LEBRON James knows his ideal teammate to take on Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in a game.
The 40-year-old icon is considered by many as one of the greatest to ever play the game.
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He is in his 22nd season in the NBA and became the first man in history to pass 50,000 career points.
The Los Angeles Lakers star is considered in the same breath as Michael Jordan for the greatest of all time.
James has played with some of the finest players over the last two decades.
And he was previously asked who his dream teammate would be to take on Jordan and Scottie Pippen.
MJ and Pippen were dominant with the Chicago Bulls as teammates in the 1990s.
James offered a Q&A on his X account in May 2022.
He was asked by SB Nation, “if you had to choose one teammate (past or present) in a 2v2 to play against MJ and Scottie Pippen, who are you choosing?”
And the 40-year-old replied, “Kobe, KD or Kyrie.”
James has won Olympic gold medals alongside Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.
He teamed up with Kyrie Irving to win the NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016.
That was the third of four titles James has won in his career compared to Jordan’s sixth.
But ESPN star Stephen A. Smith made a bold claim this week that the GOAT debate is no longer.
“The greatness that he has put on display for as long as he has put on display,” Smith said on First Take.
“I would go a step further, knowing how I feel about Jordan.
“I actually think it’s time to not even have the debate any more.
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“That’s how great LeBron James has been for as long as he’s been that great.”
Smith continued, “It’s not the 50,000 points, it’s not the way he looked last night, it’s not even the way he’s looked this month.
“It’s the fact that this dude, I’m looking at a guy at 40 years of age.
“He is in better shape than 98 per cent of the league, if not more.
“LeBron James deserves all the props in the world, and I’m going to give it to him.”
