A few points. People love to compare Jordan with an absolute trash lineup in his first year or two of playoffs, going against the fucking 1980s' Boston Celtics, and Detroit Bad Boys, both multiple championship winning legendary teams, to Lebron shitting the bed in a finals well into his career. WTF.
Jordan retired the 2nd time with 6 championships a year from now in Lebron age. He was still high flying, levitating, spinning, gravity defying. Maybe he lost a smidge but it didn't show. Who else has done that? Vince Carter was washed up long ago athletically. Kobe maybe, but he was never as skilled with his athleticism. You just don't see guys with Jordans explosive athleticism sustain it for as long. Now when he came back the last time with the Wizards it was gone and he was down to just above average NBA player. I also don't think people realize how hard it is to retire, go off and play another sport, and then come ALL THE WAY back to the top of the game. Not just pretty, good, not one of the best, but undeniably the best player.
That stat about #1 draft picks played with, wtf.
How about all time NBA top 50 teammates? Jordan had Pippen every year. Lebron had Dwayne Wade. Maybe Kyrie gets there but not yet.
How about all time top 50s you played against in the finals.
Jordan played finals against Magic, Worthy(some dropping him from newer top 50 list), Barkley, Drexler, Stockton, Malone, and Payton.
Lebron played finals against, Dirk, Curry, Durant, Duncan. (Probably can add Westbrook and Harden to top 50, Westbrook especially)
Lebron has got screwed on several MVP votes. It's sorta his fault, not because he makes it look easy, but because like this year, Cleveland looked like dog shit most of the year. That's on him, but he also has to save something to get through the playoffs, so he can't go out and do 40/10/7 all season, lead Cleveland to a #1 seed and have anything left.
Like someone else said, Jordans game was aesthetically better. When a 6'6" guard blows past another guard, gets inside and either just dunks right over a 7 footer, or flies, hangs, hangs, hangs, everyone else drops, hangs, and gets the shot off, it's beautiful. Or when a 6'6" guy gets a big on him in a switch and he backs them down then hits the smooth turn around over them, it is beautiful.
When a 6'8" guy throws a smaller player out of the way with a forearm that would be a foul call against most of the league,, then goes in and runs over a guy slightly bigger than him, it's not as pretty even if both get you two points. I do give Lebron credit, he is so tough to stop once he gets going on a drive, and he has developed some crazy angles he can hit shots from near the rim. I really thought in the 2016 finals he looked done. He had lost a step, his jumper sucked so people could play off him. And he turned it around that series. And since then has looked better than ever.
Finally Lebron often doesn't carry himself like a champion. Yes you can find footage of Bird, Magic, Jordan protesting a call, but you don't see them walking all over refusing to give up the ball, looking like they are about to cry, running at the refs, hands out, are you crazy, etc. every friggen play, and jawing with the refs the whole game. Partly that's on the refs. If you had tried that shit in the 80s and 90s you would have been teed up and you would learn to STFU and show respect. Still, Bird Magic Jordan carried themselves like champions. They just got madder and madder, and fuck you I'm going to beat your team, your crowd, the refs, and whatever else you got. Lebron has been around forever, and he still acts fucking shocked that Curry is gonna get a call at home. He has a lot of Draymonds bitchassedness about him, just with a helluva lot more skill and history to back it up.