NBA Analyst Dives Into Why Michael Jordan Has More “Aura” Than LeBron James
Michael Jordan and LeBron James Credits: Imagn Images In the GOAT debate among the NBA circles, Michael Jordan and LeBron James have consistently been taking up the first two spots, but where they rank among themselves is a never-ending back and forth. Different metrics come up every day, and NBA analyst Colin Cowherd has found a new way to hail Jordan’s superiority over James. Maybe Jordan is a more serial winner than James has been in his career.
In terms of consistency and longevity tho, it’s James who’s on top. But has anyone ever analyzed their respective “auras”? Cowherd has.
According to him, it’s Jordan who has the better aura and he’s not a hater. In recent years, he has backed James as the GOAT when it comes to basketball, but he could not choose the Lakers star over Jordan when the discussion boiled down to the mystique surrounding the iconic athlete. A massive reason why Cowherd believes Jordan had more aura than LeBron is that there was no social media when he played.
“There was no social media. Part of what makes Michael [Jordan] fascinating was that we didn’t know about his private life,” Cowherd said on his podcast via Volume Sports. “There weren’t the platforms, so you needed his basketball, and his fashion.
That was your gateway to knowing Michael. You didn’t know about his marriage, you didn’t know about his private life,” he added. Back when Jordan was wowing audiences accross the country, fans didn’t have an easy way to watch highlights from his games.