Richard Jefferson On Why He's Still MIND BLOWN By LeBron's Block On Iguodala 🤯
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- Richard Jefferson talks about witnessing the LeBron James block on Andre Iguodala in the 2016 NBA Finals between The Cleveland Cavaliers and The Golden State Warriors.
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"Iguodala to Curry! Back to Iguodala, up for the layup ..."
The fact that you're reading this in Mike Breen's voice is proof of how epic that block was.
Fax
FINISH IT!!
OHHh BLOCKED BY JAMES !!!
@@dilli915 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
😂😂😂😂😂😂
“Blocked by James!!”
One of the most unreal moments ever seen in any sport
I can still hear it in my head
Hakeem Olajuwon had several chase down blocks as good as that one. Not in a game 7 though.
@@stanleyrogouski everyone knows it’s the context of the game that makes it to special, LeBron himself has many chase downs but obviously it’s not the same
But still just get into whatever action you're running quicker
It was, whether you like LeBron or not
KD move to the Warriors is STILL the weakest move in NBA history
And just like that 3-1 Finals collapse is too
Damn, KD and the Warriors showed their true colors, that's historical memoir and all-time weak material
Nah. Bron going to Miami is. Don’t leave that out.
@@adgee5401 Not even comparable. KD went to a team that just broke the record for wins in a season going 73-9 and the team KD was up 3-1 to in the western conference finals. LeBron to Miami isn’t even close to being that weak.
@@adgee5401 lebron went to a first round exit miami, KD went to the record breaking unanimous mvp lead warriors.
Not remotely the same. The heat had to build a team. Kd came to the most favored championship contender
@@adgee5401 imagine being this lost in 2023 lmao bro you stuck in 2009
Iguadala describes the block the best and really highlights the extreme high IQ Bron had in that situation. He said afterward he was thinking he should've did a reverse layup, but then seen the replay and saw Bron literally had both sides covered😅. That play was truly remarkable
oh snap he sure did cover both sides that's incredible
Give my boy JR some credit. He slowed him down from dunking the ball.
Hands down, greatest defensive play ever. Top 5 most clutch plays of all time.
Malcolm Butler, Super Bowl interception.
The Tayshaun Prince block of Reggie Miller was a greater block, and completely unexpected. You can watch it develop several times and it still makes no sense how he got there in time.
This is a good chase down block, but no one ever talks about how JR Smith made Iguodala double clutch which gave LeBron time to catch up. Tayshawn's chase down of Reggie Miller is the best simply because Reggie had a clear path to the basket.
Better than Chris Bosh rebound and pass to ray allen in 2013 ?
that wasnt defense that was offense LOL. learn to read, Chris Bosh block on Manu though arguably one of the best. @@MrWalkedEmDownnn
Seeing that block live on TV was a moment I'll never forget. It was such a blur but after it happened you could feel the shift of energy. He's done it so many times but that was the most important blocks he's ever had!
A blur is a great description. The amount of adrenaline my body was pumping in that last 2 minutes made me feel like I was floating. I never hugged so random ppl in my life. For once it felt good to be a Clevelander.
Dude I didnt even realize what had just happened. All of a sudden Lebron came out of nowhere and blocked it and i was like wait what just happened?!
“Mario Chalmers.” “God bless him.” LMFAOOOOOOO
Bron's block is so crazy because in certain frames before Iggy goes up, Bron isn't in the picture. He covers so much ground and a thing people miss is that he taps the right and left of the backboard. Please go back and watch it from other angles or snapshot pictures, Bron blocks it with his right but he would have pinned it with his left if Iguodala reversed it. Legendary play.
He’s only allowed to make the ground up because JR Smith slows Iggy down and prevents him from dunking the ball.
@@adgee5401 Yeah, and in that situation Jr is a "lone" defender with two offensive players in position to score a transition bucket. A situation like that predicts a offensive score by a huge margin. The second closest defender is essentially out of position, and up until the last second, there is no real chance that the cavs could do anything defensively to STOP the warriors from scoring. That's why LeBron deserves credit for the Block.
