- The NBA and ESPN are reportedly in talks about airing an H-O-R-S-E competition featuring some of the NBA’s biggest stars.
- And the news has basketball analysts debating who’d win a fantasy game between arguably the two greatest players of all time, LeBron James and Michael Jordan.
- Skip Bayless believes it would be a “complete and utter mismatch” and that “LeBron would get no letters on Michael.”
- Shannon Sharpe however says James would win because is the “better 3-point shooter.”
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Basketball analysts are furiously debating who’d win a fantasy game of H-O-R-S-E between LeBron James and Michael Jordan.
The NBA and ESPN are reportedly in talks about airing a H-O-R-S-E competition featuring some of the NBA’s biggest stars.
Players would compete in the shooting contest while remaining in isolation and would go head-to-head in a “traditional playground” format.
The NBA and ESPN are working on televising a H-O-R-S-E competition involving several high-profile players, sources say. Players would shoot in isolation – presumably in home gyms – and match shots against competitors. Details are still being finalized.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 4, 2020
And while is it yet unknown which players would take part in the proposed tournament, the news has analysts speculating as to how two of the sport's greatest ever, James and Jordan, would fare against each other.
Skip Bayless, host of the show "Undisputed" of Fox Sports, says Jordan would be the winner with ease.
"This would be a complete and utter mismatch," he said on Twitter. "This would be epic. I believe LeBron would lose this competition H-O-R-S-E to zero.
"This would be a complete and utter mismatch. This would be epic. I believe LeBron would lose this competition H-O-R-S-E to zero. LeBron would get no letters on Michael. It would be a wipeout."@RealSkipBayless on LeBron vs MJ in HORSE pic.twitter.com/DhI2psshR8
— The Facility (@TheFacilityFS1) April 6, 2020
"LeBron would get no letters on Michael. It would be a wipeout."
Shannon Sharpe, Bayless' co-host, disagreed however, saying he would back James for the win instead.
"LeBron is a better 3-point shooter," he said. "MJ shot 24% his last in year Chicago, even the great Lonzo Ball has a higher 3-point % than that!
.@ShannonSharpe on LeBron vs MJ in HORSE:
"LeBron is a better 3-point shooter. MJ shot 24% his last year in Chicago, even the great Lonzo Ball has a higher 3-point % than that! LeBron has more playoff buzzer beaters & clutch shots than MJ. In their prime, I'm taking Bron." pic.twitter.com/pf4IdQXPzZ
— The Facility (@TheFacilityFS1) April 6, 2020
"LeBron has more playoff buzzer beaters & clutch shots than MJ. In their prime, I'm taking Bron."
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