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How LeBron James Can Surpass Michael Jordan (Part 1)

For LeBron James to catch the ghost of Chicago’s past, he has to make himself the ghost that needs catching. Blessed with the most natural talent in the NBA, LeBron has to play to his own strengths. When guarding LeBron, players have to know that his greatest strength isn’t physical, it’s photographic.

Long have detractors and naysayers compared LeBron to Michael Jordan and decried LeBron’s lack of a killer instinct, his record in the NBA finals, and his mid-range game. After 13 years in the league, LeBron shouldn’t believe he’ll catch Jordan by bearing similarities to The Jumpman.