@@adgee5401 it is called a team sport for your kindergarten brain who fails to understand
Even iggy admitted that after that he thought about reversing it but he realized lebron had it covered as well
@@kingenz_37 did he fr say that? that's crazy.
That to me is still the greatest defensive play ever. Game 7, score stuck 89-89 for like 3 minuets straight, end of the game, and (also thanks to jr) he makes a block that saved Cleveland
Honestly I think giannis block against Ayton was greater
@@Christopher._M the scenarios are totally different though. He lets them score and golden state wins the chip basically. i put Giannis’s at #2 and bird’s steal at 3 probably
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@@Christopher._M Giannis’s was more impressive, but Lebron’s was the greatest given the story and context of what missing the block would mean. There was so much tension. Game 7. Tied for 3 minutes straight. Under two minutes to go. Warriors had set the record for regular season wins and gone up 3-1 to start the series. Cavs are only in it due to some extreme controversy. You had a feeling that whoever hit the next shot would win, especially if it were the warriors. They were the better team and you thought the cavs luck had to run out at some point. Lebron misses that block and it’s almost guaranteed to be the end. Pressure would’ve all been on the Cavs at a point when they were ice cold. For Giannis, the bucks were down 2-1, so losing certainly would’ve created a challenge, but it wouldn’t have been over. Plus they were up 2 at that time in the game, so it really would’ve just tied the score at a point where both teams were trading buckets. Plus there was enough time left for the bucks to get 3 possessions vs 2 for the suns. Basically, both blocks made their respective teams win, but only Lebron’s also prevented them from losing.
@@otisgt nobody remembers Giannis’s block compared to Lebron’s block.
That God bless for Mario chalmers was real lol dude be tripping
Mario be talking nothing but facts 💯
@@daundisputedtake7238 from your track record of comments that nobody agrees with .. I will have to say that maybe you are in the minority when it comes to that lol .. he be on bs
Super Mario is 100% convinced that the Heatles was not a Big 3, but a Big 4, and that he wasn't 4th!!!!!
@@omelettedufromage4my guy looked up his receipts and roasted his previous comments.. legend
@@omelettedufromage4 😂
My buddies and I were in a small, totally packed, bar during this game. When Lebron made that block EVERYBODY got covered in beer. It was absolute chaos.
Sounds lit
😂
Seeing this block LIVE was unreal. It was SO clutch! LBJ was playing out of his mind this series and refused to lose.
why you lying bro
That last 5mins was some of the best basketball I watched. BLOCKED BY JAMES
That was the most stressful 5 minutes of sports I've watched.
@@elman2012 understatement. I’ve never been more nervous watching a game in my life 😂😂 that 5 mins felt like 2 hours.
Being a Cavs and never missing a dribble I knew Bron was going to block it the second you saw him going full speed.. he did those from behind blocks literally once or twice a game so you just came to expect it from him..
When he don’t take defensive possessions off he’s top 3 best defender all time idc
I did not think he was gon get the block there was obv a chance but at that time igudala was beast athletically he can do anything around the rim if we being real if j.r smith wasn’t there to slow him down n not foul that play doesn’t happen so lebron is goated but thank you j.r smith
We didn’t see him in the camera at all bra 😂😭he literally came from out of the frame last minute
@@yolandakenney4218 nope watch again.. he's literally visible on camera the entire time..
@@nicklrrueckert yeah that’s what people forget lebron James can be an elite defender (even now) whenever he feels like it 😂🤷♂️it’s crazy
That banter between JJ and RJ so good
His haters are really going to miss him once he’s gone. That guy is a pass first player who is the all time leading scorer. And his career signature play is a defensive play
He is doing none of these well. Terrible shooter. Terrible on D. And passing is actually most of the time a kick out to a shooter. He did one play that was actually good and we are supposed to lose our minds. He still is the most overrated players ever and has very little skill and limited bag. He is a flopper, a dirty player and travels all the time. He is not a leader. Not clutch. Got carried by other superstars all his life. And he is a toxic teammate. Trust me we will not miss him. My sentiment is don't let the door kick you on the way out.
