Shanoff's WUC: Even MJ Says LeBron Is No MJ

Today's Calls: LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade vs. New York City, Tiger vs. Louis Oosthuizen, Brad Miller vs. the Lakers, John Wall vs. Vegas Summer League, Tim McCarver vs. Yankees fans, Adrian Peterson vs. CJ Wilson, Rick Neuheisel vs. Lane Kiffin and More. The Opening Pitch: Even Michael Jordan thinks LeBron is a Scottie Pippen. That's the shorthand: Real stars are "Michaels" -- they carry their teams themselves. More than that, they want to carry their teams, to be The Man. Very talented but entirely supporting players are "Scotties" -- which is kind of offensive to Pippen, but nonetheless an easy way to label a player as a mere "running-mate." He either can't be or doesn't want to be that uber-star. MJ hedged a bit, but you couldn't ignore the underlying sentiment: "There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together ...