LeBron James’ Former Teammate Gives Surprising Answer to Whether Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Block Was Better Than the King’s

Was LeBron James’ shot better than Giannis Antetokounmpo’s block? This question has been making headlines for a really long time. The Greek Freak has been making headlines from the very first moment he joined the NBA. Well, the same goes for the Lakers superstar. Many would agree that LeBron is the best basketball star of all time.

What about this block?

King James did it in the 2016 NBA Finals as a leader of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Antetokounmpo did it this year.

LeBron’s former Cleveland teammate, Richard Jefferson, shared his thoughts to this question.

LeBron and his Cavs teammates tried to win the first tile. They were trailing 3-1 in the series, and the Golden State Warriors had 73 wins that year.

Players had 1 minute, 50 seconds left in the last game. Cleveland won 93-89 and LeBron got his third ring.

Giannis’ team trailed the Suns 2-0 and Game 4 was amazing. The Buccaneers led 101-99 with 1 minute, 14 seconds left.

Jefferson weighs on LeBron vs. Giannis block

Jefferson was part of the NBA Finals in 2016. He also attended Game 4 of the 2021 NBA Finals. He didn’t really say LeBron’s block was better than Giannis’ shot.

“What makes both of those blocks so special and so unique is the time in which they happened … the moments in the game, the moments in the series,” Jefferson said on the July 15 episode of the Dan Patrick Show. “So, if we’re talking about more impressive block, it’s definitely Bron’s because it meant more, the time of it, (about) a minute to go, in a Game 7; down 3-1, all that stuff.

“If you’re talking about how many people on the planet can go do what somebody did, then that’s the Giannis block. Because there’s only maybe two players that can be backtracking, hand up, turn around, see the lob, go up, one, two, go get it against the No. 1 pick that’s 7-feet and athletic Deandre Ayton. It was technically perfect, and it was physically, only three people in the world can do that. So, it’s like the combination is what made that so special.”