The GOAT conversation in the NBA for the most part recently has boiled down to an either-or between Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan and Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James.

You can’t ask me who’s the GOAT between LeBron and Michael. Neither one of them are GOATs. They both won differently. You can’t put them at the top of the pinnacle.

Scottie Pippen believes Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson deserves GOAT status more than LeBron James or Michael Jordan.

Scottie Pippen has named who he believes to be the NBA’s greatest player of all time — and it isn’t his Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan. While Jordan and LeBron James are highly considered to be the top two contenders for the title,