‘M.J. was an inspiration’: LeBron James passes Michael Jordan in career points Globe_Sports
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James moves the ball against the Denver Nuggets, at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 6, 2019.From the very first day LeBron James picked up a basketball, he wanted to be like Mike.
“M.J. was an inspiration,” James said. “M.J. was the lightning in a bottle for me, because I wanted to be like him.” Every loss eats at James, yet he fidgeted in front of his locker afterward with the anxiousness of a rookie, still buzzing over the enormity of the moment in his life. James is among the last active players who were old enough to witness Jordan in his prime with the Chicago Bulls. Little LeBron would buy packs of basketball cards hoping for a Jordan, and he would study every aspect of Jordan’s game, down to the way he wore his calf sleeve turned slightly inside-out so that the red lining showed.
“I never saw Michael live,” said Moritz Wagner, the Lakers’ 21-year-old German rookie centre. “ is the G.O.A.T. of our generation.”
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