Ranking the GOAT: Why Nobody Can Agree on MJ, Kobe or LeBron
All The Smoke
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The hardest question we ask on ALL THE SMOKE: Rank MJ, Kobe, and LeBron. It's a question guests fear answering but everyone comes with a different take. We put together a compilation of 20 guests giving their answer and it is fascinating how everyone looks at it from a different perspective. We talked to people who have played against all three and even some who never played in the NBA to see how they view the most debated topic in basketball. What is your ranking? Let us know in the comments!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Rank these three, MJ, Kobe, LeBron. |
| 0:06.5 | Why is there even a debate? |
| 0:08.0 | When you talk about mentality, though, you've got to talk about Kobe. |
| 0:12.4 | Kobe was my guy. |
| 0:13.4 | Man, you couldn't tell me nothing. |
| 0:15.2 | What Kobe would be going to the line to shoot two, MJ was going to shoot an one. |
| 0:19.8 | I believe that if you are the blueprint, you are what everyone is trying to shoot two. MJ was going to shoot AM1. I believe that if you are the blueprint, |
| 0:22.3 | you are what everyone is trying to copy. |
| 0:25.1 | And MJ was like all of those things. |
| 0:28.1 | I love Jordan for the way he always won. |
| 0:32.7 | LeBron, in my opinion, is the greatest phenomenal specimen of an athlete. |
| 0:38.4 | And Brian, we trust. |
| 0:43.4 | The one and only Craig Hodges. |
| 0:45.2 | You play with him and you coach with Phil and work with Kobe. |
| 0:49.0 | What's the difference between those two in your opinion? |
| 0:52.2 | Right hand. |
| 0:53.8 | Why? |
| 0:54.8 | Because where Kobe would be going to the line to shoot two, |
| 0:59.3 | MJ was going to shoot an M1. |
| 1:01.8 | So a lot of them knocks that Kobe had to shoot with two hands. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.