James is firmly the second in history? Arenas: He has not surpassed the Magician yet!

Now many media have ranked James' historical position second, second only to the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan. It seems that James' position is very stable and he is already "sitting for two to look at one". However, some players do not agree with this ranking. Former legendary Arenas said on his blog more than once that although James is a very great player, he is not the second in history, because he has not surpassed Lakers' legendary superstar Magic Johnson!

The view of "General" has caused some controversy among the fans, and some people agree and oppose it. To be fair, who has a higher historical status in James VS Magic Johnson? The main thing is to judge from these three aspects!

First of all, personal honor

This is the most direct criterion for measuring stars. Let’s look at Magic Johnson. Since joining the Lakers as the No. 1 pick in 1979, he has won 5 championships in his career, 3 regular season MVPs, and 3 finals MVPs. He was selected into the Best Team 9 times and 2 All-Star MVPs.

And looking at James, since he joined the Cavaliers as the No. 1 pick in 2003, he has won 4 championships in his career so far, 4 regular season MVPs, 4 finals MVPs, 12 selected for the Best Team, 3 All-Star MVPs, and is also the leader in the historical scoring.

If we look at the honors of the two, James is better than Magic Johnson. In addition to one less championship, the other major honors are more than this Lakers legend. So in terms of comparison, James defeated Magic Johnson without any suspense!

Secondly lead the era

Although there are many outstanding superstars in the long history of the NBA, it is rare to say that players who can truly lead the creation of an era are such a player. Since joining the Lakers, they have quickly attracted the liking of fans with their superb dribbling and wild passes. Fans and media also call that Lakers the "showtime era". It can be said that that Lakers are the most popular among NBA teams. The Magician has turned basketball into an art. He is really a veritable epoch-making superstar!

On the other hand, although James has countless honors, he is not a player who really leads the era, because he neither creates a dynasty nor does his personal playing style compete to imitate the younger players, so James is just a great player of this era. Even the famous mouth Yang Yi said that the only player who really leads an era in the NBA is Curry. Therefore, in this regard, Magic Johnson is better than James.

The final team's historical status

If a player has a high historical status in the team, then he will have a high bonus in his historical ranking. For example, the familiar Nowitzki, although he only has one championship, as the first person in the history of the Mavericks, he has a high ranking in every historical ranking in the NBA.

Magic Johnson is second only to Kobe in the history of the Lakers. He is the representative of one person and one city. He devoted his career to this team. Therefore, in order to thank the legend, the team not only retired the jersey, but also erected a statue. You must know that in a giant family like the Lakers, there are not many players who are erected by statues.

And James won these four championships in his career, which were won by three different teams, namely Cavaliers, Heat and Lakers. The Heat and Lakers' first player in history is already a famous flower. The greatest player in the Cavaliers' history is undoubtedly James. After all, he won the first NBA championship in history for the team. Although his "escape" twice made Cavaliers fans very sad, to be fair, the Cavaliers should set up a statue for James. In this comparison, James is better than Magic Johnson.

Through these three detailed analysis, James' historical status is still higher than that of this Lakers legend, and fans who believe rational fans should still agree with this! What do you think about this? You can leave a message below to interact!