, and that's the consensus. Messi has said he will watch James play because he appreciates great supergiants in various fields, in addition to Federer and Nadal. James, after Messi won the Copa America last year, saw the media associate him with his 2016 self, and forwarded the dynamic to agree. James and Messi didn't have much contact, and the impression was that they had only met once. Fate is such a magical, such a great phenomenon: Messi is the football James, James is the basketball Messi. In fact, they have much more in common.