Since he’s entered the NBA, LeBron James’ every move has been closely compared to Michael Jordan. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, James revealed that he has a new motivation after achieving his goal of bringing a championship to the Cleveland Cavaliers; he’s now chasing the ghost of Jordan. LeBron will finish as one of the greatest basketball players of all time but he knows the title of THE greatest belongs to Jordan, who has six NBA championship rings in comparison to LeBron’s three. While many agree that LeBron has work to do to past Jordan, actor Michael Rapaport appeared on SportsNation and went in on James for his notion of chasing Jordan’s elusive ghost.
“You ain’t Jordan, duke,” he said. “You wasn’t Jordan the first time you lost in the Finals. You wasn’t Jordan the second time you lost in the Finals. And you wasn’t Jordan when you started losing your hair.”
Rapaport went on to say that Jordan made losing his hair cool while James made it a “slow, painful, romantic comedy.” He also clowned LeBron’s sneakers as “moon boots”, while saying Jordans are cool enough to wear when you’re not playing basketball.
“The reason you’re never gonna be Jordan is cause you keep talking about Jordan,” Rapaport continued. “Jordan wasn’t talking about anybody except for being the best. You’re fantastic, be the best LeBron. You ain’t Jordan.”
