I would lose to Kobe Bryant: Michael Jordan

The comments came on a promotional video for the "NBA 2K14" video game released on Tuesday, in which Jordan lists players from different eras he would have liked to have faced in his prime, the 1990s when he led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA crowns.

Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant (Inset)

Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Julius Erving, Elgin Baylor, Jerry West and James were the NBA icons that 50-year-old Jordan said he thought he could have beaten.

"I don't think I would lose," Jordan said, before adding, "other than to Kobe Bryant because he steals all of my moves."u00a0Lakers guard Bryant on Twitter said that such things were the cycle of life in the NBA. "Domino effect," Bryant tweeted. "I stole some of his...this generation stole some of mine."

James and the Miami Heat were at pre-season training in the Bahamas, where James told the Miami Herald, "It was for my game? It's good promotion then."

James, a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player who has led the Heat to the past two NBA titles, admits to wondering what a one-on-one showdown with Jordan would be like. "But no one will ever see it and it's not going to happen," he said. "It is good for people to talk about."

Globetrotters sold
The Harlem Globetrotters, the comedy basketball squad formed in 1926 that has taken their show around the world, has been purchased by a firm based in suburban Atlanta.u00a0

Herschend Family Entertainment (HFE), which 26 amusement park properties across the United States include Dollywood and Silver Dollar City, announced the acquistion on Monday from Los Angeles-based Shamrock Capital Advisors.u00a0