On February 24, Beijing time, a few days ago, James’ agent rich Paul said that James’s career difficulty should be at least as difficult as Jordan. But Stephen A. Smith, a famous American, disagrees. When he was on first take, he said that Jordan’s career was more difficult, and the physical confrontation levels of the two eras were different.

Six days ago, rich Paul said in an interview with the atomic: “LeBron’s road was as difficult as Jordan’s, if not more difficult.”

Rich Paul’s remark caused heated debate. In the ‘80s, when Jordan and the Celtics won the NBA championship, he didn’t succeed in the’ 80s. He doesn’t think it’s disrespectful to James, but the NBA rules have changed in recent decades.

Considering the pistons of the “bad boy corps” and the Knicks with “evil men” such as Anthony Mason and Charles Oakley, Smith believes that in the era of Jordan, players had to undergo more physical confrontation. At that time, defensive players were also allowed to touch offensive players with their hands (the so-called handcheck), so the level of physical confrontation in the NBA was different from that at that time.

Smith admitted that James did play against the Spurs in the finals (2007, 2013 and 2014), and played against the warriors with three less thunder, the lone ranger led by Nowitzki, and the water flower brothers (later plus Durant). However, it is precisely because of the different level of physical resistance that determines the different way of playing and the appearance of the game. To sum up, his conclusion is that Jordan’s career path is more difficult.

Of course, this is just the words of the Smith family. There may be differences in the level of physical confrontation between the two times, but physical confrontation is James’s strength. He should be able to survive and perform brilliantly in Jordan’s era. The opponents James encountered in the finals were not easy to deal with.

The topic of the comparison between Jordan and James will continue. (CHARM)