On April 19, it was reported that a few days ago, ESPN celebrity Stephen A Smith talked about the game between the Nuggets and the Lakers on the guest show "First take", and he believes that if the Lakers can win the Nuggets, the Lakers can win the championship, and James can also surpass Michael Jordan.
During the 2022-23 regular season, the Lakers won two of their previous three meetings with the Nuggets. Since then, the Nuggets have dominated head-to-head meetings with the Lakers, winning eight in a row, including sweeping their opponents in the 2023 Western Conference Finals to claim their first NBA championship in franchise history.
In the regular season this season, the Nuggets have won all three times against the Lakers, and the Lakers and Nuggets will play the first game of the first-round series of the playoffs this Sunday.
On the show, ESPN celebrity Stephen A Smith said, "If LeBron James and the Lakers can beat the defending champion Nuggets, they can win everything, including the final championship." I've said countless times before, on all occasions, that Michael Jordan is the greatest player in NBA history, and I don't care what other people say, no one can have any opinion on that, he's the GOAT without a doubt.
But I need to admit that if LeBron leads the Lakers to defeat the Nuggets and end up winning this title, I'm really not sure if my insistence that Jordan is the best player of all time will waver...... After all, at this stage of his career, there is nothing that can negatively affect LeBron's place in history, but there may be some content that can have a positive impact on his career status, such as winning the Nuggets and winning the championship. ”
In this regard, netizens have said, "In the 20 playoffs, many people, including this Smith, have said something similar to "James can surpass Jordan if he wins the championship this year". But if you really win the championship, it doesn't count again."
"Even if Lao Zhan wins another three consecutive championships, those who don't recognize Lao Zhan will still not be recognized, those who recognize it have already been recognized, there is no need to prove it, it is a blessing for fans to win another championship"
"If you can fight one game, you can earn one, and you don't want to do much else. Anyway, media people can also make trouble."
"Don't milk, my requirements are very low, if you can win a game, you will earn it"
"Even if James wins the championship, he can't surpass Jordan"
"Lao Zhan will never be able to surpass Jordan. Jordan is too perfect both mentally and personally, Lao Zhan's personal ability is undoubted, and he has a lot of honors, but he is more or less flawed. ”
"Super-Jordan every day, if you don't mention it, there will be no traffic, what does James do to surpass Jordan, the person who takes the helicopter to the top of the mountain is compared with the person who walks to the top of the mountain by himself. ”