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Barkley thinks LeBron can be better than Jordan NEW YORK -- ">Charles Barkley thinks ">LeBron James can be better than ">Michael Jordan. Jordan is considered by many the best player in NBA history, but Barkley believes his teammate with the Dream Team can be surpassed by James. "I do think he can be better than Michael," Barkley said. "I thought I would never compare somebody to Michael Jordan. But this guy, LeBron James, he does everything well. Michael did everything well. LeBron James is just bigger, stronger, faster. That's the only difference." Barkley makes his comments on the first episode of NBA TV's "Open Court," to debut Tuesday at 11 p.m. EDT. The series features a round-table discussion of NBA TV and TNT commentators. They include ">Shaquille O'Neal, ">Reggie Miller, ">Kenny Smith, ">Steve Smith, ">Chris Webber, ">Steve Kerr and Ernie Johnson. James won his first NBA title and third MVP award last season, joining Jordan as the only players to win the NBA title, regular-season MVP, NBA Finals MVP and Olympic gold medal in the same year. Jordan won six championships during his Hall of Fame career. "Unfortunately for LeBron, now that the monkey is off his back, he is going to be compared to two people: ">Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan," O'Neal said. "So now the question is how many championships can he get? We all know he is a competitor." Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index SPONSORED HEADLINES MORE NBA HEADLINES - Sources: Phil, Lakers talk travel, roster control - Rockets coach McHale takes leave of absence - Nets hold early lead, complete sweep of Magic - Griffin, Clips convert Hawks' miscues into win MOST SENT STORIES ON ESPN.COM Share the news about your favorite sports and teams! Learn more »Learn more - Social Sharing ON ▼ - ON OFF ▼ - Remind me every time I add an event to my Activity - My Activity ▼ - Recently shared to your timeline: - Paine: Busting five "elite" defensive reps - Haberstroh: Is Harden a No. 1? - Thorpe: Meshing Harden with Lin, Asik - Doolittle: Anthony Davis at 3? | Big men - Palmer: Top 'glue' guys
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Foto: AFP CHARLES BARKLEY, nekadašnji NBA košarkaš, smatra da se samo LeBron James može uspoređivati s Michaelom Jordanom. "Mislio sam da nikada nikoga neću uspoređivati s Jordanom, najvećim od najvećih. No, LeBron James me potaknuo da krenem razmišljati o toj usporedbi i ima smisla." Barkley čak tvrdi da je James i bolji u nekim segmentima igre. "LeBron definitivno može biti kao Jordan. Čak štoviše, snažniji je, a čini mi se i da je brži." Shaquille O`Neal, najdominantniji centar u proteklom desetljeću, smatra da se James i Jordan mogu uspoređivati tek kad LeBron završi karijeru. "LeBron je veliki natjecatelj, zato treba vidjeti koliko će osvojiti NBA naslova. Kada sve to završi možemo još bolje uspoređivati njega i Jordana", rekao je Shaq.