Michael Jordan and LeBron James: NBA Bragging Rights
Michael Jordan’s bragging right is his undisputed status as the Greatest Of All Time in basketball, owning the most NBA championships with six titles as a Chicago Bull in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, and 1998. LeBron James, though some argue he is the real GOAT, has four NBA rings: two with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013, one with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, and one with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.
LeBron James' Scoring Record
James, not yet retired, owns the record for most points scored in NBA history with 43,440 and counting. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is second with 38,387, Karl Malone third with 36,928, and Kobe Bryant fourth with 33,643. Jordan is sixth with 32,292 points, behind active player Kevin Durant (32,597) in fifth place.
Ramon Fernandez: PBA Legend
In the Philippines, Ramon Fernandez’s bragging right is his league-record 19 titles in the Philippine Basketball Association. Although he has only four MVP trophies, tied with Alvin Patrimonio, and behind June Mar Fajardo’s nine, Fernandez is currently the frontrunner in the GOAT debate for local basketball.
Alex Eala and Serena Williams at Wimbledon
There is talk that Alex Eala and Serena Williams might meet if they win their preliminary assignments in the ongoing Wimbledon series. Eala, 21, has her own bragging rights: in barely a year as a pro, she has won two titles and beaten three Top 10 players in one tournament last year (Ostapenko, Keys, and Swiatek) before upsetting world No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan recently.
Williams, a 23-time major winner with a total of 73 singles titles, has enormous bragging rights. However, in 2022, Serena was beaten in the Wimbledon opening round by Harmony Tan, ranked 115th. Tan is now nowhere to be found, but that win gives her a bragging right for keeps.
