It’s interesting that despite MJ obviously having a huge ego himself he’s never actually openly called himself the GOAT while LeBron has several times

This is even despite the fact that I think MJ still has the 65/35ish or 70/30ish edge among general NBA fandom as well as NBA players and if LeBron retired tomorrow MJ would still be ranked 1 on the majority of released “top 10 players” lists 10-15 years from now