Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic might have implied that Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of all time. The Slovenian basketball player, now a popular name in the NBA is a Madridista, having played for the Real Madrid basketball team from 2015 to 2018.
During a fun rapid fire, the 27-year-old basketball player was asked to make some NBA-to-football comparisons and he matched Messi with basketball's GOAT, Michael Jordan and many Real Madrid fans are not particularly happy.
In a now viral video originally posted on the official page of FIFA World Cup 26 Los Angeles, NBA star Luka Doncic was asked to compare some of football's greatest to NBA players.
While he compared Real Madrid legend Cristiano Ronaldo to LeBron James, Lionel Messi was likened to the all-time great, Michael Jordan. His comparisons might be due to the similarity in their mindsets. Cristiano and LeBron, both 41, are known for their insane longevity who refuse to back down even in their 40s.
Messi and Jordan, on the other hand, are both revered as legends, and even superhumans, in their respective fields, who have become synonymous with the sports they play.
No matter the logic, fans, especially from the Cristiano camp, were not happy. One user wrote, "lol they are off messi can never be mj he’s more of a curry." Another said, "Messi is nothing like mj cr7 is more like him the both three peat twice". Another person noted, "He basically just said messi is the goat". "CRISTIANO = MJ", a fan corrected.
Many agreed with Luka's comparison. One person said, "Even the former Real Madrid player Luka Doncic rates messi higher than Ronaldo". "unfortunately there isn't a messi in the nba history, if MJ, Curry and Magic were 1 player maybe", another person opined.
Luka Doncic's other comparisons panned out as follows:
Erling Haaland - a younger Kevin Durant
Kylian Mbappe - Nikola Jokic
Vinicius Junior - Steph Curry
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