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Stephen A. says that LeBron James’ competition was SOFTER than Michael Jordan’s | First Take

Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins debate whether LeBron James or Michael Jordan has had the tougher road in the NBA. ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: 📱Get the ESPN App: 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV:

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  1. Rico L

    February 18, 2022 at 1:22 pm

    Stop it Perk, y’all waaaay softer, & Lebron cries RIGHT NOW, when people barely or don’t touch him at all GTFOH

  2. Franco Bradshaw

    February 18, 2022 at 1:25 pm

    lmao omg

  3. BornCrowned

    February 18, 2022 at 1:25 pm

    Y’all making it seem like all these NBA greats from the 1950s till now didn’t start out hopping on concrete playgrounds with double rims y’all buggin haha. Players are the same they just adjust to the rules during their era 😂😂

  4. Drew G

    February 18, 2022 at 1:26 pm

    I can understand the MJ/Bron debate. But saying MJ had better competition is wrong for so many reasons just stop. NBA players now are so much more skilled than they were in the 80’s and 90’s it’s not even debatable. Just pick your favorite player and move on bro.

  5. Curtis Burdick

    February 18, 2022 at 1:28 pm

    League was as soft as Downey! Gtfoh smh

  6. I'm Probably Your Dad

    February 18, 2022 at 1:31 pm

    Bruh no one from Jordan’s era (including Jordan) is better than Steph, KD, Giannis, or Kawhi.

    • Reggie

      February 18, 2022 at 1:41 pm

      wait did you say Steph, kd, Gianni’s, Kawhi are all better than Michael Jordan??

  7. Mr. William

    February 18, 2022 at 1:33 pm

    90s is overrated when it comes to toughness and often gets lumped in with the 80s. A lot of 80s stars often called the NBA soft in the 90s.

  8. Alexander Adonyae

    February 18, 2022 at 1:59 pm

    I see where Kendrick Perkins coming from lol we 80’s baby saw competitive games from the 90’s and The 2000’s era✔ the game was still physical when kobe won his 4th ring back in 2009!

  9. TheUndefeatedOfTheEast

    February 18, 2022 at 2:08 pm

    I can’t believe perk tried to bring up those underachieving wizard teams. According to him the pistons and celtics were lebrons only comp in the east. That doesn’t seem to compare to what Jordan had to go up against when he was in the east.

  10. Divine Justice

    February 18, 2022 at 2:26 pm

    The players now are way more talented offensively

    • Willie Alexander

      February 18, 2022 at 10:40 pm

      Scoring wise yea

  11. Jonathan Pardo

    February 18, 2022 at 2:46 pm

    Perk stop it already

  12. Jarred Murray

    February 18, 2022 at 2:48 pm

    Why is molly still on here… Steven A making some good points and here comes molly to talk over him and ruin it.

  13. FairPlay Jay

    February 18, 2022 at 3:02 pm

    The greats are the greats because they can transcend era. You are not convincing me Lebron is not the same guy across previous eras. There weren’t any SFs to even deal with him just from an athletic standpoint. Let alone all the other facets to his game. This applies to Jordan, Hakeem, Wilt, Shaq, Kobe, the list just goes on and on.

  14. Luis Bravo

    February 18, 2022 at 3:03 pm

    90s MJ
    00s KB
    10s LBJ

  15. Technoid

    February 18, 2022 at 3:18 pm

    JJ Reddick was so right about what he said about a narrative last week

  16. OG_Mante

    February 18, 2022 at 3:20 pm

    I love how this in the “most talented league” in NBA history, until you start talking about LeBron’s legacy😂😂😂

  17. Chris V.

    February 18, 2022 at 3:41 pm

    Why are we talking about this again? 😩

  18. Nemanja Biorac

    February 18, 2022 at 5:49 pm

    there was no fuckign double in the 90s you cant tell me that that going true 1 strong man was more difficult then going true the 2 lol

  19. Reverend Al

    February 18, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    LeBron had to change teams 3 times to win. Why couldn’t he stay in Cleveland and have the same success?

  20. Just Naigre

    February 18, 2022 at 6:37 pm

    Idk care about you two crying over ice cream which flavor is the best. None of them is my taste anyway, Dwayne Wade is!

  21. pisnop

    February 18, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    Perk is not prepared for this debate…

  22. maybe but yes

    February 18, 2022 at 9:02 pm

    jordan is in a dynasty and lebron faced a dynasty by his own one time don’t compare their competition its not fair lol.

  23. Willie Alexander

    February 18, 2022 at 10:39 pm

    People talking like mj peeps was scrubs which is weren’t they were a bunch of skill dominated players in the 90s guards were faster and centers was dominate so don’t say Michael Jordan didn’t play nobody …warriors with kd the only competition Lebron ever had without kyrie … Lebron in the league now where he playing against little 19 20 years old kids.. mj was playing against grown men

  24. Willie Alexander

    February 18, 2022 at 10:49 pm

    Yea Lebron toughest road to the finals former a superteam to knock out a big 3 who where on thier tail ends a pacers team with young pg 13 … a hawks team started Jeff Teague and Paul millsap and raptors team with demar rozen and Kyle Lowry I can go on down list …mj would have swept all them

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