LeBron James has said that Jesus Christ is the only person who can stop him in the paint when looking at his fellow NBA players.
The 6’8″ 250 pound athlete ball player stated that he believes only Jesus or Shaquille O’Neal can dominate the area under the basket when he’s defending it and since O’Neal has retired to become an NBA commentator, James as said only Jesus can be his potential competition in his post.
“There’s only three people in this world that can score on me in the post,” James said in the lighthearted interview. “Shaquille O’Neal in his prime and … Who was it? Oh, it’s two, and Jesus Christ.”
This is not the first time James has brought up the name of Jesus in basketball related conversations. When Cleveland guards Kyrie Irving and Iman Shumpert were injured two years ago, the Cavs struggled to win games.
James was then asked if his teammates’coming back would change things and improve the progress of the Cavs, but he announced that he is only waiting on Jesus because injuries can happen anytime and anywhere.
“I hope we don’t think that way. It’s never that way. When you get your guys back, you prepare just as you prepare before. There’s only one guy ever in the world that everything will be all right when He comes back and that’s Jesus Christ. Other than that, you can’t bank on nobody being OK.”
