Stephen A. Smith: The factor we’ve to grasp—and what’s vital about this dialog—is that once we debate the GOAT, the negativity of it comes from LeBron and his camp. No one else. After we say he’s quantity two all-time, we’re appreciating the truth that—of the hundreds upon hundreds of gamers which have performed within the NBA since 1950… 1947, 1950, slightly… okay—LeBron James, there’s just one participant we have a look at and say definitively we expect was higher: and that was Michael Jordan. What did I say to Rich Paul one day? ‘You act like that’s an insult.’ Rich Paul’s response: ‘It is an insult.’ As a result of that’s how they’ve acted relating to the GOAT dialog. -via YouTube / Could 23, 2025
