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LeBron James and Michael Jordan’s camps are reportedly in a beef over the use of some video footage of His Airness that LeBron’s crew wanted to use for a documentary.
“They hate each other – these two camps,” a source told Richard Johnson of Page Six.
That denial from Jordan’s camp is also reportedly the reason why James decided to publicly declare himself the GOAT of the NBA back in December.
Without the Jordan footage, the film about the 1984 NBA draft, in which Jordan was selected third, had to be changed, and it became a three-part documentary about the civic activism of basketball players, “Shut Up and Dribble,’’ which Showtime aired in November.
Sources say that’s why King James said a month ago that winning the 2016 NBA championship for Cleveland, coming back after being down three games to one, “made me the greatest of all time.”
“LeBron was pissed at Michael Jordan — that’s why he lashed out,” one source told me.
An NBA insider told Johnson, “LeBron’s people wanted an extensive amount of footage of Michael, and the league said, ‘You have to ask Michael.’ And his people said ‘no.'”
LeBron James’ adviser Adam Mendelsohn denied that the Jordan footage was an issue, and that NBA insider says he doesn’t believe the two NBA legends actually hate each other.
That being said, knowing how competitive (and petty) Michael Jordan can be, would anyone doubt that he denied LeBron the footage just to get over on him?
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