Dwyane Wade's take on the GOAT debate surprises LeBron James

One of the longest debates in the NBA of the last decade has been about who is the basketball GOAT with two main names battling for the title: Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

The three times NBA champion and great basketball player Dwyane Wade has opened up about it and has offered his take on it. It happens that Wade doesn't choose a GOAT, but believes more than one player could have the title.

“It doesn't matter how good someone else is, this is our guy. A lot of its 'cause it's a style of play or whatever the case may be.” Said Wade.

“My GOAT has always been Michael Jordan,” Wade reiterates, continuing to stand behind his childhood idol. “Look at the way I played, I tried to emulate Michael Jordan… I had other players that was my favorite, like Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant… These are all GOATs in my eyes. To me, it's hard to call one GOAT. It's a room of GOATs. Michael Jordan is in that room. One of my friends, LeBron James, is in that room.” added Wade.

What LeBron James detractors have against him in the GOAT debate

James leads the NBA in career points, playoff games, playoff steals, playoff field goals, playoff free-throws, and playoff win shares, and is at or near the top of more than a dozen other leaderboards. However, he may never match Jordan's feat of five regular season MVPs or six NBA championships. Furthermore, his NBA Finals record (4-6) will be used against him, no matter who his challengers were.