--- description: Man arrested in fight about whether Lebron James or Michael Jordan is a better basketball player says State College Pennsylvania police title: Fight Over LeBron James and Michael Jordan's Basketball Skills Ends in Arrest image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18cfd2bc89761738/6987ebd7524fc0808edf04a4/487235929.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fight Over LeBron James and Michael Jordan's Basketball Skills Ends in Arrest  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 20, 2015 3:37 PM CUT  Charlotte Bobcats' team owner Michael Jordan shakes hands with Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6), after the Heat defeated the Bobcats, 109-98, in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., April 28, 2014. Charlotte Bobcats' team owner Michael Jordan shakes hands with Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6), after the Heat defeated the Bobcats, 109-98, in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., April 28, 2014.David T. Foster III/Charlotte Observer/MC—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 20, 2015 3:37 PM CUT A man was arrested on aggravated assault among other charges in the middle of the night on Saturday after getting into a physical altercation with another man about whether Michael Jordan or LeBron James was a better basketball player, according to police in State College, Penn. The Centre Daily Times [reports](http://www.centredaily.com/2015/04/19/4709357%5Flebron-vs-jordan-argument-leads.html?rh=1 "undefined") via online court records that Daniel Mondelice, 22, was released on bond and asked not to return to the apartment where the incident occured. Police say he was arrested a second time that day after he got argumentative with a group of women he was supposed to stay with at a different apartment complex. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3828122/lebron-james-michael-jordan-arrest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3828122/lebron-james-michael-jordan-arrest/"},"headline":"Fight Over LeBron James and Michael Jordan's Basketball Skills Ends in Arrest","datePublished":"2015-04-20T15:37:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:55.115Z","description":"According to police reports","url":"https://time.com/3828122/lebron-james-michael-jordan-arrest/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18cfd2bc89761738/6987ebd7524fc0808edf04a4/487235929.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18cfd2bc89761738/6987ebd7524fc0808edf04a4/487235929.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBA: Heat v Bobcats Game 4","caption":"NBA: Heat v Bobcats Game 4","creditText":"David T. Foster III/Charlotte Observer/MC—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3828122/lebron-james-michael-jordan-arrest/","name":"Fight Over LeBron James and Michael Jordan's Basketball Skills Ends in Arrest"}}]}] ```