{"id":88559,"date":"2024-08-02T10:43:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=88559"},"modified":"2024-08-02T11:42:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:42:23","slug":"shams-charania-reavels-his-choice-for-the-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/02\/shams-charania-reavels-his-choice-for-the-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"Shams Charania Reveals his Choice for The GOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBA reporter Shams Charania, who is currently affiliated with The Athletic<\/em> and Stadium<\/em>, is widely considered to be the top news breaker in the league alongside his former mentor Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.\u00a0 Known for his earth-shaking updates about transactions around the league, the 30-year-old provided a glimpse of his personal opinion about the game as a fan.<\/p>\n

Shams Charania Reveals his Choice for The GOAT<\/h2>\n

Charania made a guest appearance on The OGs Show<\/em><\/a> podcast,\u00a0 hosted by former NBA players Mike Miller<\/a> and Udonis Haslem<\/a>, who were previously teammates with the Miami Heat<\/a>\u00a0during the early 2010s. The hosts asked Charania about who he thinks is the greatest basketball player of all time, and he surprisingly rejected the popular answer of Chicago Bulls icon Michael Jordan<\/a>. This was somewhat surprising considering \u00a0 Charania is from Chicago however, given his Sham didn’t get to see much of Jordan’s greatness.<\/p>\n

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“So for me, growing up, like when MJ won his six championships, I was four years old. It’s hard for me to watch the YouTube videos and watch the game videos like it’s an experience. I feel like the greatest of all time is an experience. For me growing up, Kobe was someone that I watched very closely.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Born in 1994, Charania’s formative years coincided with Kobe Bryant’s<\/a> prime in the 2000s. He was six years old when Bryant won his first NBA Championship in 2000, which was the start of a three-peat, and 16 when Bryant claimed the fifth and final title of his career against the Boston Celtics in 2010. Nowadays, most GOAT debates often pit Jordan against current Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James<\/a>, leading to frequent squabbles between fans of the two players.<\/p>\n

Shams Charania Names Kobe Bryant As His GOAT<\/h3>\n

Charania further explained his reasoning behind naming the late Los Angeles Lakers legend as his personal GOAT<\/a>, admitting that he relates to some of the attributes of the 6-foot-6 shooting guard.<\/p>\n

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Shams says Kobe Bryant is his GOAT \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

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