LeBron on MJ comparisons: ‘There’s no similarities in our game at all’
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Ever since his high school days at St. Vincent-St. Mary, LeBron James has been labeled as “The Chosen One” and, coupled with his ungodly game, eventually drew comparisons with the greatest of all time, Michael Jordan.
Like Jordan, James also wears the No. 23. Both also have unparalleled sneaker lore, and won numerous team and individual awards, but The King on Friday said, as similar he is with Jordan, his style of play is far different from His Airness.
James turns 32 on Saturday, and he gets older there’ll always be a thought he would change his playing style much as Jordan did when he pushed through to his 30s.
As per CBS Sports, James was asked if he has studied Jordan’s change of pace as he aged but The King said he hasn’t done any.
“Our games are so different,” said James. “He was much more of a scorer, and at that point did a lot of post work at that point in time. But our games are just different.”
“His body is different, my body is different from his.”
Jordan dazzled the NBA with his aerial trickery during his younger years but switched to more of a post-up jump shooter when he returned from his basketball hiatus in 1995.
Despite the change, Jordan won the MVP award in 1996 and 1998 and led Chicago to three more titles from 1996-1998 while he was in his mid-30s.
“You recognize the dominance that someone had at that age… but there’s no similarities in our game at all,” said James.
To James’ credit, Jordan was more of a score-first player as he averaged a league-best 30.1 points per game career average, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists.
James is currently averaging 27.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.9 assists.
