pimp Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/bl...rn=ncaab,175293 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeman Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 Ha! Lebrick James got posterized. He looks even worse now that he confiscated the tapes. He needs to learn how to laugh at himself. Every gets dunk on, its part of the game. He is acting like a lil girl now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted July 8, 2009 Report Share Posted July 8, 2009 He is acting like a lil girl now. I have to disagree with you. He could have just walked off the court without shaking hands, but he was professional enough to have the tapes confiscated first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico1 Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/bl...rn=ncaab,175293 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. I was a Lebron fan for a while. But I swear is crap like this and him not shaking hands at the end of the Orlando's game makes me think his letting all this fame get to his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators lethalweapon3 Posted July 9, 2009 Moderators Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Took me years to find Britton Johnsen's jam on King Crab in his 1st summer league game. I thought he paid people off to keep the video off the air. ~lw3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bird_dirt Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Took me years to find Britton Johnsen's jam on King Crab in his 1st summer league game. I thought he paid people off to keep the video off the air. ~lw3 aww...bogans and reece gaines, the memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xhawk Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Funny article...and great point: "The Dunk" will resonate more without the tapes than with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 i saw this on realgm :thumbsupsmileyanim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye242424 Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 i saw this on realgm :thumbsupsmileyanim: HAHA...nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnice Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 I saw this on realgm myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 I saw this on realgm myself... :thumbsupsmileyanim: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainview1981 Posted July 11, 2009 Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/bl...rn=ncaab,175293 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. Lame. Really lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJHAWK Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Well as a huge XU fan Im really excited to see Crawford play. Although I wish Derrick Brown stayed for his last year or got traded to the Hawks. With him XU could push for the final four, they still could but it will be tougher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonethugz Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 wish we can see this dunk soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 30, 2010 Moderators Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 It would be great to play on the jumbotron before the game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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