In an interview with Chris Broussard of Fox Sports, Hall of Famer and two-time NBA champion Isiah Thomas talked about the GOAT debate and said that LeBron James, Kevin Durant and the superstars of the new generation aren’t getting enough credit.<\/p>\n
“I think this generation [of players] is not getting enough credit for what they’re doing,” Thomas said. “Because the athletes that are in this generation are so far superior than what was in my generation. [When we were playing], Jordan was the best athlete that we had ever seen, [but] from an athletic standpoint, there are like 10 or 11 guys in the NBA right now with Jordan’s athleticism. We didn’t have that back then. With what [Kevin Durant] and LeBron are doing, if you put them back in the era of the ’80s, with their talent, their athleticism and their skill, who’s the GOAT?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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