<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"><font size="1">Editor's Note: This column appears in the Jan. 19 edition of ESPN The Magazine.</font> I have an acerbic New Yorker for an editor. Just my luck. A grizzled Jets fan, he loves playing devil's advocate with my ideas. Then again, sometimes I need him -- he keeps me from writing columns like "Who'd win a game of H-O-R-S-E between Larry Bird and Jesus?" and "How Rocky Balboa Ended the Cold War." But when I wanted to write about LeBron this week, his response was as predictable as a Quincy Carter underthrow. What else is there to say? Well, plenty. Someone as gifted as LeBron can't be hyped enough. A high schooler becomes one of the best 15 players in the league in three bleeping months? My buddy House and I discussed him for 20 minutes last week. "How can people not see this?" we kept saying. "How can they not see what's happening here?" When LeBron hits his prime, surrounded by quality shooters and big guys who can run the floor, he'll toss up a triple-double for an entire season. Comfortably. We're talking 33/12/13 every night. Ever think you'd see those numbers? Has there ever been a one-man Roto team?</div> <font size="1"><font color="Gray">Go ahead, make the comparison.</font></font> Full Story
I agree, do you think he'll become better then MJ? I really like his unselfishness. Do you think he'd put those number up next year or you mean two or three years?
No one can be better than MJ. But then again LBJ will hold the same spot light as Jordan had in a few years. Jordan leaves, LeBron arrives. They don't call him the Chosen One for nothing.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Magic Johnson:</div><div class="quote_post">I agree, do you think he'll become better then MJ? I really like his unselfishness. Do you think he'd put those number up next year or you mean two or three years?</div> Well,just arguments sake,the article said when he hits his prime which is ideally mid to late 20's. But for real,it's unfair to compare Lebron to MJ IMO. First off they two totally different type of players. LJ is more in the mold of Magic than Michael.
LeBron James is the first LeBron James. Last year people would compare him to Moses at the High School level and now they compare every good High School player to LeBron. Next year Dwight Howard will be the next " LeBron James" but i think he is setting that kind of standard
