fukk Magic, Mike on the same LeBron teams isn't making The Finals any year he doesn't have a Pippen-ish teammate...
So Mike isnt even in The Finals in 2007 or 2018. We know this is true because he never made a Finals run without a Top 5-ish teammate...
Give Mike the 3peat, 2011, 2012, 2013, as theres nothing to suggest he chokes like Bron in '11...
In place of Bron on the '14 Heat, he's not beating the '14 Spurs, so there goes the perfect Finals record. He's 3-1, and that's assuming he gets there as Wade was no longer a Top 5 player and Bosh was useless...
I could make the case that woth LeBron's career Mike only makes 4 Finals, in '11, '12, '13, and '20. And he's probably 4-0, but its the same number of titles in the same length of career as Bron with the same teams Bron was on, except Mike would more rarely drive championship contention...
There is zero evidence Mike is coming back from a 1-3 deficit, zero evidence he beats any team as great as his '96 Bulls (the 16-18 Dubs), zero evidence he can will a Finals run without a Top 5-ish, Top 10 running mate...
Mike with the same career is almost assuredly less accomplished than LeBron. LeBron with Mike's career is more accomplished, he gets a Finals run with one of those Bulls teams before Pippen matures. He doesn't leave to take a gambling break. Bron with those exact same squads isn't losing, we could hypothetically say there's one "choke year" in there, but he still 5-1 at worst vs MJ opponents, and still gets to more Finals given we know he drive title contention more often and he doesn't take a retirement break...
Bron got to 7 Finals in his first 13 years, compared to 6 for Mike; Mike got to 6 in 15 years, Bron went 9 Finals in his first 15 years...
Bron with Mike's 15-year career is probably 7-2 in Finals and the consensus GOAT by a wider margin than Mike with Mike's 15 year career
he wins more championships AND plays in more Finals...
That happened in Y13, same stage of career as '98 Jordan...
Yall gotta get off this "played forever" thing. Everything that made Bron the GOAT was accomplished in his youth...