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00:00I'm Jill Pinter-Lopez for Sports Illustrated, here with Melissa Rowland.
00:10And Melissa, Kendrick Perkins, always a big personality, took to Twitter after watching
00:14The Last Dance.
00:15What were his opinions?
00:16Well, everybody's comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan.
00:20Who's the GOAT?
00:21Who's the greatest of all time?
00:22And Kendrick weighed in on that conversation.
00:24Obviously, he very much favors LeBron.
00:27The two were teammates.
00:29And he very much has LeBron's back.
00:30He pointed out that after that famous playoff series, the first round playoff series against
00:35the Boston Celtics in Michael Jordan's second season, when he scored 49 and 63 points in
00:41Games 1 and Games 2, and Larry Bird made that famous quote that that wasn't Michael Jordan
00:46out there.
00:47That was God disguised as Michael Jordan.
00:48Well, he said that if LeBron James had put up those same points and his team had lost,
00:54that LeBron would have been criticized.
00:55So he said that there's different standards to begin with.
00:58And he also pointed out that LeBron did what Michael Jordan did without a Robin.
01:03Obviously, Michael Jordan always had Scottie Pippen by his side.
01:07And he said LeBron James accomplished things that Michael Jordan didn't.
01:12So it's interesting.
01:14Everybody has their various opinions on this.
01:16It's something that everybody can debate forever.
01:18Essentially, Joe, they're both outstanding players, two of the best of all time.