A Longtime Enemy of Michael Jordan Names LeBron James the Greatest Player of All Time.
Chicago Bulls great Michael Jordan has a long-standing feud with Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas. Thomas thinks Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is the greatest player of all time. When Thomas was a member of the Detroit Pistons, the two played each other multiple times in the NBA and continued to have a falling out long after. This was particularly noteworthy in the documentary The Last Dance.
In an interview with Kory Woods of MLive, Thomas stated that LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, not Jordah Johnson, is the greatest player of all time.
“I think when you look at, like I say, he’s touched and he leads in almost every statistical category,” Thomas said of James. “He’s passed Kareem in scoring. I think he’s got the most playoff points. Not only that, when you look at the assist column, I know where I stand on the assist record. I think he’s passed me; I think he’s passed Magic on the assist record.”James is the greatest all-around player in league history, according to Thomas, who also stated that no player has ever had such an impact on every aspect of the game.
“I mean, so when you talk about passing, scoring, rebounding, we’ve never had a player in the NBA that has touched every statistical category and leads in some of these statistical categories that we’re talking about,” Thomas stated. “There’s never been another player like him.”
As was previously noted, the Jordan and Thomas dispute gained widespread attention during the filming of The Last Dance.
Finishing his case for James being the best ever, Thomas added, “Now, everyone has their favorites, but if the numbers don’t lie, the numbers don’t lie. And he definitely passes the eye test. So to me, he’s the best that I’ve ever seen from a team standpoint and also as a basketball player.”
