Michael Jordan’s important message for Lebron James

Michael Jordan’s important message for Lebron James
Michael Jordan

Whenever there is the ‘G.O.A.T’ debate arising in the sport of basketball, it is often found that Michael Jordan and Lebron James are the front runners. Having played in different era’s both of them have combined to make the sport so popular and raise its heritage. With more than 30 years of them together enriching the court, fanatics have seen both these giants applauding each other on numerous occasions. 

Michael Jordan revealed an important message he gave to Lebron James when the latter was struggling to fetch his first championship ring with the Miami Heat. The same fate was met by Jordan until 1991, when a season prior to that they kept struggling in the playoffs for respective reasons. 

Solid Piece of Advice from Michael Jordan to Lebron James 

Lebron James has played 17 seasons in the NBA whereas Michael Jordan played 15

The six-time champion revealed, “First one’s always the hardest. Then, as you get that first, the expectation comes, and now you got to live with those. Everybody says this is just average year, they compare everything to me in terms of me winning in my seventh year. We had some tough battles, and once I got there, I never left. 

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“I think once he [LeBron] gets there, the expectation is that he never should leave and I wish him the best for that.” 

Interestingly, it took the Akron Hammer nine years to win his first. After that victory, LeBron could not enjoy a three-peat, but he definitely stayed a regular in reaching the NBA Finals. 

When reminiscing those days, MJ let on, “For all the people who’ve never won one, they’re always gonna say, I was not that big of a deal. For all the people that have won, it’s the greatest accomplishment and you never can take that away. No matter what happens to me in life, you can never take away that I won six championships and that helped establish my legacy. 

“If you look at Charles, Charles probably say he had a great career, he never won though. Make sure you tell him that.” 

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