“He was set to fail in the NBA” Kendrick Perkins reveals LeBron James faced a tougher road than Michael Jordan
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LeBron James is the biggest gift for NBA fans after Michael Jordan retired at the start of the century. He became the new face for the league, with his greatest basketball skills. Even today when he has completed playing in NBA for almost 19 years, he is still dominating the game. This is the biggest reason why he is constantly compared to MJ in the conversation of “who is the GOAT?”
The debate of GOAT is unending because the fact is these both stars have played in a different era, and conditions their struggles were different, so their comparison seems impractical. The same thing was repeated by Kendrick Perkins for LBJ, but he also thinks that King has faced stronger opponents than Jordan in his era
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Kendrick Perkins believes LeBron James faced a tougher route for glory than Michael Jordan
Recently in an episode of ESPN’s “First Take,” Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins talked about King James’ way to glory in comparison with Michael Jordan. They raised questions like who has faced the toughest road to success.
Perkins said, “LeBron James was set up to fail, And, by the way, LeBron James actually had to go through a lot of Hall of Famers to get accomplished. We have to remember, he did play in the era with Kobe (Bryant) and Shaq (O’Neal), he did play in the era with Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Garnett. The list goes on.”
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Perkins continued, ”At the end of the day, I’m not taking anything from MJ, but let’s not act like LeBron didn’t have to overcome to get where he is at today. It’s not even close when we talk about adversity. It’s not even close when we talk about the word ‘pressure.”
Further, he said, “Jordan wasn’t the No. 1 pick; LeBron James was. Jordan wasn’t on the cover of Sports Illustrated, labeled ‘The Chosen One;’ LeBron James was. So, just the word ‘pressure’ alone, man, please, just stop it.”
Former NBA player Perkins grounded his opinions on the basis that LeBron was more pressurized than MJ, he is having the expectation of the whole world while performing against unassailable opponents but he still performed and proved himself to be the “King” of the NBA
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