Stan Van Gundy: "The cult of Jordan causes unjust hatred towards LeBron"

Over the past few years, the debate about who is the greatest player in NBA history has been solely focused on Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Most consider the former as the GOAT, but this has led to unfair hatred towards the latter.

At least, that's what Stan Van Gundy recently pointed out. Taking advantage of LeBron's name being one of the most mentioned these days due to his potential departure from the Los Angeles Lakers, the former coach has spoken about these unjust criticisms towards 'The King'.

"LeBron has been the target of certain hatred for a long time for many different things," Van Gundy began on the podcast Nothing Personal with David Samson after James was criticized for exercising his player option with the Lakers.

"I have never understood the negativity surrounding him. I think a lot of it stems from many people who simply idolized Michael Jordan, and the question of 'Is LeBron as good?' led to hating LeBron instead of appreciating what he has done. And I think that's regrettable," he added.

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