James on Thursday eclipsed Jordan as the NBA’s all-time leading playoff scorer as he led the Cavaliers into a third straight NBA Finals — fueling comparisons to six-time NBA champion Jordan. As pundits parsed the stats showing Jordan achieved his 5,987 playoff points in 179 post-season games, while James reached 5,995 in his 212th post-season contest, James dismissed such conversations as “barbershop” debates. “When you’re growing up and you’re seeing Michael Jordan, it’s almost like a god. Jordan leads James in Most Valuable Player awards five to four and Jordan is fourth all-time in regular-season scoring with 32,292 points compared with James in seventh on 28,787. “It has nothing to do with passing him in rings, passing him in points, passing him in MVPs.

Source: Taipei Times May 27, 2017 16:06 UTC