@@bna441no one reading all this
@@taisontran4727you are right. Too long!
@@bna441you’re an idiot
The greatest, most clutch defensive play in Finals history.
it's a great play, but Jordan's steal leading into "the shot" does it for me. For context, Stockton nails a 3 with about 45 seconds left and puts the Jazz up 3. MJ gets the inbound and immediately scores with 37 seconds left on the clock. Jazz take their time, kick it to Malone, Jordan rips it with something like 15 seconds left and they're still down 1. He dribbles it up, crosses over and nails the game winner. Jordan actually called out this defensive play in advance too. I think this just gets overlooked because it was sandwiched between 2 amazing offensive plays in the most rapid fire clutch way ever.
MJ bulls never been a underdog team in their final run.
@@user-sr4fq9vh7fyea but his steal also directly lead to the game winning shot. It's a whole sequence. Not only did he have to get the steal but also the shot? Don't cap 🧢
@@AlexanderMoen I'm a Jordan guy but I give it to LeBron. In terms of degree of difficulty, a chase down block is a lot harder to pull off. Also, the Bulls were up 3-2 at that point so the swing in championship implications aren't like LeBron's.
Now if you're talking about a clutch sequence of plays, Jordan's final minute of game 6 has few parallels.
@@AlexanderMoen I can respect that
I find so funny that LeBron has so much haters online and gets nothing but praise from fellow players, coaches and announcer. The block is timeless piece of basketball art this is only one among so many others. How blessed have we been to be able to witness such a player grow and dominate
His haters are just awful people lol because people who coached against him,competed in high series against him and played with him knows.
Lol I'm guessing it's because he called himself the GOAT and paid dudes in the media to ride for him. Feels completely manufactured. If you're the best you have to back it up. If that didn't happen he wouldn't get as much hate I'm guessing.
@@jamesw5713 That has absolutely nothing to do with it especially the lie about him saying he is the Goat. He was already hated on a level we never seen before for years before that. Also his play put him in the best ever conversation. So we know for a fact that is none of those reasons. The part about paid media is funny because they hate on him.
“Blocked by James,” felt like the game winning shot in real time. So amazing!
Best NBA finals ever
It’s a finals with games that are mostly blowouts lol
@@pandabear1576 that's why it was a heck of a moodswinger(btw that's a name of an instrument) because after every blowout you thought its over.
@@pandabear1576 hater
@@pandabear1576 Nah! it was the greatest comeback!! no team cameback from a 3-1 in the playoffs
Most obviously rigged nba finals ever💪🏿
That play will forever be legendary unforgettable moment
The greatest play in a Game 7 of all time
Facts
*in NBA history
@@benmcgee9204 that’s basically the same thing lol
No.
Dude what, people are crazy man, you're crazy
This was the first finals series I watched. I remember being up at 4am or something watching on my Samsung tablet, to this day it's the best finals I've seen and I don't think anything can come close to that 2016 season. The dunk contest, LeBlock, Kobe 60 PTS, 73-9, unanimous MVP the list goes on.
J.J casually throwing in Chalmers is great sense of humour LOL
He had Mario Chalmers 😂😂
god bless 😂😂😂😂
JJ's awkwardness in his outro always make me smile
Weird
What made that block so special was the circumstances. Coming from a 3-1 deficit vs a 73 win team trying to get a ring for Cleveland to break their drought. You could feel how bad Lebron wanted it
As a Warriors fan I hated "The Block," but as a basketball fan it was THE greatest block I've ever seen and I respect it
Love that shot of JJ just sitting back while RJ cooks. Love it, great pod fellas!
