There’s a saying in academia “science progresses one funeral at a time.” This can be applied to the GOAT debate. I doubt many older folks(myself included) will ever put Lebron over Jordan. We witnessed Jordan, he left an impression when we were young, etc.
For a kid who is 10 years old he’s still seeing Lebron excel at 40 years old. These Olympics where Lebron beat the best player in the world (Jokic), beat the up and coming superstar (Wembeyama) will make a lasting impression and elevate Lebron to GOAT status in the kid’s eyes.
But we’ll have to have a whole lotta funerals first.
There’s a saying in academia “science progresses one funeral at a time.” This can be applied to the GOAT debate. I doubt many older folks(myself included) will ever put Lebron over Jordan. We witnessed Jordan, he left an impression when we were young, etc.
For a kid who is 10 years old he’s still seeing Lebron excel at 40 years old. These Olympics where Lebron beat the best player in the world (Jokic), beat the up and coming superstar (Wembeyama) will make a lasting impression and elevate Lebron to GOAT status in the kid’s eyes.
But we’ll have to have a whole lotta funerals first.