LeBron James might have the basketball world in his palm, but not everyone's willing to kiss the King's two championship rings just yet.
Charlotte Bobcats owner and six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan—how's that for a varied resume?—is slowly coming around to recognizing James' place in the current NBA landscape. Well, as long as he can put an asterisk on James' title as the greatest player in the game today.
Hesitant to even address that topic in an interview with the Associated Press, Jordan begrudgingly offered his answer. Kind of:
It's hard to pick. It's hard to say the best player. You would have to say LeBron because of what he's capable of doing. Kobe is coming off an injury and you don't know where he is going to be at his age. I would have to say LeBron.
So James is the best player, but only because of the uncertainty surrounding Kobe Bryant's return from the torn Achilles that's kept him sidelined since April.
James and Bryant have become two of Jordan's favorite topics of discussion, because apparently even the Bobcats owner doesn't like ...
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