Jalen Rose Puts LeBron James Over Kobe Bryant On GOAT List

The ongoing GOAT debate got people confuse, because every athlete has a specific opinion. Some say it’s Michael Jordan, while others say LeBron James is the best. There are fans who praise Kobe Bryant as the greatest of all time. Well, former NBA player Jalen Rose says Jordan is the GOAT, but says LeBron is better than the Lakers legend.

According to Rose, the All-Time greatest NBA list should look like this:

1. Michael Jordan 2. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3. Bill Russell 4. Magic Johnson 5. LeBron James 6. Larry Bird 7. Kobe Bryant 8. Wilt Chamberlain 9. Shaquille O’Neal 10. Oscar Robertson.

Of course, this isn’t the first time for Rose to express his opinion on LeBron. He has already discussed the NBA playoffs without the Lakers star.

“I wonder what it’d look like if the first round went back to best-of-five because [six] of the eight series won’t go six games,” said Rose at the time. “It also has me thinking what a 1-16 seeding would look like if we combined the conferences.

“There is a void,” he said of LeBron’s absence. “It’s almost like you walk out the door to get in the car and ‘Where are my keys?’ You have to go back in the house to get them. He’s a notable, iconic, philanthropic leader. To not have him in these game it’s going to affect some people’s interest who are casual fans.”

“Each one of those teams has aspirations to not only make it to the conference finals without LeBron James, but to reach the NBA Finals,” Rose said. “Toronto went out and got Kawhi [Leonard] knowing he can walk, Boston has Kyrie [Irving] that could possibly walk, Philly acquired [Jimmy] Butler and Tobias [Harris] and they could walk. This has set up a level of excitement and intrigue because whoever loses in this round is going to look at their season as a disappointment.”

Well, hopefully, LeBron won’t miss the playoffs this season. The Lakers roster has improved a lot, and Anthony Davis was added to help the team make the playoffs and even the finals.