Damian Lillard settled the GOAT debate🔥 Lillard started talking about the February 2022 ceremony for the NBA’s 75th anniversary, when the league honored the 75 greatest players in its history. “After the commemorative photo, we walked into the hallway and MJ was coming toward us. More cameras were on... him alone than on all 75 of us. I was standing next to Clyde, just staring. All the lights were on Jordan, and I couldn’t say a word. ‘That’s Jordan.’ Even in a room full of stars like LeBron and Magic, everyone else looked small. This man (MJ) is everything to everybody.” Source: Damian Lillard, Knuckleheads Podcast In a room of the same “75 greatest,” the one man who arrived late still owned the aura. About 23 years after he retired, rivals and elders all recognized him. A winner’s presence changes the air in the building. That is Michael Jordan.show more

Which one actually stays in the GOAT room? A) The lights avoiding LeBron
B) Michael Jordan taking every camera Lillard said it himself. After the NBA 75 photo, MJ walked into the hallway and more cameras were on him alone than on all 75 of them. LeBron and Magic were in that room. Everyone else looked small. 23 years retired. Active stars lined up. Still one main character. Is “being in the room” enough?

ジョーダンを見てると、GOATというものがどうあるべきかがよく解かる。イチローもジョーダンと会った時、同じような緊張感を味わったと語っている。

不思議なことにレブロンにはオーラがないですよね🤔

自分に自信がない奴とか、まだ上があると自覚してる人間は、結局自分より遙かに引力の強い人間の前では気後れするもの。そういうオーラ負けをごまかして愛想よくしてると、ファンにもその差が解っちゃう。人間の格って、動物と同じで感覚的なもの。ジョーダンは相手が誰でも敬意や態度は同じだ。

The mystique surrounding MJ just exudes Aura, nobody else can carry this.

man, I would've been staring too

That settles nothing

Yall need to let it go! It will get worst where LeBron will be like 60 to Jordan 40

Can't you make a decent prediction?

Stop lying, I'm not these other cats

Don't cherry-pick 🫵🫵🫵 The 59.6% figure isn’t a poll. HoopsHype just compiled 112 players who publicly named a GOAT over four years — 57 of them active. They admit the bias themselves: younger players get asked far more often, so the sample leans young, which helps LeBron and hurts Jordan. The actual survey says otherwise. In The Athletic’s 2024 anonymous poll of current players, Jordan still led 45.9% to 42.1%. Among 55 retired players in that same HoopsHype set, Jordan led 52.7% to 27.3%. Fans agree: YouGov had Jordan at 53% to LeBron’s 10%. It’s a generational lean, not evidence of a 60–40 consensus.

You're wrong that's all!

In this day and age—with AI evolving the way it is—don't you dare lie to me. And don't ignore the master plan. It’s been 30 years since Michael Jordan retired, yet his approval ratings across all generations have remained consistently stable. But look at LeBron. Despite all that media exposure and propaganda, his growth rate is actually pretty low. It’s just like a stock price; popularity doesn't just keep climbing upward in a straight line forever, you know.

The aura of Jordan is unparalleled 🤣🤣💯💯