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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2738840, member: 488"] I don't doubt that Jordan could have and would have won the title in '94 or '95. But that might have meant not winning three in a row after that. I just think Jordan was a guy who went so hard all the time that eventually it was going to catch up to him. I admire him in that respect because he simply didn't know how to take it down a notch - for his own health, he needed to either reel it in or take some time off. In my mind the decision to play baseball almost signified him fighting human nature. Hell, I think you could as easily argue he would have won the title in '99 or 2000. Regardless, Jordan is Jordan. It doesn't much matter to me whether he won 6, 8, or 12. Everyone knew he was the greatest. In recent times, I believe LeBron has matched that level. The question to me is whether he can keep doing this for long enough to tilt the scales. Jordan won his last title at 35 and was essentially done after that, Kobe tore his achilles at 35 and was never the same, and Duncan's per minute numbers remained excellent until close to his 40th birthday. If LeBron can manage his minutes like Duncan over the next few years, I think he has the chance to be among the best players in the world until 38, 39 years old. [/QUOTE]