“No one has endured more abuse and slander than Bron” Grant Hill believes LeBron James has always lived in the shadow of comparison with GOAT Michael Jordan
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While majority of the former and current players regard Michael Jordan as the GOAT of NBA, yet there is no denying that LeBron James has put up a great case for himself amongst all odds. However, former NBA star Grant Hill believes that the Los Angeles Lakers marquee has been always compared to MJ, whatever his success might be.
Moreover, Grant Hill went onto suggest that Michael Jordan is the true GOAT of the league but LeBron James has often been disregarded unnecessarily and in heaps throughout the 19 years he has spent in the NBA.
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Has LeBron James always lived under the shadow of comparison?
Recently Grant Hill stated, “Jordan is the G.O.A.T., but I hate the conversation because in order to justify it we put down the other, and so it’s like, LeBron’s incredible. What he has done — the pressure from a very young age, how he’s lived up to the expectations, and what he’s had to ensure that I don’t think Michael Jordan had to endure … the slander, you didn’t see or feel that or hear that back in the day. … Jordan didn’t have to experience (that).
“LeBron had that added burden of just hearing it from everywhere, and how he’s been able to tune that out and go out and play and be a pass-first guy who could very well be the all-time leading scorer. Those old heads who love Jordan, I don’t think we fully appreciate what LeBron has done in this environment that he’s in and how he’s done things off the court. He’s taken it to a whole another level — empowering his friends, building multiple platforms.
While LeBron James and Michael Jordan have always been the center of attraction for NBA, it can be noted that Bron has been under scrutiny at times only because he hasn’t been able to match the standard of His Airness. Is that fair though? Grant Hill doesn’t think that.
“I’ve really admired him as a player and just being that face of the league for so many years. But no player has ever endured … as much vitriol and abuse and slander as LeBron James had endured.”
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