LeBron James and Michael Jordan are from different generations, but it seemed impossible not to pit the two NBA greats. The latter ruled the 1980s and 1990s while the former is still proving he could be the GOAT in basketball. But if Dennis Rodman is to be asked, there is no comparison at all, and MJ is the runaway winner.

The case for Rodman, who won NBA titles with Jordan playing for the Chicago Bull in the late 1990s, is that James and Jordan are not the same. They were build separated not only by decades but also by the discipline.

"For Mike [Michael Jordan] when he came up he had one thing in doing - I'm going if I didn't beat your a** and do my job," Fadeaway World reported Rodman as saying.

He added: "He [LeBron James] wasn't bought up this way. I had that desire to win, I didn't give a s**t what it took. I'll do the dirty work, I don't give a s**t. At the end of the day, that ring is more important."

The point that Rodman was making is that James is of a different. He is nice, but MJ being nice is but an option. James can be fiercely competitive, but again it's something that he unleashes only when he wants to. For Jordan, fierce was part of the menu when he played, and opponents knew that.

Jordan was ready to kill, and it's not always the case for James, and that is how Rodman saw the picture.

How the ex-Bulls viewed James' manner of operating on the court is near spot-on, said the same report, adding that "the mental difference is one of the most common aspects of LeBron that people criticize."

Case in point was the recent revelations from the "Last Dance" documentary and one of which was the admission by Jordan that he hated the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" crew. And he still held to the same feeling to this day.

In contradiction, James never entertained hatred in his sphere. If he can, he wants to be friends with everyone, and essentially this type of character is the biggest gap between him and Jordan.

For both Jordan and Rodman, having the killer instinct seemed essential to they can compete in the NBA and Clutch Points said, they've been proven right. Jordan, for instance, has more MVP and Finals MVP wins and add to that, his six NBA rings.

For his part, his greatness cannot be denied, but when it comes to Jordan, it will be a lot of catching up for him, although Rodman is convinced that is something that will not happen, ever.