MrBeast plans LeBron James’s match against Michael Jordan with a condition originally on Fadeaway World.
In what can only be described as the most daring idea to date to settle the biggest debate in the history of basketball, YouTube Titan Mrbeast launched a fantastic match that would break the Internet: LeBron James against Michael Jordan in an individual duel. But there is a catch: LeBron would be disabled.
“As, so one of my most consulted videos in the past year is the place where I had Ronaldo 1v1 as a random fan for a million dollars. People loved it.”
“And so I was thinking of chance the other day, I said to myself, imagine if we got LeBron and Michael Jordan at 1v1, but we love LeBron disabled in one way or another. They would never do it, but as imagine if we could happen. Do you know how crazy it would be?”
Yes, you read that right. Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MRBEAST, recently appeared in a co-flow with his colleague Star of the Internet Adin Ross, where he casually deposited the bomb.
Thinking about a past video where Cristiano Ronaldo took a random fan with $ 1 million in play, MrBeast offered an equally wild challenge: ask LeBron and MJ to compete. To level the playground, since Jordan is now 62 years old and that LeBron is still an athletic monster at 40, the Youtuber suggested to handicap the star of Los Angeles Lakers.
Of course, the Internet has exploded with suggestions. Attach LeBron’s shoes together. Make him play your eyes bandaged. Remove your dominant hand. Or, as some have joked, do not let him mark. It is absurd and clearly did not want to be taken entirely seriously, but the simple thought of this dream scenario sent fans in a frenzy.
It should be noted that it is not an illusion of a fan. MrBeast is undoubtedly the most influential content creator on the planet, with the financial means and the world scope of making at least a pitch with the two legends. Adin Ross was quick to scour the idea, saying that if someone could get there, it was MrBeast. Even if he never sees daylight, the buzz was immediate and relentless.
Let’s face it, this match will certainly never happen. Not because people don’t want it, but because LeBron and Jordan have too much to lose. Basically, the two are fiercely competitive and concerned with the inheritance.
None of the two would like to leave with an “L”, even if the circumstances were absurd. A disabled exhibition would invite questions, memes and media pressure that no public relations team on Earth would readily invite.
However, the idea is not entirely unprecedented. LeBron openly admitted that he had shared the court with MJ in a collection match when he was only 16 years old. It was not head-to-face, but it happened.
This story, where a teenager LeBron faced legends like Penny Hardaway and Ron Artest alongside Jordan, only added to the mythical attraction surrounding the two players.
Jordan, for his part, was formerly known to challenge the players of Charlotte Bobcats to competition matches until the forties and in the early 1950s. But 62? It is a different beast completely. Meanwhile, LeBron has just finished a season where he collected an average of 24.4 points and 8.2 assists per game, ranked 13th in the score and finished sixth in the MVP vote, at 40.
Even with a handicap, it is difficult to imagine a match that would not make LeBron the crushing favorite. This is why, as hilarious and exciting as the idea, it probably remains in the world of fantasy.
But when MrBeast dreams, the world listens.
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This story was initially reported by Fadeaway World on August 2, 2025, where it appeared for the first time.
