With just a few days left before the release of House of the Dragon season two, the excitement is off the charts. Keeping up with the expectations set by Game of Thrones, the spin-off has successfully proven that it is just as good as the O.G. show, if not better. Soon, fans will get to see where the story goes next after the death of Queen Rhaenyra’s son, Prince Lucerys.
The best thing about this fantasy franchise has got to be its dragons! They are powerful beasts capable of causing unending destruction in the world. In a recent interview, showrunner Ryan Condal opened up about the fight for the Iron Throne between Team Black and Team Green and, while doing so, compared dragon Vhagar to a legendary basketball player – LeBron James.
House of the Dragon’s Very Own LeBron James
As we step into the second season of House of the Dragon, we have two sides competing for the throne – King Aegon’s Team Green and Queen Rhaenyra’s Team Black.
Both the leaders are convinced that they should be the ones to succeed their father, King Viserys, on the Iron Throne. Both teams have their allies, including some of the most ferocious beings out there – the dragons.
House Targaryen’s Team Black considerably has a lot more dragons than their opponent. These include Syrax, Caraxes, Vermax, Tyraxes, Meleys, Moondancer, and more.
On the other hand, House Hightower’s Team Green only has three dragons to their name – Sunfyre, Dreamfyre, and Vhagar. However, as far as showrunner Ryan Condal is concerned, Vhagar has the upper hand on all of them.
Condal appeared on The Official Game of Thrones Podcast: House of the Dragon, where, while talking about Team Green vs Team Black, he called Vhagar the LeBron James of Dragons. He stated,
And though they don’t have as many dragons as Rhaenyra’s side, they do have Vhagar. That’s the LeBron James of dragons. It makes the whole team better and eats up most of the salary cap…Vhagar is a big threat.
The dragon is called the Queen of All Dragons and is ridden by Aemond in the series. During Aegon’s Conquest to conquer Westeros, Vhagar fought alongside two other dragons, Rhaenys’ Meraxes and Aegon’s Balerion. Despite being the smallest of the three, she successfully managed to swallow a horse whole, and her deadly flames could easily burn through armor. There was never a doubt about her ferociousness.
Now, she is the largest of all living dragons, and her wrath was proven in season one of the series where she devoured both Lucerys and his dragon, Arrax.
Fans Have the Best Response to Vhagar’s Comparison to LeBron James
After Condal made his hilarious yet absolutely true statement about Vhagar being the LeBron James of dragons, NBA fans couldn’t keep their wits to themselves and drew up impressive comparisons between the fantasy series and the world of basketball.
Together, they branded Aegon’s most powerful dragon, Balerion, as the Michael Jordan of dragons.
Take a look at what the fans said below:
So Balerion is clearly Michael Jordan
— Randy Horka (@RandyHorka) June 12, 2024
Yea no shit it ate another dragon mid flight for fun.
— Moosey (@0nlyMeez) June 12, 2024
Yeah that's a good analogy Vhagar is the best currently but Balerion (MJ) was the bigger and stronger dragon lmao
— Patrick Arevalo 🇵🇦 (@PatrickAre) June 12, 2024
Which makes Balerion the Black Dread the Michael Jordan of Dragons. The biggest and baddest of all dragons. Makes sense! https://t.co/kBdgruhTnu
— 🇭🇹Your Favorite Zoe🇭🇹 (@ihate_ap) June 12, 2024
LEBRON IS THE GOAT CONFIRMED
— 𝔇𝔯𝔢 ✇ (@drizzymfndre) June 12, 2024
While Vhagar may be the biggest and baddest alive right now, Balerion the Black Dread still remains superior amongst the dragons who ever lived. With his black fire, he could melt stone and steel as if they were plastic, and his wings were so huge that they could cast shadows on towns. Basically, you wouldn’t want your dragons to go up against Balerion, not even Vhagar.
The same goes for James and Jordan. While the former may be the best basketball player out there currently, the consensus is that the retired Jordan will always be unbeatable in terms of his career.
House of the Dragon is available to stream on Max, and season 2 will be released on June 16.
