The greatest basketball player of all-time debate and spurn into Chicago Bulls legend, Michael Jordan, vs. Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, with many of the younger generation taking James’ side while seemingly everyone else takes Michael Jordan’s side.
While you can argue it for hours on end, barring some kind of late, miracle run where LeBron dominates another five years and ends up with 7-8 rings, Michael Jordan is still going to be considered the GOAT, with LeBron being many peoples’ 1B.
In reality, this discussion does not even matter, as it is completely subjective and they have not (yet) developed a stat that could encompass enough of the game of basketball to make that distinction.