WTF: Lebron James gets dunked on by A College player and confiscates all video to Prove it
Yahoo reports:
It was assumed he was called "King James" because he reigns on the basketball court. But maybe LeBron James earned that nickname due to his tyrannical ways (in dealing with embarrassment).
On Monday, Jordan Crawford, a sophomore at Xavier (by way of Indiana), reportedly dunked on LeBron during a pick-up game at the LeBron James Skills Academy. Garry Parrish of CBSSports.com wrote that one high school player said, "it was bad". (We can only assume he meant "bad" in the Michael Jackson sort of way.)
LeBron must have agreed, because he had Nike officials confiscate the two videos that were taken of the dunk. (Parrish blames Nike, but reading between the lines it seems like the censorship was orchestrated by LeBron himself.)
Ryan Miller, a freelance photographer who was working at the camp that day, told CBSSports.com:
"LeBron called [Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt] over and told him something," Miller said. "That's how I knew his name was Lynn. LeBron said, 'Hey, Lynn. Come here.'"
A few minutes later, Miller's tape was confiscated.
Connecting the dots, it seems clear that LeBron didn't want video leaking out of him getting dunked on by a college sophomore, so he told a Nike official to get the tape. It was an understandable reflex move (gotta protect the image), but it also unnecessarily makes a mountain out of a molehill.
The Crawford dunk would have been a temporary embarrassment for LeBron. Let's say the video was put on YouTube. It blows up for a bit, dominates blogs for 36 hours, everyone has a good chuckle and then it's forgotten about.
But by censoring the tape, LeBron turns the dunk into a legend. On video, it's just a dunk. Without video, the jam can reach mythic proportions. Because nobody can see it, the story of the dunk will grow in stature with each telling. Today, it was a simple two-handed slam. In a few days, it will be a 360-degree windmill. By the time Crawford makes his Xavier debut in October, he will have jumped off LeBron's shoulders, flipped in the air, slammed the ball home with his left pinkie and then handed LeBron $3.99 for his dry cleaning.
Without the video, we'll never know. Although, given his past history, I think it's safe to say that LeBron probably walked off the court without shaking Crawford's hand.
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Comment by mike lauderdale on July 11, 2009 at 9:50pm
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Comment by SHiRi B****! on July 11, 2009 at 9:43am -
lebron is a beast ... even thou that video shii is a issue, he'll still dominate on the fckn court.
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Comment by SEAN P!!! on July 10, 2009 at 12:14pm -
MAN IF YOUR A TRU BALL PLAYER WHO PLAYS DEFENCE YA GONNA GET BANGED ON (NO HOMO) JORDAN GOT HIS ANKLES BROKE BY A.I. AND HE GOT DUNKED ON AND HE STILL ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER TOUCHED A BASKETBALL!
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Comment by Young Kelz on July 10, 2009 at 11:46am -
lebron is a b****. he thinks hes god. get over urself lebron for real.
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Comment by rashaud on July 10, 2009 at 10:25am -
Yeah but if it was the other way it would be cool what he above getting dunked on but when he dunk on a n**** espn will run it in the ground and nike wouldn't have done that s*** for nobody else
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Comment by Timdogg on July 10, 2009 at 9:09am -
I seen that video. A kid had it on his cell phone and posted it to youtube but they took it off immedialy. That n**** Lebron will not be humbled it seems even after the embarrasing playoffs and a walk off after the loss. Come on Lebron, step yo rep up homie.
Its small stuff to a jiant right?
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Comment by cy mac on July 10, 2009 at 8:34am
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SO WHAT LEBRON STILL A BEAST
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Comment by Hardcore W4R on July 10, 2009 at 1:07am -
LeBron aint the f**** king and yall need to stop calln em dat. he aint got no ring no jumpshot n no sportsmanship it was bad enuff he aint shake hands after da conference finals lose he aint even do an post gm interview now he hiden tapes wowwwwwww kobey-4 lebron-0 u tell me who da king is
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Comment by Isis on July 10, 2009 at 12:48am -
I love LeBron but even I know s*** happens..so who cares?! He's still King.
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Comment by BOOMSHA the Highschool Dropout on July 10, 2009 at 12:36am -
SO...AINT LIKE IT WAS KOBY OR NOTHING F***'EM!
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