and for the record, the debate keeps coming up because Bean still makes it clear he's (futilely) chasing MJ's legacy...he's mimicked MJ in a way no player has ever done so before...

And even in the article, the writer points out how often he has posed that question to Feel but to no avail. Feel prolly just wanted to end the discussion by politely saying Bean's NOT in the same stratosphere as MJ...in any facet of the game.