I'm guessing that in 25 or 30 years when all of the people that grew up on the altar of Jordan are no longer living, you are going to see a significant shift on the debate as to who is better. It will be very hard to argue against the sport's all time leading scorer who also happened to retire in the top 4 of assists, top 10 of steals, top 25 (or so) in rebounds, and top 75 (or so) in blocks with all of the Finals appearances, similar MVP's, etc. I don't think it will be a debate at all. People will just say Lebron is better and won't get push back.
I don't think most really care about all-time career records, or let it sway their opinions much (most of the time anyway), as it's more about longevity than greatness (though there is some overlap between the two).
There's very few people that claim Kareem is the greatest despite holding the scoring record, most MVPs, most All-Star appearances, 6 titles, etc.
I don't think most people consider Stockton the greatest point guard of all time, despite the seemingly insurmountable assist and steals records.
I will say there seems to be exceptions for Wilt (seemingly ridiculous single season records) and Russell (titles).
In baseball, I don't think most people thought of Hank Aaron as the greatest ever despite having the home run (before the juiced ball era), RBI, extra base hits, and total bases records.
There was a quiz with the 2017 rookies (unfortunately video seems to be set to private now
but you can read our reactions to it), where most of them didn't know who the NBA all time points leader was (with most of the wrong answers saying Wilt based off my own comment).
Sure us basketball nerds know them, and will use them to debate each other, but it's not what most people are using to form their opinion of greatness.
Jordan also has those special asterisks to his career, much like Babe Ruth, that actually help the legend.
What if Babe Ruth didn't spend his first 6 years as a pitcher? What if the baseball played 162 games during his time?
What if Jordan didn't retire the first 2 times? What if Jordan didn't have to deal with hand checking?
The "what ifs" just make the legends even more compelling.
It seems like records don't determine greatness, but greatness determines if you get to use the records in a debate. Ha.