Michael Jordan VS LeBron James: The First 300 Career Games

Michael Jordan VS LeBron James: The First 300 Games

-Before LeBron James ever set foot on a NBA floor he was already expected to be the next great one. In NBA terms when you think of the great one, Michael Jordan is the first name that comes to mind. James, like Jordan signed a huge deal with Nike. In fact James signed a ungodly deal of worth over 100 million before playing a single NBA game. People thought the James hype was crazy, and I must admit I was not buying it either. However, that was over three years ago. After watching James for nearly four complete season I now believe the hype. This got me wondering, how did his first three years compare statistically with Jordan's? Have you ever wondered the same thing? If you have, you came to the right place.

-First thing is first, we must set the table before they piled up the stats. LeBron is such a beast many forget that he just turned 22 years old in December. As most of you know Michael Jordan left North Carolina early to play for the Chicago Bulls at the age of 21 years old. Therefore, Jordan was a more mature and older player before he set foot on an NBA court. LeBron put his numbers and stats up with zero college experience and was 3 years younger than Jordan.

-LeBron James played 300 games in nearly four complete NBA seasons. His 300^th game came on March 14th, 2007. Therefore, we will compare that with Jordan's first 300 games. It's worth noting Jordan missed much of his second year with an injury, therefore we dip into Jordan's fifth year when searching for his first 300 games. His 300^th game was his 36^th game of the 1988-89 seasons. Keep that in mind.

L. James First 300 Games---M. Jordan's First 300 games:

Total Points: 8,008---------Total Points: 9,800
Rebounds: 1,994-------------Rebounds: 1,765
Assists: 1,927------------------Assists: 1,684
Steals: 529---------------------Steals: 832
Blocks: 220---------------------Blocks: 375
Turnovers: 995--------------Turnovers: 989