Next week NBC will have the Packers and Patriots on Sunday Night Football in a marquee matchup between two of the best quarterbacks in league history, who fans often argue about which is better and whether one deserves the title of “Greatest Of All Time.”
To hype up that matchup further, NBC enlisted Michael Jordan to do a cheeky commercial spot where he talked about wanting to see the GOAT debate settled head to head, between two players that fans debate all the time who happen to wear the same number. It was a clever spot and one that got folks talking.
The obvious joke here is that Jordan is regularly debated against LeBron James and the ad, which had no NBC or SNF logos on it looked initially to be a possible challenge from Jordan to LeBron. Later that night, James found out about the ad and decided to throw gas on the fire with a joking response on Twitter saying “I’M READY!!!”
IM READY!!!! Oh my bad I thought, maybe u were, umm never mind back to my regular schedule program https://t.co/4JmeesffNu
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 29, 2018
LeBron knows exactly what the response to this will be and I guess at 1:30 a.m. ET he decided to ignite the fan battle between his supporters and Jordan’s on Twitter at the prospect of a 1-on-1 game between the two. It obviously wouldn’t be fair for current LeBron and current MJ to go at it on the basketball court but that doesn’t mean we don’t still kind of hope it happens because, if nothing else, Jordan’s trash talk would be amazing and LeBron might try to rip the rim off on a dunk over 50-year-old Jordan.
If Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson can have a PPV 1-on-1 match then why can’t these two? If nothing else they could make a lot of money for some charity.
