Has LeBron James cemented himself as the greatest player ever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxkskJlII58&list=PLAQsIoKWJLSVtyVzQjBktImvtcsZO6pc9 watch it nick

In Kobe's prime after shaq left the Lakers had to rebuild!..and Kobe's miff in game 7!?...the sun's were the best team and Lakers to scrubs against them to the brink..when LeBron does that he's considered goat

Jesus Christ, is this even a question? the man had D Wade and Chris Bosh went to another man's team and still only one barely 2 championships are you kidding me ?

First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright Nope..

Nick Wright needs to go back and watch Kobe talking to Chuck about what happened in game 7. This just shows you how ignorant he is. Talking about that and not realizing he's speaking to a guy that was on the team, lol. Seriously, this guy is so off-putting I can't even watch ESPN that much anymore. Fire this man.

NICK. ...I want you to take a look at this.... Since 2011, LEBRON while playing with 2 others ALL-STARS Went to the Finals 5 times without facing Real competition or hall of famers -caliber players in the East playoffs. and what about the Finals ? faced TWICE Tim Duncan 37 years old. and Manu Ginobili 36 . both out of their primes. and the only 2 times while in the East. faced TWICE in the playoffs Paul pierce 35 Kevin Garnett 36 ray Allen 35 all of them wasted. while Lebron's teams Had 2 and sometimes 3 ALL-STARS. CAN YOU PLEASE NAME THE REAL COMPETITION LEBRON HAS FACED SINCE 2011 ?

Lmao nick loves to bring up Kobe in game 7 against Phoenix, but never brings up lebron choking against Dallas in 2011 and flat out gave up against Boston in 2010.

This idiot said that Kobe was the best for one year?!!

As the game keeps evolving, defense is becoming more and more irrelevant and offenses are taking off. It's easier to get numbers in this era because the pace is faster so players get more shots up, which leads to more rebounds, assist opportunities, steals and many other stats. If we are judging who is better by stats, Jordan scored more in a era where scoring was harder and less 3 pointers were attempted so most of his points were from 2 pointers. Lebron is a better passer but Jordan averaged about 7 or 8 assists and was flashy like lebron so it's not but a game and Lebron isnt a good free throw shooter, he doesnt have Jordan mid range or fade aways although he does dazzle us with fade aways and his crazy game winner against the Raptors was bonkers, but Jordan hit game winners in the finals and stood out in the finals everytime. Lebron has had a lot more inconsistencies in the playoffs than Jordan. Jordan retired 3 times so it's easy for Lebron to pass him in scoring and other categories. Lebron is still great though and I would put him at 2 or 3 all time.

Smh nick

From age 21 to 34 Kobe Bryant is the best the NBA has ever seen. Here's why... https://www.lasocietedelite.com/single-post/2018/09/11/Kobe-Bryant-From-age-21-to-34-GOAT

Kobe lost to the #1 suns with prime Nash stoudemire Marion joe Johnson diaw barbosa twice and other season he was injured. Also he was playing in the tough west. Put mj or lbj with smush mihm Odom kwame Luke and no way they beat the suns either.

Judah Mourneth they wouldn’t be in playoffs let alone game 7 without his heroics

bigboner23 yeah but he still was up and he quit on his team.

Nick looks like a bird.

Nick Wright has no idea what he talking abouto just looks at stats

The only thing I can tell is that Michael Jordan did everything he did in just 11 Seasons with the Chicago Bulls the guy is just totally insane pretty much the amount of points assists championships and then mvps and accolades in just 11 Seasons most of these people need over 20 Seasons to get it Jordan did it in 11 now imagine Jordan playing 20 Seasons that's an argument Jordans going to break all the records but what Michael Jordan wanted just past magic and bird because those were the guys in his era he did it he felt comfortable with his career and he retired and he's happy he don't even care about the media and anyone anymore because he accomplished and he is a successful person something that none of this people are

Poli Gonzo basically, they’re lucky he took off those 2 years. He would’ve had 8 rings and leading scoring in NBA history.

JJ is spot on. The greatest are often the most liked by the media and writers.

nick u know at someone’s prime someone can be better than someone else at there prime kobe owned michael jordan at a decent time in his career 1 on 1 he was beating anyone and he can back it up when he went in nba all star team having faced off great players and having a good team as well so kobe was better than every one with fair rules that is considered a factor best players to be together and make it fair kobe did better than everyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxkskJlII58&list=PLAQsIoKWJLSVtyVzQjBktImvtcsZO6pc9

Having a better career does not mean you are a better player.

