Rich Paul: LeBron James had a harder road than Michael Jordan

The debate between LeBron James and Michael Jordan over who is the best player in NBA history seems to be eternal. Now, Rich Paul, agent for the Los Angeles Lakers superstar, opined on how his client is better than the six-time champion..

Pavel participated in Show Gil Arenapodcast by former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, and stated that The news coverage that LeBron had at all times and everywhere made it hard for him to make his way through the league..

“Mike went beyond the game. When Kobe arrived, Kobe was a silhouette of Mike. That’s all, and it’s great. But LeBron is the first player to deal with the cycle of sports news and opinions from those around him 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.Paul said. “I am not even capable or have the necessary experience to give an informed opinion.”

The businessman subsequently claimed that James’s critics were stronger than those of Jordan in his time. Paul even pointed to journalist Peter Vessey from New York Post as the biggest critic of “His Air”.

“And also, ‘I’m really not going to do it the way you want it to. I’ll probably decide how I want to do it.” We all know that things are not going well, right? And then, You have such an environment in this sports society that has been created and now you have to support yourself. This is another thing that Mike never had to deal with because his harshest critic was probably Peter Vessey.“.

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LeBron James has been compared to Jordan, but. Who did you compare MJ to?

Paul went further than James from Jordan and noted that the former Bulls and Wizards had no one to compare to, which eased his path to the NBA.

“I just think LeBron’s horns are platinum and Michael Jordan’s are gold. Because? Because you had to compare him to Mike. Who could you compare Mike to?»

Jordan marked the transition from a predominantly big men’s game to a perimeter offense. Great players to compare MJ to were Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.