The analyst Stephen A. Smith says the Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will never surpass Bulls’ legend Michael Jordan and explains why:

Hey, @KingJames is still the Greatest — TODAY! But let me be clear: I'll never take LeBron over MJ and here's why. pic.twitter.com/j92aZ8Efo5 — Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 20, 2019

This season, James is averaging 25.0 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.3 steals, and 11.1 assists per game, while shooting at 48.9% from the floor.

The Lakers are 1st in the Pacific Division with a 12-2 record.

PER – Sums up all a player's positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments & returns a per-minute rating of a player's INDIVIDUAL performance.



LBJ vs MJ Top 5 Playoff PERs



LBJ

▪️37.4

▪️32.2

▪️31.1

▪️30.3

▪️30.1



MJ

▪️32.0

▪️31.7

▪️30.1

▪️30.1

▪️29.3#WITNESS pic.twitter.com/SjaNl2PMIk — The LeBron Factory (@LeBronFactory) November 21, 2019