Title- Michael Jordan is the better NBA player over Lebron James.
During my proposal I will discuss why Michael Jordan is better the Lebron James. Many people including myself never got to watch the greatness of Michael Jordan live on Tv, this could easily lead to people downplaying how incredible of a player he was and why he is absolutely the best of all time. I also hope to find which of the two players played the hardest era’s. People of today have a clear bias towards Lebron as they grew up watching him and never saw a player like him. This is where during my research I will find how Michael Jordan not only is the better of the two players but it is not as close as people think it is.
Research Questions
- Does Michael Jordan or Lebron James have the better accolades
- Which of the two players had the touphest era’s
- Can Lebron ever catch up to Jordan
- Who is the best of all time
Hypothesis
- Whichever player people grew up with, fans will have a higher bias towards.
- Michael Jordan is better then Lebron James
What I expect to find: I expect in most of my research that older individuals will have a higher bias towards Michael Jordan over Lebron James and younger people will lean towards Lebron James, mainly on the reason that they grew up with that player therefore they may have bias. I also expect to find that Lebron will have better career stats then Michael Jordan and that could lead many into believing that Lebron is better while there are way more important stats that get looked over because someone score more all time points.
Sources
Gqlshare. (2023, February 7). LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan: How their careers compare. Orange County Register. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/07/lebron-james-vs-michael-jordan-how-their-careers-compare/#:~:text=Jordan%20was%20the%20flashier%20scorer,triple%2Ddoubles%20to%20Jordan’s%2028.
In this source I found that it provides a great amount of career stats between the two players and comparisons. An example of a stat I received from this source was the points score per game.
Adams, M. (2022, January 13). The Last Dance: Did Michael Jordan or LeBron James face tougher competition in the playoffs? Sporting News Canada. https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/news/the-last-dance-did-michael-jordan-or-lebron-james-face-tougher-competition-in-the-playoffs/ub0a1xhfjsff1kuizb90rbd7y#:~:text=There%20were%2082%20playoff%20opponents,top%20with%20the%20harder%20slate.
I used this article to compare the era’s that Michael Jordan played in compared to Lebron James. For example in the article I found that Jordan had more difficult playoff matchups.
LeBron James is Our Generations Michael Jordan — Steemit. (n.d.). Steemit. https://steemit.com/sports/@wheresmyfitzy/lebron-james-is-our-generations-michael-jordan
This website brings the information of why certain generations of people prefer Michael Jordan Or Lebron James. An I also learned that many younger people have never even watched Jordan play.
Marca, & Sam, A. B. (2023, August 7). The decisive argument for why Michael Jordan is the GOAT ahead of LeBron James. MARCA. https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/nba/2023/08/07/64d0d654ca4741723f8b458d.html
This talks about why Michael Jordan is better all time then Lebron James. An example the article poses was how Jordan has more championships won a has never loss comapred to Lebron.
Quinn, S. (2017, October 3). Why LeBron James will never surpass Michael Jordan. Bleacher Report. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1598035-why-lebron-james-will-never-surpass-michael-jordan?search_query=lebron%20james
In my source this article talks about why Lebron James can never catch up to Michael Jordan as the GOAT. For example Jordan has such a big gap over Lebron and unfortunatly for Lebron he only has a couple years left before he retires.
Streeter, K. (2023, July 3). GOATs are everywhere in sports. so what really defines greatness? The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/sports/tennis/greatest-athlete-of-all-time.html#:~:text=Defining%20the%20term%20as%20%E2%80%9Cthe,the%20acronym%20had%20become%20dictionary
I used this article in my definition argument to explain what a GOAT is and how one can achieve this status. An example of what I found was how clutch a player is.
Brooks, M. (2022, December 27). GOAT meaning: what does the term G.O.A.T. mean in sport – why Lionel Messi and Pelé are often called it. NationalWorld. https://www.nationalworld.com/sport/other-sport/goat-meaning-what-does-the-term-goat-mean-in-sport-why-tom-brady-and-rafael-nadal-are-often-called-it-3568312
In my definition argument I used this article to explain how players are compared to each other and why that player is the GOAT and the other is not.
