the nba draws in a huge crowd of spectators every year both on the court and being televised
worldwide everybody has their favorite players and for many years now there has been an ongoing
debate about who is the greatest nba player of all time is it michael jordan or lebron james
of course everybody will have their own opinions on this and you may not all agree
in fact we are sure you won't so in this video we are going to take a closer look at these top two
players in basketball and look into what it is that makes the nba greatest player of all time
so don't go anywhere while we fill you in with all the stats you need to make your own mind up
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at each of these guys michael jeffrey jordan also known as mj was born in february 1963 and from an
early age was very athletic enjoying basketball baseball and football he even tried out for the
varsity basketball team during his sophomore year but at 5 foot 11 was too short to play at
that level this pushed mj to prove himself soon becoming the star of lainey's junior varsity team
by the following summer he had grown four inches and landed a spot on the varsity roster
where he averaged more than 25 points per game over his final two seasons of high school
this was just the start of mj's basketball career in 1981 he accepted a basketball scholarship to
the university of north carolina at chapel hill and throughout his college years he went from
strength to strength and consequently left in 1984 a year before his graduation to enter the
nba draft pick michael jordan of the university of north carolina returning in 1986 to complete
his degree in geography the first team in the nba that jordan played for was the chicago bulls
data from 1984 to 1993 retiring briefly to play baseball before returning in 1995 through till
1998 he then retired again in january 1999 but returned for two more seasons from 2001 to 2003
as a member of the washington wizards during his time playing basketball he earned the reputation
of being one of the game's best all-round players and also from performing slam dunks
from the free-throw line led him to gain the nicknames air jordan and his airness during
his rookie season with the bulls jordan averaged 28.2 points per game on 51.5 shooting and helped
to make the bulls playoff contenders he was later voted rookie of the year in jordan's second season
even though he missed 64 games after breaking his foot in the third game of the year he still
managed to set the record for points in a playoff game with 63 in game two with a full recovery
from injury in the 1986-1987 season he had one of the most prolific scoring seasons in nba history
he scored 3 000 points in a season averaging a league high 37.1 points on 48.2 shooting in
addition to show his defensive ability he became the first player in nba history to record 200
steals and 100 block shots in a season in the 1987 88 season jordan again led the league in scoring
averaging 35 points per game on 53.5 shooting and won his first mvp award he was also named
the defensive player of the year as he averaged 1.6 blocks and a league high 3.16 steals per game
again in the 1988-89 season jordan led the league in scoring averaging 32.5 points per game on 53.8
shooting from the field as well as eight rebounds per game and eight assists per game
jordan was the one to watch as he went into the 1989-90 season scoring a career-high 69 points
he averaged 33.6 points per game on 52.6 shooting to go with a 6.9 rebounds per game and 6.3 assists
per game jordan won his second mvp award in season 1990-91 after averaging 31.5 points per game
on 53.9 shooting six rebounds per game and 5.5 assists per game for the regular season
helping the bulls to finish in first place in their division for the first time in 16 years
the bulls advanced to the nba finals and his first finals appearance jordan posted per game averages
of 31.2 points on 56 shooting from the field 11.4 assists 6.6 rebounds 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks
jordan won his first nba finals mvp award in the 91-92 season he went on to win finals mvp
award for a second year in a row and finished the series averaging 35.8 points per game 4.8 rebounds
and 6.5 assists while shooting 53 percent from the floor the following season 1992-93
jordan averaged a finals record of 41 points per game during the six-game season and became
the first player in nba history to win three straight finals mvp awards he scored more than
30 points in every game of the series including 40 or more points in four consecutive games
jordan capped off a seven year run where he achieved seven scoring titles and three
championships for the ever-growing trophy cabinet 1993 was the year of jordan's first retirement
he wasn't rusty when he came back jordan returned to the nba for the 95-96 season averaging 31
points per game after some aggressive training he led the league in scoring with 30.4 points
per game and won the league's regular season and all-star game mvp awards jordan was named finals
mvp for a fourth time he also achieved only the second sweep of the mvp awards in the all-star
game regular season and nba finals clearly he wasn't ready to hang up his heirs quite yet in the
96-97 season jordan for the fifth time in his many finals appearances received the finals mvp award
and during the 97 nba all-star game jordan posted the first triple double in all-star game history
there was no let up for jordan in the 97-98 season again being voted finals mvp having
led all scorers by averaging 33.5 points per game including 45 in the deciding game 6.
