Very few dare to debate who should be considered the best player in the history of the NBAa place that has practically insured Michael Jordan thanks to the six champion rings he obtained during his time in the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s, even more than the four titles that LeBron James has won.
However, the power forward of Los Angeles Lakers He has had to face greater complications than those experienced by Jordan in his time as a player and that is that according to the ESPN analyst, Shannon SharpeJames is exposed to public scrutiny that makes him vulnerable 24 hours a day.
Like today’s great stars in any sport, LeBron James is constantly in the eye of the hurricane due to the cell phone cameras of the fans around him who, no matter what he does, will be watching him at all times, attentive to any oversight to share on social networks, a reality that Jordan never faced due to the nature of his time.
LeBron James, figure of the Los Angeles Lakers
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“We don’t have to get into who’s the better player, we’ll discuss it another day, just we are talking about the scrutiny that LeBron has to go through. Because there was no social media and Rich Paul (LeBron James’ agent) was absolutely right, there was no 24/7/365 that we had an idea. and what The Internet has done is turn the common person into a head coach.in a general manager, in a scout, in a professional athlete, all these things, so that now they can have an opinion,” Sharpe said.
LeBron James, exposed to criticism and comparisons on social networks
The analyst highlighted the media pressure to which LeBron is exposed in terms of his performance on the field and that is that regardless of what he does with the ball at his feet, the opinions expressed on social networks will always compare him with another player or detract from him. his successes, something that Michael Jordan never faced.
“Michael Jordan would score 50 points and they never said, ‘Well, Larry (Bird) would have scored 65.’ But if LeBron gets you a triple-double, they say, ‘Kobe, Jordan would have scored 76 points,'” he said.
But in addition to the pressure on the pitch, James also has to maintain a good image off it and it is not so easy for a figure of his stature to go out to eat at a restaurant where hundreds of eyes will be watching him with a camera on the hand, a situation that would not have existed in the 1990s.
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2023-09-05 23:07:15
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