How LeBron James, in his 24th season and first with the 76ers, can pass Michael Jordan in NBA GOAT debate

LeBron is in search of his fifth title with a fourth different team as he starts a new journey in Philly Time is a thief that can rob you of youth before you realize it. That is the case for all of us … except if your name is LeBron James. James, 41, is and is entering his 24th season in the NBA. When James' new team — the 76ers — plays its season opener on Tuesday night against the reigning champion Knicks at Madison Square Garden, it will be nearly 23 years to the day since James stepped on the floor in Sacramento to play in his first regular-season NBA game.

I first wrote about James in the fall of 2003, when I was an 18-year-old high schooler in Ohio. As a college sophomore, I wrote about him again in 2006. Like many to come over the following years, the focus of that story was about whether James could one day surpass Michael Jordan, the sports icon of my childhood. And now here we are, two decades later. Like James, I am 41, a father and have been bitten by the golf bug. That's where comparisons between James and I end. But the comparisons between James and Jordan? As the past 20 years have shown us, they're not going