That and Kyries three and Love’s defense. That sequence was crazy
Fr the whole sequence🗣
Lol y’all don’t like it when lebron gets credit huh😂😂😂
@@beankobe8205 naw I love bron the block was the best think just acknowledging every body else too tbr I love bron
@@prophfit5440 but this was about lebron tho rj is literally talking about lebron …. Ain’t no way you hate lebron this much. That black hate ain’t it
@@beankobe8205 how is mentioning the other great plays from that game black hate? weirdo
People downplay JR Smith defense in that situation. He got in the way without fouling. That's not easy when you're back pedaling on a 2 v 1 fastbreak. Then Lebron jumped out the gym and covered both sides of the rim. Top 5 play of all time in my book
Thank you for acknowledging JR. He is the one who even made the play possible.
Come on, nobody downplays it. Never seen a single comment saying JR was meaningless on that play.
Every clutch play in sports needs the whole team to set up the moment. The block doesn't happen without JR, period.
But just because JR isn't mentioned in every comment about "the block" doesn't mean he's downplayed.
@@masina9447 well what does it mean then?
JJ, I love the transition to doing interviews and podcasts. Your doing an amazing job! Keep it up! Shoutout to 3pt players
I listen on Spotify but just wanted to stop by and say Richard is hilarious and this was my all time favorite episode!
That "God bless" on Mario Chalmers🤣🤣 sent me
The stars stepped up in that final minute. LeBlock, KAI’s shot and Love’s lockdown D on Curry
They forgot about Kevin Love locking down Steph at the top of the key 😮
"The Shot, The Block & The Lock"
Those three plays to seal the finals were legendary
More like Curry just missed… Kevin did decent but that’s a shot Curry hits all the time. Curry simply missed.
@@frankiethefrog1752 I disagree. Curry is one of the best in the league at creating space and Kevin forced him into an off balance 3. Curry cooks most defenders in that situation but he had to settle. Lockdown D doesn’t mean it has to result in a turnover.
@@frankiethefrog1752 oh yeah we forgot steph shoots 100% from 3 all the time 🤯🤯
@@thebibleuniverseity4388 It's only because he knew he had to shoot a 3, so Love stayed at the top of the 3 pt line. Curry would have cooked him otherwise. It's a stop nonetheless, but it's not like Love locked him down.
It’s a few plays that you will always have goosebumps from
That bron block and the Gianni’s block on Ayton were two of the best plays period in a finals series
Just say you haven’t watched basketball before 2012 😂
@@RecapRico he said facts tho. Ayton is 7”2 or something. Blocking him on a alley oop requires a lot of hops, and it was also clutch not just the best plays. But for me the best final play is the ray allen corner 3
@@RecapRico Relax man. They really are…
@@RecapRico name another better play in the finals?
@@itchyhairyballs123 I wanna agree with you but sometimes about your name don’t sit right with me 🤣
These two have really good chemistry! ESPN, First Take? Sounds good to me
Richard Jefferson is enjoyable to hear stories from as he's genuine and good at speaking
I remember jason kidd and richard jefferson on the new jersey nets play against my Detroit Pistons, back to back years the new jesery nets was a solid team, the 2002 to 2003, my team got swept by the nets and went to game 7 in 2003 to 2004, my favorite defensive memory was watching my Detroit Pistons play against the Indiana Pacers in 2004 and it was a defensive slugfest among both teams and the detroit pistons relied on Richard Hamilton to get past the pacers since the pacers had my favorite shooting guard reggie miller played on the pacers and the detroit pistons had to go thru reggie miller and the defensive juggernauts in the Indiana pacers with Jermaine O'Neal, Ron test and there roster, the block on reggie miller when reggie miller was by the basket and tayshaun prince was about half court and came out of nowhere and blocked reggie miller's layup. The defensive stop by tayshaun prince epitomize the detroit pistons and there track record of kind of team they are during the era of basketball during the 80s and the bad boys. The way the 2004 Detroit Pistons held teams under 70 points even against the lakers in game 3 in the 2004 nba finals.
RJ such a interview. Love him razzing JJ
Hands down the most remarkable, most athletic play I've seen...EVER!
