Courtesy of Rivals.com
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.
POOF! And the tapes have disappeared
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.
Kinda like WKU’s Courtney Lee dunked on the King TWICE in their playoff series . . .
If anyone can provide video or picture of Jordan Crawford dunking two handed on LeBron James during Nike Skills Camp yesterday a free t-shirt is yours. Email us and the shirt is yours.
1:15 PM Update: As of now we have not received video of Jordan Crawford putting his nuts in Bron’s face. However, we did receive a video from Jeff from Wisconsin, which shows Jordan Crawford winning the dunk contest at IU Midnight Madness.
Seriously, email us at info@straitpinkie.com with proof that Bron got crammed on and you get a free strait pinkie shirt. Have you seen these shirts? They’re probably the sweetest shirts to be unveiled since Big Black, of Rob & Big, broke out the Double-B shirts. Find the video or a still-shot and send it our way!
7/9/09 – 12:12 PM Update: Jordan Crawford speaks on his cramming of the King.
11 Responses to “LeBron James Gets Dunked On, Makes Sure Evidence Is Erased”
I don’t see the big deal in all of this.
It would have been nice to see the dunk but I can care less about the tape not being released.
It’s Lebron’s show. He does what he wants. We can all speculate as to what we’d do but nobody here is the best player on earth. We’ll never know his point of view.
I say reserve judgement unless you like being judged.
Labrons behavior is starting to show what may be his true side. Losing in the playoffs and walking off with no comment like a poor sport, then he gets dunked on by a good athlete and takes tapes because he is embarassed. Thats childish. If your the best in the world act like it. You lost in the playoffs, you got dunked on here so let it go and move on. Shake hands say good job or good dunk in this case and move on and learn from whatever mistake led to it and try to improve. You dont pout like a child and hide taking footage or avoiding interviews. Thats not the best player in the world cause even the best know every once in a while someones gonna get one by you. Ask the best in the world ( King Michael Jordan) Lebrons still a kid and has a lot to learn before he can be called the king or the best.
LEBRON IS A LITTLE GIRL THE TAPE SHOULD BE RELEASED, EVEN GREAT PLAYERS GET DUNKED ON. MICHAEL JORDAN LOST AT HIS CAMP AND THATS MORE EMBARASSING, BUT THE TAPE STILL MADE IT OUT AND WHAT NOBODY BRINGS IT UP. MICHAEL IS A FAR BETTER PLAYER THAN LEBRON WILL EVER BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ON AND OFF THE COURT. LEBRON MAN UP AND SHOW THE FOLKS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE THE KING LOSING HIS CROWN TO A KID …………HAHAH CANT WAITE TO SEE.
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this is why nobody likes bandwagon cavs fans. lebron is selfish, arrogant, and a poor sport who hogs the ball to only improve his stats and doesnt care about anyone else. HE SHOULDNT EVEN GO TO THE HALL FAME OR THE ESPYS.
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lebron needs to get over himself. hes not that anyway i always agree with skip bayless on lebron. all the cleveland fans i feel sorry for you are never going to win a championship nor do you cleveland fans deserve one with a player like that on the team. as far as jordan crawford goes. man you’ll get your chance in the pros and we will all see it happen on national tv. my hats off to crawford and man if it would had been me i would had been pissed that he done that. to me that shows lebron is truley a sore loser. and always will be. so the tape isnt released now but you cant hide national television when it happens. se eat that nike rep.
lebron is the best player in the world. Crawford maybe a good dunker but is no match for the king. let them play one on one and see what happens
jr u have no idea what u are talking about. Maybe u need to gets off crawfords dick. So what he dunked in james who cares. Is that gonna reserve a spot for crawford in the hall of fame…hell no. So what u need to do is quit being a hater and let the king do his thing. Ya punk bitch!!!
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