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The legendary boxing world champion once again feeds an old discussion that perhaps too ignores the differences in the playing styles of the two great NBA champions. “When the clock approaches zero, LeBron must take the shots, he must not pass the ball”
One who won (in boxing) 15 world titles He knows what he’s talking about when it comes to identifying a champion. Floyd Mayweather has stepped into the ring 50 times in his career, never leaving defeat (and knocking out his direct opponent 27 times). Michael Jordan – if a comparison is possible – it was presented six times in the NBA Finals and he has never lost either, a detail that has contributed a lot to his mystique. Unlike the case of Lebron James, on the other hand defeated more frequently (6) than the champion (3) of his final appearances, which however with this year’s against the Heat are even 10, an enormity. Perhaps that is why the former world boxing legend wanted to give his opinion on the eternal debate on “the best player of all time”, naturally without a definitive answer but also naturally always fascinating: “If they called me to choose one of the two I would eventually go with Michael Jordan – Mayweather said – because I want someone who leaves everything he has inside in the field every night. When the stopwatch approaches zero – explained the legend of the ring – do not expect someone like LeBron to pass the ball: he has to throw that ball ”.
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A debate, sometimes even controversial, certainly not new, that comes from afar, but perhaps forgets the times. Jordan that last ball, in the NBA finals, passed it and didn’t throw (John Paxson? Steve Kerr?) and that certainly doesn’t take into account the difference in the game between the two great NBA superstars, surely most successful by nature No. 23 for the Bulls, certainly most selfless and playmaker that of the Lakers (without disdaining the scoreboard). So much so that LeBron James is already today best scorer in NBA playoff history and with two assists in Game 3 against Miami he will also become the second best passer behind Magic Johnson, overtaking one John Stockton.