after retiring again in 1999 jordan once again returned to the nba for a final time in 2001
this time playing for the washington wizards unfortunately the beginning of this season was
not good for jordan after tearing the cartilage in his knee and was only able to play 53 out of
60 games but in 2003 jordan became the first 40 year old to tally 43 points in an nba game
so that's michael jordan next up we have lebron james
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lebron james was born in december 1984 and was introduced to basketball at the age of nine
he began to play organized basketball in the fifth grade of school
later as a freshman james averaged 21 points and six rebounds per game for his team
some vincents and mary varsity as a sophomore his average went up to 25.2 points and 7.2 rebounds
with 5.8 assists and 3.8 steals per game james was named ohio mr basketball this time and was
selected to the usa today all usa first teams becoming the first sophomore to do either
during his junior year season with averages of 29 points 8.3 rebounds 5.7 assists and 3.3 steals per
game he was once again named ohio mr basketball and selected to the usa today all usa first team
and also became the first junior to be named male basketball gatorade national player of the year
throughout his senior year james improved his ability for the year averaging 31.6 points
9.6 rebounds 4.6 assists and 3.4 steals per game and for the third consecutive year was named ohio
mr basketball and selected to the all-usa first team and named male basketball gatorade national
player of the year for the second consecutive year at this stage he scored a career-high 52 points
2003 was the year james was selected by his hometown team
cleveland cavaliers as the first overall pick of the 2003 nba draft during this
season he received the nba rookie of the year award and was also named the third player in
league history to average at least 20 points five rebounds and five assists per game as a rookie
between the years of 2004 and 2008 james became a superstar he earned his first nba all-star game
selection in 2004 with final averages of 27.2 7.4 rebounds 7.2 assists and 2.2 steals per game
and was named to his first all-star nba team at the 2006 all-star game james was named the nba
all-star game mvp with final season averages of 31.4 points 7 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game
he recorded a triple double in his postseason debut and in game three of the series he made
his first game-winning shot of his career repeating this in game five in game five of
the nba conference finals james notched 48 points with nine rebounds and seven assists
scoring 29 of cleveland's last 30 points including the game-winning layup with two seconds left
in the 2007 08 season james was named all-star game mvp for the second time after a performance
of 27 points eight rebounds and nine assists he became cavaliers all-time leading scorer
his 30 points per game were also the highest in the league marking his first scoring title
at the conclusion of the 2008-09 season james finished second in the nba defensive player of
the year and made his first nba all-defensive team posting 23 chase down blocks and a career-high
93 total blocks his final averages of 28.4 points 7.6 rebounds 7.2 assists
1.7 steals and 1.2 blocks per game he also became the first cavalier player to win the mvp award
in the conference finals he averaged 38.5 points 8.3 rebounds and 8 assists per game
finishing the postseason with a career playoff high 35.3 points per game in the 2009-10 season
james had a bit of a mixed bag with points due to being forced into a temporary point guard role but
this still didn't stop him averaging 29.7 points 7.3 rebounds 8.6 assists 1.6 steals and 1 block
per game on 50 shooting again receiving another mvp award after officially signing with the miami
heat in 2010 james began the season struggling due to consistent negativity against the team
this still didn't stop james averaging 26.7 points 7.5 rebounds and 7 assists per game
on 51 shooting unfortunately the finals saw an 8.9 point drop from the regular season for james
throughout his time with miami james won his first championship and was awarded bill russell
nba finals mvp seasons 2011 through to 2014 saw averages of around 27.1 points eight rebounds
and assists of around seven per game with the playoffs showing highs averaging 30.3 points
rebounds 9.7 and assists 6.6 per game he also was awarded titles of nba champion twice nba finals
mvp twice nba mvp twice and nba all-star four times it was this time in his career he really
started to pile on the accolades from 2015 through to 2018 james rejoined cleveland with his season
highs averaging 27 points 8.6 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game the playoffs averaged highs of
34 points 11.3 rebounds and 9 assists per game whilst playing with the cleveland team this time
round he was awarded nba champion nba finals mvp nba all-star four times an nba all-star game mvp
in 2018 james joined la lakers but had a bad start due to a groin injury despite this his average
highs for the season so far are still impressive at 26.7 points 8.5 rebounds and 10.2 assists
and in the playoffs for 2020 were 27.6 points 10.8 rebounds and 8.8 assists
his titles with the lakers include nba champion nba final mvp nba all-star three times and nba
all-star game mvp and he's still going strong far from being done yet all in all it's hard
to separate these two giants of the game on paper lebron does have some catching up to do
jordan's consistency at the highest level with a retirement in the middle means that he probably
edges this one but it's very very close so looking at the statistics between these two
basketball superstars who do you think is the greatest nba player of all time what about our
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