Mike Breen: ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’, and I love that phrase and when you start saying okay who’s better? LeBron… You wind up having to criticize the one that you don’t pick and we’re criticizing one of the greatest to ever play the game, I never understood that. And the other thing is every era is different. LeBron James is the greatest player of his era, Kobe Bryant you can say in his era was there, Michael Jordan certainly. Go back to Kareem, go back to Wilt, go back to Bill Russell. The game is so different, it was played differently 20 years ago, 40 years ago, it was coached differently, it was officiated differently… To compare eras and say he’s better than that player or that player is the best of all time, I just I can’t do it. If you want to tell me that you think Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time, I’m gonna say can’t disagree with you. If you tell me LeBron, can’t disagree with you. You say Wilt Chamberlin I can’t disagree with any of them. They are all legendary generational-type players that to me it’s impossible to pick one over another. The way I always phrase it is, somebody asked me ‘Do you think LeBron James, because I’ve called so many of his games and it’s been an honor to call his games, do you think he’s the greatest of all time?’ I say I can’t say that, what I can say is he takes a backseat to no one. -via YouTube / September 4, 2024
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