Michael Jordan gave the only good take on the GOAT debate in 2009

Posted Jan 4, 2019
As much as we’d like Michael Jordan to respond to this “who is the GOAT?!” talk, there’s no way he’s doing it now, even with LeBron James talking about why he thinks he’s the greatest in NBA history. Luckily, people are digging up this 2009 Jordan interview with ESPN’s Michael Wilbon in which he addresses why he doesn’t want to be known as the greatest of all time: (USA Today)

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