It’s time to be honest……. Lebron had harder finals matchups than Michael Jordan. Biased aside, if you look at the matchups from each and every finals between the two, LeBron James had to go against a juggernaut not only team wise but position wise. Take a look below

Michael Jordan Positional Matchups in the NBA Finals:

Byron Scott- 3x Champ

Clyde Drexler- 1x Champ, 10x All-Star, 5x All NBA

Dan Marjerle- 3x All Star, 2x All Defense

Hersey Hawkins- 1x All Star

Jeff Hornacek(2 matchups)-1x All Star

Opponents Total Career Accolades : 1 Hall of Famer, 4 Championships, 15 All Star appearances, 5 All NBA selections, 2 All Defense selections

Lebron James Positional Matchups in NBA Finals:

Bruce Bowen: 3x Champ, 8x All Defensive team

Shawn Marion: 1x Champ, 4x All Star, 2x All NBA

Kevin Durant: 2x Champ, 2x Finals MVP, NBA MVP, 15x All Star, 11x All-NBA, 4x NBA Scoring Champ.

Kawhi Leonard (2 matchups): 2x Champ, 2x Finals MVP, 6x All Star, 6x All NBA, 7x All Defensive team, 2x Defensive player of the year.

Harrison Barnes: 1x Champ.

Opponents Total Career Accolades: 2 Hall of Famers, 9 Championships, 24 All Star appearances, 19 All NBA, 15 All Defense, 4 NBA Scoring Champ, 2 Defensive player of the year, 1 MVP, 2 Finals MVP

The data is there. Lebrons opponents had better team and individual success during their NBA careers………. And from these totals it’s not even close. Case closed. Dismissed. It……is……finished.