Many people look up to Michael Jordan and say that he is the greatest basketball player of all time. After all, MJ transcended the sport and became its most popular player.

Michael went 6-0 in the NBA Finals and won six Finals MVP awards aside from taking home five NBA MVP awards, 10 scoring titles, and 14 All-Star selections. However, Jordan himself doesn’t think that he is the GOAT.

“False,” Michael said when the late Georgetown head coach John Thompson said he’s the greatest ever. “Cuz I didn’t play against, you know, all the great players prior to me, and those were the players that influence my game.”“I mean, it’s a great honor, don’t get me wrong. But I love to have played against Jerry West to determine if I was the better guard than him or Oscar Robertson, but we’ll never know,” Jordan added.

MJ cringes when he’s called the GOAT

Mike’s perspective is different from his fellow players and NBA analysts, who have no trouble picking only one NBA legend as their basketball GOAT