Has either Larry Bird or Magic Johnson ever expressed their opinion in ‘the who is better, Michael Jordan or LeBron James debate?
As of my last knowledge cutoff in September 2021, both Larry Bird and Magic Johnson had expressed their opinions on the debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
Larry Bird, a former NBA player and coach, has often praised both Michael Jordan and LeBron James for their basketball skills. He has called Michael Jordan the greatest player of all time but has also acknowledged LeBron James as one of the best players in the league.
Magic Johnson, another former NBA player and Hall of Famer, has also weighed in on the debate. He has praised both players for their talents and contributions to th
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They both have weighed in on this subject.
Beyond Bird’s famous “God disguised as Michael Jordan” comment, he has spoken his piece that Jordan is the greatest he’s ever seen. When Bird made his first comment about Jordan being God, Jordan was little more than a glorified rookie, having missed nearly his entire second season, but had just played the Celtics in the
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first round of the playoffs. This
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The quotes l’ve heard from Bird varied over time. In his career, he was asked who was the greatest, and he said, just look at the record books.
(Indicating Wilt was.) After a hard-fought Finals loss to the Lakers, he said Magic was the best he’d ‘ever seen.’ (Which may or may not have put Magic in front of Wilt, depending upon if he’d ‘seen’ Wilt or not.)
I’m not sure if that was before or after the first round Celtic sweep of the Bulls, where Jordan dropped 49 and then 63, and he lauded Jordan as God disguised as MJ. But I think it was AFTER saying that about Jordan. Then asked whether Jordan
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I think you have to remember that both Bird and Magic are extremely loyal to their respective franchises…Magic to the Lakers and Bird to the Celtics. Magic has apparently made comments previously about how Lebron still needs “a few” more rings to catch Jordan.
But more recently-since Lebron became a
Laker—-Magic has softened somewhat on what he thinks Lebron still needs to accomplish. I suspect that one convincing championship season for Laker nation would put Lebron ahead of Jordan in Magic’s eyes. Bird-on the other hand: I’m not aware of any public comments he’s made on the topic…but-given h
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