Beyond Jordan in this way? James pressure comes, it depends on the Lakers.

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For the Lakers, competing for the championship has always been the team's first demand.

Putting aside the first few seasons of the post-Bryant era, the only purpose of this Lakers participating in the game is to compete for the championship. After all, as a top traditional giant in the league and a team that has won 17 championships in history, not winning the championship means failure.

However, for the Lakers who now have James + Doncic, winning the championship is quite difficult. More importantly, for James, who is already 40, there is not much time left for him to compete for the championship. At the same time, there is not much time to catch up with Jordan in terms of the number of championships.

For James, catching up with Jordan has always been one of his ultimate goals, but what should James do to catch up with or even surpass Jordan today? Former NBA player Perkins talked about this on the show:

"If you can do this now (lead the Lakers to the championship), if you can do that, you don't have to say anything more on the podcast. When it comes to the topic of GOAT, you don't need to say anything more"

Could it be that surpassing Jordan and becoming the uncontroversial GOAT in one fell swoop?

It is not difficult to see that in Perkins's view, if James can lead the Lakers' lineup to win the championship in the Western Conference at the age of 40, James will be the undisputed GOAT, and the Western Conference with strong players will also add a lot of gold to James' championship:

"The Thunder, who just won the championship, and the Rockets in the West ranked second, got Durant and Jokic, who is at the peak, are in strengthening and eliminated last season. The Lakers' Timberwolves"

For James, being able to defeat the above teams in the playoffs and defeat the Eastern Conference teams in the finals may really be able to defeat Jordan in GOAT:

"As strong as Jordan, he only won two consecutive championships at his peak, and James won the more difficult championship at the age of 40+"

Of course, this is pressure and motivation for James. After all, who doesn't want to be the strongest person in history? But the result of all this may depend on the Lakers.

Last season, the Lakers were eliminated by the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs. Compared with last season, the current lineup has less outside defense core Finney Smith, and only strengthened Laravia and center Ayton. If the Lakers cannot upgrade the lineup - get the outside defense core, James's championship may have to wait a little longer.

So, the question is, do you think James can really surpass Jordan if he wins the championship at the age of 40? Write in the comments.