We know it's gonna happen, bro. Bron's career in retrospect, once he's truly done and gone, will be much more appreciated and respected than he was in real time. He's the most nitpicked and scrutinized basketball player ever, with the most pressure on his shoulders from the moment he walked in the door, held to unbelievable standards of excellence that even other All-Timers were not, and are not, held to...
The vast majority of even the greatest of All-Timers would have folded under the pressure given to Bron yeeeaaarrrsssss ago. The fact he's taken everything on the chin and kept performing at the very highest level in the sport tells you anything you need to know about him...
And this is how we know he the GOAT. Nobody was held to the moving goalposts and standards he's been held to. There's always some new logic people want to apply to Bron that they don't apply uniformly. He's the greatest basketball player to ever play. People know this...
When he retires there will be more acceptance of it...
He may not ever reach a 51% consensus the way Mike has, particularly as long as Mike Stans control the conversations and conglomerates that push GOAT talk. But muhfukkas know Bron the best to do this shyt and when he's done and ain't walking thru that door again, there's going to be a LOT of guys who are more public with that stance than there have been while he's still playing...