LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers have a 2-1 lead over the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
The King is on a quest to become the only player in NBA history to win a NBA Championship with three different teams.
James, playing in his 10th NBA Finals, has caused the “GOAT” conversation to come up on many different social media outlets.
Nick Young Says LeBron James Is The GOAT
Nick Young — once a Los Angeles Lakers — took to Twitter to express his opinion on who the actual GOAT is.
Is it even an Argument now about who better bron or MJ ? LBJ …
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) October 3, 2020
Swaggy P tweeted this following the Lakers game 2 victory over the Heat.
Nick Young then provides the American audience with his reasoning:
To me MJ never went up against a super star besides a older magic in the finals he’s played against stars this the first time ever bron playing against a non super star team in the finals … what I mean by super stars is Kd curry Duncan ppl that are top 3 in they position ever
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) October 4, 2020
Keep in mind that before the Bulls got Scottie Pippen via trade, Jordan got eliminated by the Bad Boy Pistons, but put up a fight in doing so (similarly to LeBron getting swept in his first NBA Finals versus the San Antonio Spurs).
The first year playing along Pippen, Jordan eliminated the defending NBA Champions, Bad Boy Pistons, and went on to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers.
While the Lakers were an aging team, Jordan defeated Magic Johnson with ease.
Throughout his stellar career, Jordan defeated the likes of Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Gary Payton, Reggie Miller, Isaiah Thomas, John Stockton, Karl Malone and many more greats.
Young, kept going on trying to defend his argument on Twitter.
Is stockton a top 3 best PG and is Malone top 3 best PF ever https://t.co/3pH3spJOEk
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) October 4, 2020
What Nick Young is failing to recognize is that during the time in which the Bulls and Jazz faced off in the Finals, Stockton was in fact a top 3 point guard and Karl Malone was the MVP of the league.
When Jordan faced Drexler in the NBA Finals, there was an actual debate of who the best player in the league is between the two of them.
In fact, the argument Young is using about Jordan can be used about Lebron in his path to the Finals in the Eastern Conference, also known as the “Leastern Conference”.
Regardless of who the actual GOAT is, LeBron James needs to focus on closing out this series and winning the NBA Championship.
No coronation of the GOAT, or legitimate debate about the real GOAT can begin until the Los Angeles Lakers win their 17th NBA Championship.
