“Video of a basketball player taking a 14.5 feet high vertical leap, which is the highest in the history”
What FACTLY found
This video was extracted from game three of the 2016 NBA finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. The video actually shows the slam dunk of Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers after almost stumbling over the floor, by taking a vertical leap, though not as high as shown in the viral video. The magnitude of the jump is not 14.5 feet as claimed. According to website of the Canadian Olympic team, Wilt Chamberlain owns the highest vertical jump in NBA history, reaching...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 April 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 12 April 2021, 11 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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