Mavs Coach Jason Kidd: 'LeBron James is Greatest of All-Time'

Although LeBron James hasn't caught Michael Jordan in the championships department, Jason Kidd doesn't think that matters at this point.

Dalton Trigg | Mar 30, 2022

Well before the Dallas Mavericks (47-29) beat down the wilting Los Angeles Lakers (31-44) on Tuesday night, everyone pretty much already knew that would be the likely outcome, especially since 37-year-old superstar LeBron James was out with an ankle injury.

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Luka Doncic with an easy layup vs. the Lakers.

Jalen Brunson attacks the Lakers defense.

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Doncic finished with a 34-point triple-double in just three quarters against the Lakers.

James, who is about to finish up his 19th NBA season, recently passed Karl Malone for No. 2 on the All-Time Scoring List and remarkably leads the league in scoring with an average of 30.1 points per game on 52.3 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from 3-point range. On a Lakers team that has struggled greatly, James has been one of the few bright spots.

When discussing who is the basketball GOAT (Greatest of All-Time), James and Michael Jordan's names are always the two that pop up. They are in a tier all their own, and for good reason. Although Jordan has the upper hand with six championships to James' four, James' ability to sustain his superstar prime for nearly two decades gives him a legitimate case.

Before the Mavs' latest win against the Lakers, Mavs coach Jason Kidd gave his two cents about who he thinks the basketball GOAT is.

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Jason Kidd and LeBron James.

LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers — Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports

Despite James' play, the Lakers are in danger of missing the Play-In Tournament.

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'King James' and 'Luka Magic'

"I think LeBron will go down as the greatest to do it," said Kidd. "When you look at his numbers – what he's done on and off the floor – no one's done that. You've got to put the whole package together. He's the greatest of all-time.

Although the debates are always close these days, James could potentially leave the game with little question as to who truly is the best to ever do it depending on how and where he ends his career. Will James stay in Los Angeles and be content putting up big numbers on subpar rosters, or will he decide to play elsewhere in order to have a real chance to add to his ring count? It should be an interesting offseason.

Published Mar 30, 2022

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.