Pekmic, A. (2023, January 31). What is the average points per game (ppg) in the NBA by year? looking at the last decade and evolution of scoring. Sportskeeda. https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/what-average-points-per-game-ppg-nba-year-looking-last-decade-evolution-scoring
I used this article in my Rebuttle Argument to explain how statistics nowadays are inflated compared to previous era.
LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan: How their careers compare. (2023, February 7). Orange County Register. https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/07/lebron-james-vs-michael-jordan-how-their-careers-compare/#:~:text=Jordan%20was%20the%20flashier%20scorer
In this article I found comparisons and differences in Jordans, and Lebron’s careers.
Wilson, R. (2019, February 6). should we Obsessed with stats? Mental health in Sport stats. Tackle Smart Sports. https://www.tacklesmartsports.com/are-we-becoming-too-obsessed-with-stats-in-sports/#:~:text=It
This article would go into the deep depths of todays statistics and how people are obsessed with stats that have no relevancy just to prove a claim
Michael Jordan Career Stats. (n.d.). StatMuse. https://www.statmuse.com/nba/player/michael-jordan-1932
I used this article in my Causal argument to provide the statistics and awards Jordan won.
The Chicago Bulls’ Title Drought Without Michael Jordan | BashaBearsBasketball.com. (2023, November 20). https://bashabearsbasketball.com/the-chicago-bulls-title-drought-without-michael-jordan/
This article helped me understand just how important Jordan was to the Bulls franchise.
B, M. (n.d.). Life without Michael Jordan: The Story of the 1993-94 Chicago Bulls. Bleacher Report. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/370455-life-without-michael-jordan-the-story-of-the-1993-94-chicago-bulls
In this article I found how the Chicago Bulls played without Jordan
Counterintuitive Fall 2024 
I’m going to make some revisions to your Hypothesis paragraph to model the level of formality/informality/correctness that earns the high grades in our course.
The Original
Recommended Revisions
Go for: More Specific. Less Colloquial. Just slightly more formal. Did I mention More Specific?
By and large, the goal of an academic research paper is to surpass the level of credibility common in a barstool debate, HockeyPlayer. So, while I heartily endorse your plan to compare the careers of two basketball players through research, you’ll need to consult and share insights from at least some academic sources. This does not suggest that media analysis is unintelligent, or that collegiate eggheads have all the answers; merely that the focus of the course is on research, not the swapping of passionate opinions. “Best Of” competitions by their nature are endlessly fascinating for fans, but the outcome is never that one side convinces another: they’re about generating heat, not light. See if you can find anything in Google Scholar that helps define what we even mean by BEST in regard to team sports. Comparing eras is certainly a good angle to pursue. Another might be the classic “makes his teammates better.” You haven’t mentioned coaches; is there a chance one or the other was hobbled by poor coaching, or alternately, did one or the other function as a player/coach during game time? If you can introduce a novel concept into the conversation, you’ll have done your part. After that, throw down!
Remember, this post gets expanded with whatever other sources you consult. Be sure to add new material as you gather it. When it’s complete, we’ll change the name of the post to “Annotated Bibliography” and it will go right into your Portfolio.
Provisionally graded. Revisions are pretty much required for this post-in-progress, and Regrades will happen every time I become aware of an update, including AFTER it goes into your Portfolio.
I appreciate the expanded list, HP, and will Regrade accordingly.
My recommendation about academic sources still stands. A quick search of Google Scholar shows plenty of interest in the GOAT category, including several papers that directly address the Jordan LeBron debate, including
An Honors Thesis on Jordan LeBron:
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/739/
A Google book about the 1992 Dream Team (G TEAM O A T)
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-8KJGlUvrPYC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=%22greatest+of+all+time%22&ots=S85q7LTjs7&sig=JOFIwZcBIBDgaw65asGwyDaUm0o#v=onepage&q=%22greatest%20of%20all%20time%22&f=false
Then, when I strung together a whole mess of limiting factors in Google Scholar search:
+sports +excellence +criteria +greatest +”individual performance” +leadership +team-building +championship
I got a nice page of articles on building championship teams, something that might add some academic heft to your discussion of team leadership as a criterion for GOAT.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31&q=%2Bsports+%2Bexcellence+%2Bcriteria+%2Bgreatest+%2B%22individual+performance%22+%2Bleadership+%2Bteam-building+%2Bchampionship&btnG=
I hope that’s helpful.