Claim: Video of a basketball player taking a 14.5 feet high vertical leap, which is the highest in the history.
Fact-check: Edited videos show Lebron James's slam dunk by jumping to a monstrous height - FACTLY
Verdict: 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 a height of 48 inches, which is 4 ft. whereas michael jordan has reached a maximum running jump of almost 46 inches. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Chaitanya
Date published: 2021-04-12T13:26:18