On August 14, Beijing time, former NBA star Stephen Marbury talked about the GOAT (Best Player of All Time) battle in a radio interview, he believes that Jordan is a player of another level and should not be ranked, and James wants to be compared with Jordan, he must first surpass Kobe.

In Marbury's eyes, Jordan is unique. 'I think as the best players, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Russell, need someone to pass the ball to them and they can do what they do. Jordan has the ball, that's it. Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, and O'Neal...... These people are different types of stars on Earth, but Jordan is not, Jordan is not from Earth. He's completely different. ”

In today's various versions of the GOAT rankings, Jordan and James often appear together and are compared. Speaking about the phenomenon, Marbury said: "LeBron [James] is a great player, don't get me wrong, he's a very great player. Unbelievable and stunning. But better than Michael Jordan? It's not the same. In fact, it doesn't need to be explained or explained because we can't talk about Jordan's game......"

Marbury thinks James has to surpass Kobe before he can be compared to Jordan. "Do people want to rank Jordan? Jordan should not have been ranked at all. It should be Kobe Bryant, then LeBron, and then you can choose who comes after him. There is no comparison. They are not the same. They belong to different worlds, different mentalities. I don't know why Jordan's name is sometimes mentioned in the same conversation. I'll clarify this soon...... There's really no need to talk about this. ”

It is worth mentioning that not long ago, Marbury also said that the MVP of the Olympics should belong to Curry, not James, which caused heated discussions among fans.

"They gave the MVP to the wrong player, maybe they accidentally called the wrong name," Marbury said on social media. We need to rewind back to the moment when Curry showed that he was the all-time shooter. In international basketball, if you can't shoot, you can't get the ball at the end of the game. I understand that LeBron is the king of many, but let me put it this way: when you give him something he doesn't deserve, you say it's because of what he did that he deserves such high honor on the biggest stage. But no, he didn't win this honor for himself this time. ”

In this Olympics, James averaged 14.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 1.3 steals in 24.5 minutes per game, shooting 66% from the field, 30.8% from three-point range, and 73.3% from the free throw line. Curry averaged a team-high 14.8 points in 23.3 minutes per game, plus 3.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists, while shooting 50 percent from the field, 47.8 percent from three-point range and 100 percent from the free throw line.