Isiah Thomas: LeBron James 'a much better' player than Michael Jordan was

Isiah Thomas played many games against His Airness, Michael Jordan, back in the day, and what he’s seen LeBron James to makes him believe The King trumps his old rival.Taking this whole Jordan vs. James debate to another level, Thomas not only said that James is better, he went even further during an appearance on ESPN’s “Get Up!” Thomas said, “with no disrespect to Jordan,” that, “What I’m witnessing in LeBron James is a complete basketball player dominating this period of time,” he said. “I haven’t seen anyone else do that in our league with the exception of two people. That’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Russell.”“But when you talk about just a basketball player, a complete basketball player, LeBron James is a much better basketball player than Michael Jordan.”Some might wonder if this isn’t a way for Thomas to poke his old rival in the eyes. But it sure seemed like he was sincere in his evaluation. And in terms of being an overall player who can do it all on the court, James actually is a more complete pl

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