James is the best player of all time. Dare I say it James is better than Jordan. James has tougher competition to compete against and he dominates. Jordan dominated weak opposition.

How old are you?

LMFAO

Ah, you're hilarious. Take a good look at the teams Jordan faced and I dare you to say that again 

Just because I said the Lakers and Sixers weren't trying to win doesn't mean that I agree with you. You can have your words back, but you might want to wipe off my saliva first. Either way, why are you still arguing this? Both the Bulls and the Warriors played and lost to some very bad teams. The '96 expansion teams only had nine more wins than the '16 teams designed to lose. If you really want to pit those four teams against each other, it'd look something like this:

Pippen said earlier this year that the '96 Bulls would sweep this years Warriors team in a seven game series and I totally agree with him.

"WE WOULD BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF THOSE YOUNG CATS!"

-Every former player ever

Also one position that is clearly a lot better in the mid 90's then it is now is centers there is no one playing right now that is even close to being as good as David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Shaquile O'Neal, Alonozo Mourning and Hakeem Olajuwon and the '96 Bulls eliminated three of those in the playoffs (Ewing, Mouring and O'Neal).  Plus they eliminated the defensive player of the year Gary Payton in the finals.

The 90's NBA favored centers and post games. The modern NBA favors pace, space and perimeter shooting, so one position that is clearly a lot better in 2016 than the mid-90s are point guards. The Warriors eliminated Damien Lillard and Russell Westbrook, ran roughshod over the Rockets (who didn't have an elite PG) and lost in the finals to an elite PG in Kyrie Irving. Having a dominant center in the NBA these days just ain't what it used to be. Demarcus Cousins and Karl Anthony-Towns sat at home for the playoffs, while Lemarcus Aldridge lost in the second round to the Thunder.

The watered down 1990s was a huge step down from the great 1970s/80s basketball era. Greats like Kareem-Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Julius Erving, Bernard King, Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin Mchale, George Gervin, etc. Jordan was a stand out star in a weak 1990s era featuring 6 expansion teams. Marketing and media hype pushed the Jordan is God in Nike sneakers myth.

So you think the 80s was better than the 90s is because there were more hall of famers and legends. And you also think todays era is better than the 90s? The level of elite superstars in the nba was higher in the 90s than it is today. At least 20 players in the top 50 greatest of all time played in the 90s. It seems to me you're just a jordan hater because he was the standout among the all time greats in the 90s

Well I don't think the 2000s are unanimously better.  Nor the 80s myself.  But I do feel that nearly every era has it's area where it is stronger than most others when you look at it's elites list.  90s certainly has better centers than the 2000s and onwards.  But better than the 80s, 70s, or even the late 60s?  I should think not.  Kareem, Wilt, Russell are the big three of those eras and all make it on to top 10 lists regularly with ease.  Kareem and Wilt are the most common proposed alternatives to Jordan as the GOAT. 

I'll say the current era has the better sharpshooters, that's pretty much undeniable.  90s is actually a big jack of all trades era.  There's Shaq that came in to rep the centers, Jordan for the shooting guards.  But other than them not many primarily 90s players have a snowballs chance for a top 10 spot on most lists that I can think of.  But a lot of them make top 50s or 100s.  Every era is different, with officiating and chance changing the make up of the league.  Unanimously declaring one era better in every single way than all others and then using that to venerate one set of players and then downplay all others is a narrowminded and simplistic way of approaching a highly complex discussion.

I'd put a prime Hakeem or a late 90s/early 2000s Shaq against any center in any era. They'd more than hold their own IMO. 

Hakeem is the most skilled center ever with great size and agility to go with it, Shaq is the most relenetlessly powerful center ever even Wilt said he would not attack the rim the way Shaq does. 

Wilt wasn't as bulky as Shaq, no, so he couldn't muscle in on the rim as easily.  He was a better passer, shooter (he had a midrange game and could even drain fade aways from almost where the 3 point line would have been), at least as good a defender (he could shut down strong centers entirely like Kareem and Walt Bellamy), and on top of all that he was stronger (benched over 500 lbs), faster (he could outrun many if not most guards being a track and field star before coming to basketball), jumped higher (vertical was in the area of 48 inches at his prime (that is, right around Jordan)), had far FAR greater endurance (Shaq averaged less than 35 minutes in his career and 40 minutes a game at his peak; Wilt averaged 45 for his career and 48.5 (that's more minutes than a game) at his peak and Wilt played in a high-pace league and was a primary factor on both ends while being pulverized in ways that would get you ejected in Shaq's day), and was overall more agile. 

You give me a choice of any center from any era to start a dynasty, my choices will be between Wilt, Kareem, and Russel.  Russel cause he got 11 rings so he clearly knows something about winning; Kareem because of the consistency and longevity of his greatness and his unstoppable hook; and Wilt cause he was just a freak of nature with astonishing skill and ridiculous endurance. 

Shaq is a close fourth, but the more you learn about Wilt Chamberlain, the more you realize how ridiculously good he was.  Same with Russel, but no one denies him credit since he has more rings than fingers :P.

All the great centers in the 90s would hold their own in any era. 7 foot and taller men that can play basketball at a high level are rare. The 90s for some reason had a high number of those people. I dont think its a change of style that is affecting this . There just hasnt been a player with the right body and skill.