Determining the Greatest of All Time

With the recent success of Lebron James, there have been many stories going around whether James can finally get his name mentioned with Michael Jordan as the greatest basketball player of all time. James who just had a six game streak of scoring at least 30 points while shooting at least 60% from the field was astonishing as he is the only player in NBA history to achieve such a feat. After that streak many wondered if he could surpass Jordan as the best. Jordan fired back stating he is not even the  best player today because Kobe Bryant has 4 rings to Lebrons one championship ring. James then answered back saying if championship rings were the ultimatium in deciding the best then Jordan is not even the best of all time because Bill Russell has 11 rings. Ever since his prodigy days in high school many have wondered whether James was the second coming and if he could one day surpass the great Michael Jordan. It seems as if he is finally coming into his own after accomplishing maybe the greatest 365 days a basketball player can have as he was the season MVP, won his first championship, was the finals MVP, and won an olympic gold medal. His clutch play throughout the playoffs silenced many critics who questioned his toughness and leadership and now that he has that elusive first title its safe to say the he is about to explode and become unstoppable. When he once would shoot numerous shots to up his stat totals, James now is flirting with perfection each and every night as he is nailing over half of the shots he takes as well as bringing in almost 10 rebounds a night while dishing out assists and playing shut down defense. There is not a player in todays game or in the past that has the athletic ability that James possess'. He could very easily be an All-Pro tight end in the NFL if he put all of his focus on football instead of basketball. Not even Jordan can compare to the athletic ability that James has been blessed with. He recently became the youngest players to reach 20,000 career points and with the way the Heat are playing these days it seems like he will retire with many more championships under his belt and my opinion retire as the greatest basketball player on planet earth. With the comments that Jordan has said about James it isn't hard to notice that he has a sense of fear in his tone. Fear that the title of being the best is slipping from his grip while James continues to display his unreal talents each and every night.