Dwyane Wade's new stance on LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan GOAT debate has NBA fans very confused

Billy Heyen

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Dwyane Wade's new stance on LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan GOAT debate has NBA fans very confused image

Dwyane Wade is one of the best guards in the history of basketball.

If there's anyone qualified to weigh in on the NBA's GOAT debate between LeBron James and Michael Jordan, it's D-Wade.

In a recent appearance, he did just that. But he did it in a way that's just a little bit confusing.

Here's what Wade said on his own podcast: "Michael Jordan is my basketball GOAT, mine personally, for all the reasons he should be. But I do have a new answer for how I'm gonna start answering this for when people ask me. I'm going to say Michael Jordan is the greatest player I've ever watched. He is the greatest player I've ever watched. LeBron James is the greatest player I've ever seen."

OK, confused as some fans might be, it makes a lot of sense when you hear what else he had to say.

"I never saw Michael Jordan," Wade went on to explain. "I watched Michael Jordan. I saw and I've seen LeBron James up close. I played against and played with (James). I personally have not seen a greater basketball player, but I've watched a great basketball player."

Wade got to experience LeBron up close. He never got that with MJ. So he's decided to classify them differently.

D-Wade does use very closely related verbs to describe it, which doesn't help the confusion factor. But when you take a step back, you can see what he's saying.

Now, do you believe that it's the right way to approach it? That's a different question.

Wade has more information about LeBron. And he was never on the court with a better player. You could make the case that should make James his GOAT.

But as a kid who grew up in Chicago, Wade can't go away from Jordan, either.

In the end, it's just one more voice on basketball's most popular debate.

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