Nick wright is too bias that’s just it

TWO HUGE Ls in a row to Nick Wright. He shouldn't be allowed to be talking in GOAT convos no more. Is LBJ in the discussion absolutely. But he wont surpass MJ at this point.

Nick Wright finally get shut up.when Kobe and Jordon played they weren't focus on packing the stats sheet.All Lebron has been focus on is packing the stats sheet like Westbrook is doing also.Kobe and MJ were real they didn't live their life to please the media and the public like Lebron did hence the media is repaying him now by having him in the Goat discussions, it's just ridiculous. Oh and another things I would take what ex players say over analyst because the know more about basketball analyst just watch the stats and the stats that count most (championships) MJ and Kobe is leading. Just to had without Kobe Shaw would not win any titles because all the next team would do is foul him because he would miss the free throws remember that Kobe save him also.

Kobe did things in this league that we never seen before... Nick is being sooo disrespectful of one if the greatest bball players we ever seen..

Amazing. He got so upset hahaha. How many times did he say, hold on let me finish? Let the man speak, we know you have Lebron's balls in your mouth, Nick.

I can’t help but to laugh at Nick. How is he going to argue with against a guy that’s played against MJ, Lebron and Kobe. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Nick “I have never hooped ever in my life” Wright.

This Nick guy is a bit of a twit

Love this video.... mj Kobe then LeBron

Mvp's has nothing to do with the playoffs, stupid.

Nick Wright really should pick a new career. His commentary sucks and his bias against Kobe is ridiculous

Jim Jackson barely allowing Nick talk.

As a player. Lol. That don’t mean too much. LeBron is better than Kobe.

Tired of non players and their non player views

Scholl that clown Jim!!! KOBE!!!! Who even hired that fuknut? Is he serious? Kobe was the best player in the league from 2003 - until the Achilles injury... motherfuking period.

the fact that nick just said kobe was the best player in the world for 1 year is crazy he is the worst sports analyst ever he is unbelievable bias and a clear kobe hater. kobe was the best player in the world from 2004 until 2009 he couldn’t wake the playoffs cause he was the only star on his team but look what happened as soon as he got one more star he goes to finals 3 times idk why people view kobe the way they do but people need to go watch some old lakers games to remember i would suggest kobe’s 81 or him out scoring the mavs or his incredible performances in garden

Nick Wright almost cried. Get that idiot off tv

Kobe!!!!! But I really respect LeBron and Kareem is the GOAT Won on every level not just the NBA high school chips ncaa mann please STOP!!!!!

MVP'S are way over rated. It's a popularity contest.

Why does someone like Nick get to have a say on who is the Goat over someone who played against MJ, Lebron and Kobe?

Here is some history, starting with this question... In 1986, was Michael Jordan NOT the best player in the league? He average 37 points a game and he was NOT selected as the League MVP. His team was eliminated in the first round by the Celtics. This scenario justifies Jim Jackson's point... Magic Johnson was the league MVP that year and he actually won the NBA Finals to boot! So it's a matter of perspective. LeBron James has NEVER lost in the first round of the playoffs. Michael Jordan lost in the first round THREE times. It's a matter of timing, it's a matter of perspective, it's a matter of good teammates, coaches, etc... No one can put a solidified claim on GOAT because all of these variables play into it... Love them or hate them... Bernard King, Allen Iverson, Tracey McGrady, and Charles Barkley never won a Championship but is their greatness not solidified? We need to enjoy watching these players play while we can... Once they leave we're going to miss them!

"Wasn't that letting the other team off the hook (referring to the second half of game 7)?" Stuttering... no answering the question.. changing the subject. Is that Skip Bayless in disguise? Say what you want... Kobe doesn't belong in the top 10 of all time.

Man i was just waiting for jim to smack nick upside the head a couple times

Nick Wrong Can U Justify LEBRON QUITTING I MEAN QUITTING ON BOSTON to goto MIAMI so WHAT HE went to the finals 8 STRAIGHT in the Weak East He couldn't EVEN Meet KOBE IN THE FINALS PLEASE

Long nose geek just a Kobe hater, long nose 81 i am gussing its easy, or to out score a dallas championship team by himself in three quarters an they sat kobe all of 4q. An count less of game winners count less of 60 points games count less 50 points games count less 40 point games ect ect. 5 rings.

