Michael Jordan was back on our TV screens Sunday night for a new installment of NBC's MJ: Insights to Excellence, when he gave quite a thoughtful answer to basketball's ongoing (and oftentimes exhausting) GOAT debate.
For most NBA fans, the greatest player of all time is either Jordan, who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and arguably one of the most famous athletes to ever live, or LeBron James, who has won four championships with three different teams and is in the middle of his 23rd season in the league. Occasionally, you'll hear differently from a diehard Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Bill Russell acolyte—but for the most part, when we're talking GOAT, we're talking Jordan or James.
