It's the offseason, so the GOAT debate between Michael Jordan and LeBron James gets the spotlight again as fans navigate through the summer. Dennis Rodman doubled down on his choice of Jordan, while also mentioning Kobe Bryant getting ignored in the conversation."The Worm" joined N3on's live stream on Twitch on Saturday, with the Hall of Famer getting asked about who his GOAT was. Rodman, of course, answered his former Chicago Bulls teammate while urging fans to get mad at him for saying that Bryant should also be mentioned in the debate."We know who that is, Jordan all day long," Rodman said. "Get mad at me all you want. Guess what? We're gonna disagree. ... People forgot about that one guy, that one guy that's called Kobe Bryant. The five-time NBA champion added:"People forget about him. They talk about everybody else. They don't talk about Kobe for some reason."There might be bias on Dennis Rodman's part since he played with Michael Jordan for three seasons from 1996 to 1998. They also won three NBA championships together, so it's hard to argue with his take, given that he teamed up with Jordan and defended him early in his career while playing for the "Bad Boys" Pistons.On the other hand, LeBron James played in a different era of basketball, but there's no denying his place in the GOAT debate. Kobe Bryant has a lot of fans who prefer him over James, and that's alright. It's a debate, and all the all-time greats will have supporters who pick them as the greatest ever.What were Dennis Rodman's early reasons for calling Michael Jordan the GOAT?What were Dennis Rodman's early reasons for calling Michael Jordan the GOAT? (Photo: IMAGN)The GOAT debate has been ongoing for so long that Dennis Rodman already explained why Michael Jordan was his GOAT almost a decade ago. Rodman told Graham Bensinger the reason why he thought that "His Airness" was the greatest player ever."Michael left and came back," Rodman said, according to the Basketball Network. "He sucked in baseball. He came back in basketball and won three. No one's ever done stuff like that. That's unheard of."Jordan was in his prime in 1993 when he announced his retirement from basketball after winning three straight championships. He ventured into baseball, reaching the second level of the minor leagues before returning to basketball in 1995.In his first full season back, the Bulls won a then-record 72 wins en route to their fourth NBA title. They would go on to win two more titles before retiring again at the end of the 1997-98 season.