USA Today:Pippen favorably compared James to his running mate on six Chicago Bulls NBA championships teams during ESPN2's Mike and Mike in the Morning Friday.What are you thinking Scottie saying Lebron is better than MJ are you nuts. MJ has 6 championships and Lebron has none at the moment. I do get what Scottie is saying about overall game and such like Lebron is a great all around player from scoring to passing and defense. MJ is the best who ever walked the planet and from every standpoint when you needed something MJ would give it to you and more. Lebron still has the no clutch factor and defers to others which MJ would never do.
"Michael Jordan is probably the greatest scorer to ever play the game. I may go so far as saying LeBron James may be the greatest player to ever play the game," said Pippen, surprising even co-hosts Mike Greenberg and Chris Broussard.
Pippen's comment immediately blew up on Twitter, with Jordan fans screaming and James fans saying they agreed.
"That's foolish. I love the Heat but all this LeBron comparison to Michael Jordan is basketball HERESY!!!," tweeted @PhilipBixby.
RobertLloyd0814 tweeted LeBron at his @KingJames Twitter account: "This is your moment."
If this was a one on one game I do think in the end Lebron would beat MJ but it would be very close. Lebron would just win solely on his pure muscle and posting up MJ. But when it comes to who I want on my team in a big time game I'm taking Jordan all day and night.
