Sometimes as a reporter, your job is to ask a question that you think you know the answer to.
After LeBron James passed Michael Jordan for fourth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list with a left-handed, and-1 layup on Wednesday against Denver that got him to 32,295 points for his career, many of us reporters gathered to interview Lebron in the postgame locker room.
Historic night for basketball royalty. @KingJames passes His Airness as the fourth-leading scorer of all-time. pic.twitter.com/f1WsVjOBvH
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 7, 2019
First, I asked about the significance of the milestone itself, and about the tribute LeBron wrote to Jordan on his sneakers (Thank You MJ 23), before getting to the question I had an idea how he might answer: why was Jordan his guy growing up?