LeBron James thinks only Shaquille O’Neal and Jesus Christ can score on him in post

LeBron James has a pretty high opinion of himself as a post defender, but he has definitely earned it by going to the NBA Finals eight times.

LeBron James sounded quite jovial in a recent “Road Trippin'” podcast with Richard Jefferson and Channing Frye, especially considering how the Cleveland Cavaliers recently lost in the NBA Finals to their rival the Golden State Warriors.

James considers himself a pretty great defender in the post, and he claims that there are only two players in the game’s history who can score on him out of that position.

"LeBron: “There’s only three people in this world that can score on me in the post: Shaquille O’Neal in his prime—who else was it? Oh, it’s two. And Jesus Christ.”Frye: “What about the Dalai Lama?”LeBron: “Nah. Only Jesus Christ and Shaquille O’Neal in they prime.”"

You can tell by listening to the audio that it was said in good fun. He gets into the topic at the 57:45 mark of the podcast below.

It’s hilarious that James says Jesus could score on him in the post but not the Dalai Lama. Let’s definitely hope that these guys keep up their podcast next season, because they are clearly having a blast doing it. Another notable quote concerned how the Cavaliers felt about Draymond Green saying that LeBron started the formation of superteams.

“No,” James said. “No. I mean in 2003, the Lakers combined Karl Malone, Gary Payton, Shaq and Kobe. And in ’96, when Jordan was retired, the Rockets joined Charles Barkley, Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler all on the same team. But I don’t look at it as … I definitely didn’t start the superteam, if that’s what he’s trying to say. But I just feel like that it’s great that on the day you’re celebrating your championship, my likeness and my name is in your head. I love that.”

James only has one year left in his contract with the Cavaliers, but this seems to be a group that truly enjoys playing with each other. Kevin Love can sometimes be the odd man out, and so it wouldn’t be surprising to see him get moved this summer. He played quite poorly in the Finals. That was a shame, because he was really starting to click with LeBron through the first three rounds of the playoffs.

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It would be awesome to get LeBron, Shaq, and Jesus on the court at the same time, but we’ll probably have to wait for the Second Coming.