Nick is an idiot im sorry all his arguements are stupid

Lmfao kobe definitly didnt deserve the mvp shaq deserved the mvp no questions and shaq was the best player in the league still at that point ... Jim jackson back pedled so many times and basically lost himself the entire argument every step of the way and to me he just made kobe look worse smh

That guy is such a Kobe hater it's so annoying hearing all this commentator and stats he's so Pro LeBron I have nothing against LeBron the fact that is in the Lakers he has my support now but OMG this guy is the most annoying commentator against Kobe stats don't mean a thing you got to listen to that veteran that played against three generations

Nick Wrong is a very sensitive and hateful man when it comes to Kobe. Out of all the First Things First videos on YouTube, this one has the most views, why? Because it’s about Kobe

That's Nick problem he is obsessed with stats and numbers

Nick Wright is the most bias dude I've ever seen lmao

jason terry outplayed lebron in the finals when the heat lost to the mavericks...that automatically disqualifies lebron from EVER being considered the GOAT

It TAKES a team to win championships though. None of these guys are doing it alone. I think Kobe should be among the top. So what he didn't do it without shaq. These other guys don't do it alone either. And im not even a Kobe fan

I dont like watching these shows because these journalists that never played like to act like they know basketball . I dont care about their opinion

Nick talks about the greatest player in the world losing in the first round of the playoffs while scoffing at Kobe Bryant, but Lebron could have easily lost in seven games this year to the Pacers had they passed the ball a little more at the end of the game instead of all that iso-offense. Lebron is clearly the best player in the world but certain match ups aren't favorable even to the best player. C'mon man

That guy is a little twerp

This fool said Kobe was the best player in the league for only one year 🤣 try more like a decade

Gosh nick Wright bugs me so much.. why do you always have to disrespect kobe? Have respect for his game....I am a kobe fan but I can respect what bron has done in this league

Nick is a iidiot!!! What NBA championship team did he plsy on??? And what professional team did he EVER play on or for in the NBA??? The fact is he hates Kobe Bryant so much that he will never acknowledge Kobe as being the greatest player (nextt to MJ), & over Lebron James!!!! And he is so closed minded on the Kobe sunject that no one cant get a word in edgewise!! The real reason Kobe dudnt get the MVP awards he was due,, is because he was disliked by the sports media people, Phol Jackson was Jordan's coach,. Kobe felt he could do whatever he wanted & didnt listen to Phil many times & a lot of people thought he got away clean, with a crime in Denver, Colorado!!!!

I love how he's almost ignoring Nick like "Who is he?"

Does nick wright still work for ESPN? If so time for Foxsports then

This is FOX sports not ESPN lol

Jim Jack neither feels nor acknowledges the tension that he creates. Phil Jackson is the reason Kobe AND Jordan have multiple championships. They couldn't do it on their own!!!

Jim Jackon aka "I WAS ON THE TEAM" ....Jim u were on every team smh

Nick just doesn’t let people talk

Nick you are a estupid

Jim's missing the point entirely. Kobe not shooting in that second half was a *choice*. He is talking about bad performances by other players versus Kobe just deciding not to play his best. I agree that Nick is a hopeless LeBron fan boy, but his point there is a good one.

This guy don’t make sense at all 😂😂😂 state padder he drops 40-50 points everyday wins games carry his team when they melt he try to make nick look like he don’t know what he talking about lmaoooo I don’t even wanna hear about east and west cause in other for you to go to the finals you gotta play both conferences lmaoooo

Nick just never dribble a basketball so he don’t know what he’s talking about but people that actually played in the nba or where ever you rather play against LeBron thank Kobe because Kobe will never let u off the hook case closed.

So the point is at the end of the day numbers can't always be a definitive basis to consider who's greater than who, but rather just one of the major factors to determine greatness.This is true coz numbers/stats is a tangible thing you can refer to.But greatnes "true" greatness goes beyond statistics people tend to forget that .

Aint no one talking about Kobe being the greatest of all time. Mostly because his playing style is tailored to someone whos done it better. Lebron is a moster and is the best ever period.

Finally , someone with some common sense and not tunnel visioned.

Nick is an idiot. Kobe was playing with Smush Parker, Kwame Brown & Luke Walton in the starting lineup with Lamar Odom the only viable player. Worst starting lineup for a playoff team ever and that was two years in a row. Lebron had some weak teams but never that weak ever. Funny he fails to mention the teammates Kobe had at that time.

