Just my opinion for what it is worth. Lebron James has a fathead and by retiring 23 and his wearing of another number can only help create his own image, his own idol worshippers, disconnected and separate from MJ. He probably hates the idea that he affectively shares the same number and glory with MJ. James is full of it like so many NBA players, mediatypes, x nba'ers, etc.. Their self concern with their image, legacy, etc... is so much built on the media's need to sell. So much of them is just media's fabrication and they begin to believe they are really who the media says they are.
 Lebron James has no real concern for Michael Jordan. Lebron is concerned about Lebron.