Charles Barkley shares some strong words on how LeBron would fare vs. the Bad Boy Pistons

If ESPN documentary series following the 90’s Chicago Bulls team has done one thing, it’s added a lot of fuel to the fire when it comes to the LeBron vs. Jordan debate. Not that this long-standing and extremely frustrating debate needed a kick in the butt, but “The Last Dance” has given it one anyway.

One of the arguments that MJ truthers will always bring up is how the era adjustment doesn’t tangibly quantify perseverance through… well… basically straight up assault. When you look at the numbers, you don’t see the beatings Jordan had to fight through, and to make things even more confusing players like LeBron are now seemingly under extra protection from the league.

All in all, there will never be another time when violence is so ingrained in professional basketball. Let’s put this another way, there will never be another “Bad Boy Pistons”.

The latest installment of The Last Dance featured Jordan and the Bulls bitter rivalry with the Detroit Pistons, one where nobody is trying to hide the fact that beating up Jordan was opening on the agenda. Guys like Bill Laimbeer, Isiah Thomas, Dennis Rodman, and more got to know the Bulls superstar very well, and Jordan persevered to overcome.

Could LeBron have done the same? Charles Barkley doesn’t think so.

Barkley knows a thing or two about this era because he played in it to.

Does that make him an expert? Or just biased? You know what, let’s just stick to one debate at a time here.