Nick wright you wrong for disrespectin kobe like that

So who’s the greatest Jim get to the point!!!!

This is terrible "debate". Jim Jackson keeps going back to his original point without answering the questions being asked. You say Kobe never let anybody off the hook. Nick gives him a circumstance when he did and Jim's argument is, "what about lebron in dallas!"

This guy is a bit too anti-kobe. Meanwhile, Durant will be passing Lebron in rings pretty soon.

Nick wright..... pffft!!! 👎👎👎

Analysts are always shook when theres an actual professional whos played with the greats.. Nick Wright needs to bring up stats and stats and some more stats to defend lebron..

Nick is a dickeater players will tell you Kobe better

You can't be a liability on defence and be considered a GOAT. Such a notion is laughable.

I wonder why nick hates KOBE... Also KOBE was robbed 4 MVPs and deserves to be in the discussion. Nick is just a hater and just says stupidity on TV just to make money. Lol 😂

If Ray Allen never made that 3 in Miami LeBron only have 2 rings let's not forget!

Espn analysts are morons they know nothing about basketball why do you think nba legends,players,former players and coaches choose kobe and mj over lebron? Because they know basketball.. espn analysts are jokes

I’m sorry but I agree wit nick wright ?

Bcuz you’re a Bronsexual

Jim hating LeBron he said you can point out to an anomaly and every player's career and then skates over the fact that LeBron had an anomaly and his career Nick and people like him refer to the numbers because Michael Jordan and LeBron James will never play against each other nor will Kobe and LeBron play against each other anymore men lie women lie numbers don't go compare LeBron James individual numbers to Kobe Bryant individual numbers

Jim get himmm

Steve nash robbed kobe twice kobe was clearly better

Nick wright suspect.

Because

He realy tries everything he can to make labron go on top. Sometimes he doesnt even get that he is contradicting himself. How can one guy be this blinded by one player that he goes on national... no intenational tv acting like he can see

Alistair Takudzwa Sunga how did he contradict himself??

6:50 Nick obliterates JJ 🤣

Kobe won a ring with only 1 other all star. Lebron always needed two.

Nick is the number 1 Kobe hater in the media. Maybe he has a secret crush on kobe and he turned him down. 😂

Nick Wright is so repulsive. Reminds me of Watto on The Phantom Menace. His worship of losery, underachieving, excuse making lbj is nauseating. And he has the nerve to attack kobe. Kobe so much better than gutless, choking lbj it’s not even funny. SMH 🤦‍♂️

Plot twist Jim jackson was the last player to wear #24 for the lakers before Kobe

Nick is an idiot and he's talking about the best player in the world never making it out of the first round. Kareem won MVP one year and didn't even make the playoffs. Does it mean he wasn't the best player in the world in the 70s? A lot of analysts need to learn to use their brains.

MANiFESTGOD'S POWER your argument makes no sense

So you'll sayin jordan or kobe would lead those trash teams lebron played with to the finals the year he lost to the spurs when he was with the cavs who did he have this year he basically took em there by hisself once again jordan always had pippen kobe had shaq... Even when kobe won his other two rings he had a stacked deck just like when lebron was with the heat he had two rings then he won one with irving then irving quit on em what if LeBron played with the mvp of the league shaq or someone like pippen his whole career..

jim jackson answering a question with another question lol

jim jackson is saying it from a players perspective but also a individuals perspective not a team perspective. In other words guarding kobe is more pressure on you as an individual. but this is a team sport.

Haha wright is a idiot im glad someone gives kobe love not bad to lose 1st round n still have 5 rings instead of just winning 3 rings

Kobe!!!!!!!

Nick wright. Needs to get mollywopped .he thinks pressing B and A on Nintendo gives him knowledge on this game Hahahhaja.he probably was the stat keeper for highschool volleyball or softball..

Kobe never let people off the hook. Nick mentions 3 times he let people off the hook. BUT NICK FROM A PLAYERS PERSPECTIVE!!!!!!!!!!!! he's not responding to the debate hes trumping the conversation saying I know more trust me.

kobe is better then lebron hands down

James Lee how?? in what way? The only thing Kobe was better than LeBron at is Free Throw shooting... Stats dont lie Jimmy lol

Jim did so much talking and said nothing. When Nick mentioned Kobe not shooting he didn't answer...what a waste of time