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Hilarious.

Ok, since I'm up and bored, I will throw my 2 cents in.  Lebron is a better ATHLETE than Jordan.  He is the best athlete I have ever seen, in any sport.  However, to say he is a better OVERALL PLAYER than Jordan is just Twilight Zone.

When talking about the best overall players, you must take into account not only athleticism and stats, but rings, along with a few intangibles such as the ability to make players around you better (which Lebron has to an extent) and the most important, clutchness.

First of all, rings(legacy).  Jordan didn't win his first until age 28.  He started off as pretty much a spectular scorer who didn't really make his teammates better.  For the most part, they just stood around and watched him early on in his career.  Check out a John Paxson quote from Jordan's infamous 63-point game in the playoffs at the Garden - he actually says this very thing, and it was a loss in double OT.  The thing that separates Jordan from Lebron is that instead of calling up the best players and plotting to get on the same team together, he accepted that he had to do a better job of making his teammates better, and had the competitive drive to want to play AGAINST the best players.  Bird and Magic (to name just a few greats) say this same thing.  They would have never wanted to play with each other, because knowing they led their teams against the best competition successfully was part of what drove them.  Lebron's solution?  Get with arguaby the second best player (Wade) and another superstar (Bosh) to win a championship that he failed to deliver on by simply leading his own team.  And don't tell me those Cleveland teams didn't have talent.  They had the best regular season record at least twice when Lebron was there.  And also do not compare it to the Boston's Big Three, who all had plenty of years leading their own teams prior to coming together in 2007.  They were all 3 past 30 and wanted to win, and paid their dues IMO, but that's for a different discussion.  Lebron, at age 26 (just entering his prime), decided to team up with 2 other superstar players, and after putting on a public spectacle about how many championships they were going to win together (I believe 7), was a complete and total no-show in the Finals when in matterered most, and let Dirk Nowitzki (who until that point had the "soft" label) totally take his heart. 

This leads me to the second intangible of a superstar player, clutchness.  In fairness, Lebron has had his clutch moments, but last year's Finals no-show looms largest.  I have no doubt that he will get his ring(s), but in exercising his right to team up with the best players in the league rather than leading one on his own he has forever tarnished his legacy.  Circumstances can of course change, as he is only 27, but as of right now this is how it stands.

My 2 cents.