I love the commentary but I also love RJ eyeing the wine glass as JJ's pouring it 1:38
The internet is just so great for people who want to do their own thing
Best play I ever saw
God loves you. John 3:16
More like overrated but whatever 🤷🏿♂️
@@KaizerSozaye found the warriors fan
@@thes7519 Warriors? Never heard of em. 🤡
It is legendary
@@KaizerSozaye how
Mario chalmers god bless 😂
I liked the exchange between you two
That was definitely the single greatest play I have ever seen.
As a fan of the Warriors team I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything more amazing than what Lebron and Kyrie did in 2016.
Once the Warriors lost Bogut and Harrison Barnes forgot how to play basketball LBJ & Kyrie went ham.
RJ tryna school JJ 😂
Totally agree about the Toronto series.
The teams were even and they added Durant .. think of that , of course the cavs didn’t stand a chance . Rockets should’ve beat them though
To be honest the Cavs weren't even with the Warriors. Kyrie and especially LeBron just had the most outrageous 3 game stretch I've ever seen. Those might've been the 3 greatest games LeBron ever played. I don't think that feat was repeatable even if they didn't have Durant.
With current rules now, Harden wouldn't even be close to taking them to the Finals. His gimmick is outlawed now.
@@shepardice3775 To me it was, Ultimate small-ball versus ultimate balling. KD just broke the entire system at that point. Nothing was going to be fair after that.
@@shepardice3775 I agree here. Just like the year before with the Warriors, there were a ton of circumstances that allowed the Cavs to win
@@shepardice3775 you're right about them having the most outrageous three game stretch from a duo ever but they were definitely even in terms of talent.
The warriors just played a better style of basketball which was ahead of it's time and now everyone plays it or at least tries to.
It seems like you are saying the warriors were the better team which I believe is true. A suspension to green, Iggy's back issues, and bogut going down game 5 helped the cavs come back.
9:29 "any team... with GOOD players"
If you want to win championships you need other good players
I gotta start listening to Road Trippin again, used to be my favorite
LMFAAOOOO!!! JJ and RJ are hilarious, they need a podcast together
LBJ and Giannis' blocks were both amazing to me. Which one was better is splitting hairs. Love the show 👍
Respectfully disagree. Building in the context of LBJs block: game 7, coming back from 3-1, full court chase down on a 2 on 1 layup. Not to mention you just could just feel that the whoever scored next was going to win the game. In my opinion it’s not splitting hairs, LBJ’s block is for my money the greatest defensive play ever and it’s not close.
@@stevenrichardson8355 Bron's block was better due to the circumstances and should be ranked #1, but Giannis' block is harder to replicate which is why you rarely ever see a guy smoothly transition from defending the PnR to blocking an alleyoop block. I give it to LeBron, but out of sheer degree of difficulty Giannis' is pretty special.
@@stevenrichardson8355 ok cool
They were both great y does one need to be better??? I swear white people don’t do this … all there players are the greatest.
@@mrmacross again I have to respectfully disagree. LBJ block imo is harder to replicate. Like RJ said even a split second late and it’s a goal tend. Also, not only did LBJ have to sprint nearly full court, the fact that he was able to take into account that iggy was going to double pump the layup is just insane. I think if you gave Giannis 10 tries to get his block, he would be able a few times. Idk if LBJ would be able to replicate his block if he tried a 100 times.
LeBron's block is the biggest defensive play in NBA history when you factor in degree of difficulty and leverage (closing minutes of game 7 of the Finals). Giannis' block is one of the hardest plays to replicate (harder than a chase down; for reference, Giannis had an athletic chase down block earlier in the series), and the fact that it happened in the closing minutes of the Finals doesn't hurt its legacy, either. But it's still Bron 1, Giannis 2.
No one remembers the Giannis block lol not even close. That Warriors team was one of the best teams ever.
@@2011hwalker Maybe YOU don't remember Giannis' block. Maybe you don't even remember that JJ brought up the Giannis block in this video around 4:21 and compared it to LeBron's.
And wth, I even said LeBron's was 1 and Giannis' was 2.
Love listening to RJ and Reddick. RJ in particular is gold!
