LeBron James would have been ‘average’ in ‘90s, Dennis Rodman says

Dennis Rodman apparently isn’t that impressed with Miami Heat superstar LeBron James.

“If LeBron was playing in the late ’80s or early ’90s, he’d be just an average player,” Rodman said in an interview with Dan Patrick aired Friday on “The Dan Patrick Show.”

The Hall of Fame rebounder thinks that the level of play in the NBA isn’t what it used to be when Michael Jordan was king.

“If Michael played today … really? If he played the game today at 28 years old, he would average 40 points a game, probably more,” said Rodman, who won three NBA championships playing alongside Jordan in Chicago.

“I’m just sick and tired of people always comparing [James] and Michael Jordan. It’s a whole different era, man,” Rodman said.

Rodman said it would be “no contest” if today’s Heat team played the legendary Bulls team that had Jordan, Scottie Pippen and himself.

“The Heat has better talent than we had, but we had smarter players,” Rodman said. “We would match up with the Heat easy. I would take Bosh out of his ... game easy. That’s not even a problem. How would Dwyane Wade match up with Scottie Pippen? Really? Scottie Pippen would guard LeBron easy. How are you going to cover those two guys [Jordan and Pippen]?”

And as for who the Bulls would assign to cover James, Rodman seemed pretty confident that he’d get the better of the four-time MVP.

“If I was 28 years old guarding LeBron … are you kidding me?” Rodman said. “If he scored on me, I would be like, OK, thanks. Guess what, though? Sooner or later, somebody’s got to win, somebody’s got to lose, and most of the time I don’t lose.”

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