LeBron gets dunked on by Xavier player, confiscates all video

[venom33]

By Chris Chase

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.

[Lazeek]

I bet that either some other video or pics end up surfacing from this incident!!! ;D ;D

[BMTSoulja1]

It's really sad.  I read that supposedly, LeBron and Nike paid the cameramen 10G's a piece to get the video evidence.  I have just done a search on youtube and the few videos that I found have been removed quickly for terms of violation.  I know this is real because the kid from Indiana was quoted saying what happened.

Check out what the kid was quoted saying from this link:

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[Bucof2010]

I've been saying he's getting a big head

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

wow

[bullets13]

dumb move.  he'll take WAY more heat for this now.

[Gabe]

EVERYONE that plays the game at a high level has been dunked on...It happens...So what....Next topic, please : :

I think he got dunked on cause he is black. There. Does that make this thread interesting to you?

[Bucof2010]

EVERYONE that plays the game at a high level has been dunked on...It happens...So what....Next topic, please : :

I think he got dunked on cause he is black. There. Does that make this thread interesting to you?

Lmao

[bullets13]

EVERYONE that plays the game at a high level has been dunked on...It happens...So what....Next topic, please : :

which raises the question... why is bron bron confiscating tapes to make sure nobody sees it?

[Lazeek]

The kid that dunked on him was wearing Adidas!!!!! ;D ;D ;D

[venom33]

EVERYONE that plays the game at a high level has been dunked on...It happens...So what....Next topic, please : :

it wasnt the fact that some kid posterized him it was the fact that he made sure all the tapes disappeared.

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

I saw the video. it was NASTY, i mean the boys shorts was in LeBron's face. 

[KFDM COOP]

I agree!

[Lazeek]

Once again...To those of us that ACTUALLY played at the higher levels, its really not a big deal....Really its not...Happens all the time...Players get caught slipping, or they sometimes jump a half second too late, then, BOOM! It happens...No big deal.

I guess playing at Texas Southern is playing at a higher level................what does that make Lamar?  The pinnacle of all hoops? ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Lazeek]

Last time LU played TSU they beat that rear...........was not even close.  Where did you play then?

[BMTSoulja1]

Just for the record, the Labron video where he got dunked on was leaked and I saw it.  I'll post the link when I get home...

[bacbone9]

I saw the video. it was NASTY, i mean the boys shorts was in LeBron's face. 

dat dunk was not all that

[Lazeek]

Finally.......................LAZEEK and BACBONE agree on something!!! :D

[bacbone9]

Finally.......................LAZEEK and BACBONE agree on something!!! :D

lol....really i watched it like 20 times tryna see if it was something to actually hide but lebron got caught late on helpside defense,which is typical of most nba players and got caught..i bet he dropped like 25 rite after that...lol

[BMTSoulja1]

I mean, the resolution of the video was so bad, I couldn't even make out which one was LeBron!  I just saw some dude go up for a 2 handed dunk.  There was one dude that watched and another dude that was kinda like running out the way or something...

[wos08]

I mean, the resolution of the video was so bad, I couldn't even make out which one was LeBron!  I just saw some dude go up for a 2 handed dunk.  There was one dude that watched and another dude that was kinda like running out the way or something...

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