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Is LeBron James the best basketball player of all time?
This is a question that NBA fans are debating all of the time and some basketball icons have given their two cents about it too.
According to NBACentral, Isiah Thomas believes that James is “the best I’ve ever seen from a team standpoint and also as a basketball player.”
Thomas’ lengthy statement about James:
“I think when you look at, like I say, he’s touched and he leads in almost every statistical category. He’s passed Kareem in scoring. I think he’s got the most playoff points. Not only that, when you look at the assist column, I know where I stand on the assist record. I think he’s passed me; I think he’s passed Magic on the assist record. I mean, so when you talk about passing, scoring, rebounding, we’ve never had a player in the NBA that has touched every statistical category and leads in some of these statistical categories that we’re talking about. There’s never been another player like him. Now, everyone has their favorites, but if the numbers don’t lie, the numbers don’t lie. And he definitely passes the eye test. So to me, he’s the best that I’ve ever seen from a team standpoint and also as a basketball player.”
Isiah Thomas calls LeBron James ‘the best ever’
“I think when you look at, like I say, he’s touched and he leads in almost every statistical category. He’s passed Kareem in scoring. I think he’s got the most playoff points. Not only that, when you look at the assist column, I… pic.twitter.com/69BY1bGcyX
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Thomas has a lot of evidence for why he feels that James is the best basketball player of all time.
He thinks James has “touched and…leads in almost every statistical category.”
It is definitely true that James has broken many NBA records and surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most points in league history.
There is no part of the game that James hasn’t affected.
Still, the debate about James and his greatness continues and many people still don’t feel he is better than Michael Jordan.
Of course, Thomas has a complicated history with Jordan so it’s not that surprising to see him favor James.
But it’s hard to argue with his statement and his reasons for why he thinks James is the best to ever do it.
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