Michael Jordan Faced Better Competition Than LeBron James

Posted May 14, 2020
As we watch Michael Jordan vanquish each of his NBA contemporaries in ESPN’s “The Last Dance”, it’s hard not to imagine the best of today’s game lacing up against them. What if LeBron James had played against these guys? The best we can do is measure the relative strength of the teams that Jordan and James faced in each of their many playoff runs. (FiveThirtyEight)

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