RJ entertaining as hell w stories
Funny thing is LeBrons block on Thiago Splitter might be the best of his career.
You trippin
@@elmehdinafia1237 that block was insane though😂😂did you ever see the one where he blocked Brandon Roy??? He lit tossed it out of the arena
And Iggy double clutched the layup which adds to the difficulty cause bron had to read and time that mid air
That block was the most jaw dropping play that could ever happen and the most unexpected play to ever occur. For sure players and fans who were watching it live, never expected Bron to just suddenly appear on the frame of their televisions and in person blocking that shot. Throughout the year that 2 on 1 fast break with Iguodala and curry is an automatic bucket and to see it denied on the biggest game and on the biggest stage in that manner is just wow.
The most imaging thing about this block was everyone on the court was gassed AF. And he Went superhuman .
JJ you the best
Rj and JJ need a podcast together
As a Celtic fan I have to admit adebayos block on Tatum during one playoff game (can’t remember which, feel free to remind me) to end the game was a nasty defensive play
It was one of the games in the bubble playoffs
This might of been Lebrons last year in his prime too🔥
Clearly a casual.
cap 2018
It is.. LeBron is my favorite Player but it's clearly in year 20, his health was declined to only play 50-53 games played
His 30ppg will drop to 21ppg, 12 assts
2018 Lebron was the most complete basketball player ever... Dude dropped 51 in the Finals and lost the game in OT because it was 4 hall of fame player vs 1. Most game winners ever in a Playoff run and 3 being buzzer beaters. Lebronto... 2018 Lebron was going to dominate the warriors and the knew it after the finals. No other reason to add KD to a 72-9 team other than we have to beat Bron
@@solidghost3263That 50 point game is maybe the greatest performance ever. At some point not even 4 hall of famers could stop him
Humbled him with that “ how’s your schedule looking “ line 😂 J.J b booked up
Don perignon you brought it ❤
The greatest play in NBA history
Precisely sir...for me that is the greatest highlight in NBA history of all-time..imagine 3-1 on a number 1 team of all-time (73-9) against the 2 greatest shooters of all-time and the 2 defensive superstar (green-igoudala)..
These two are the future of nba broadcasting.
Man, RJ and JJ have chemistry 😂 hat dude better watch out
Thank you! Finally someone recognizes Mario Chalmers!
"Mario Chalmers"
"God bless"
These two are fuckin funny lmao
JJ with “Mario Chalmers” 😂😂😂
I want to watch the entire playoffs and finals again in it's entirety.
RJ and JJ co-hosting a podcast would be legendary.
Legendary black with an even more legendary call by Breen!
My favorite NBA moment in history.
JJ how you only got your Old Man and the Three hoodies as Small and Medium.....
The most athletic man in the world makes an athletic play in a big moment, truly ground-breaking. I would be more impressed if he went 2 for 2 from the FT line to win a game.
Ohh how i would love a pod with Rich and JJ that would = GOLD./// Just a selfish thought !!!
I remember when he did a voice commentary on it before and said “I literally saw a black blur” LMAOO
Jj saying “mario chalmers” is hilarious
one of the most prettiest blocks was LBJ again in finals against the spurs center splitter in game 2!
THAT GAME!!!
2016 NBA Finals is still the best finals series of all time. (I’ve only watched from ‘08 forward)
That block was something else
JJ:
Mario Chalmers😂😂
I love how people just name the long list of hall of gamers and top 75 guys he’s played with and then act like that didn’t lead to a lot of his success.
“He had Mario chalmers” peak jj troll 😭
rj busting his balls about being the new kid on the block mid story about lebron is a golden moment
The Block ,the Stop,the 3 .Cleveland this is for you.❤
Mario Chalmers 😂
I remember that block and the announcer and thinking to myself "That's the best play I have ever seen"
tayshaun prince on Reggie Miller has to be up there too
Mario Chalmers 😂😂😂
Glad to see Chalmers still taking strays.
Hardens block on Dort was great. And Bams block on Tatum are 2 great ones too
Love RJ and JJ