The NBA world would have loved to see LeBron James and Michael Jordan play against each other. Surprisingly it actually did happen, but it was when James was a teenager, and it was also a pickup game. James recently opened up about the pickup game on the New Heights Show and shared how he felt being a part of the legendary game.

Before becoming an NBA legend in his own right, LeBron James once famously squared off against Michael Jordan and other NBA stars in a pickup basketball game as a teenage phenom from Akron, Ohio. More than 20 years later,

It may seem unreal, but there was a time when Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James shared the court with the legendary Michael Jordan.

Hawks 110 (21-19), Bulls 94 (18-23): Atlanta was without Trae Young, Jalen Johnson and Dominique Wilkins, but Keaton Wallace (27 points, six rebounds, six assists, four steals) led the Hawks over a Bulls team that shot 6 of 27 from deep and turned it over 20 times.

LeBron James provided some insight about playing pick-up basketball with Michael Jordan as a 16-year-old high school sophomore in Chicago on a

Photos showing James and Jordan sharing the court have surfaced on social media over the years, but video footage has never emerged.

Michael Jordan was asked to select his ideal starting five in NBA history. Predictably, he included himself in the lineup alongside four other legends. However, his selections raised eyebrows as he chose to omit LeBron James and Kobe Bryant.

"MJ [Michael Jordan], Antoine Walker, and the rest of those guys did not let young guys get on the court at all," James told Travis and Jason Kelce. "I was 16 years old, a Sophomo

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is the NBA's career scoring leader with 41,222 regular-season points and counting. That is almost 9,000 more points than Michael Jordan -- the league's fifth all-time leading scorer -- scored during his 15-year career, which makes sense when you consider LeBron is in his 22nd season.

NBA superstar LeBron James confirmed Ron Artest‘s story that he dominated a pick-up game with Michael Jordan at 16 years old in 2001.  LeBron was in high school.