Jordan Crawford over Bron?

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Anybody think they can pull this video somewhere?

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/15942689

Nike does not want you to see that dunk
Posted on: July 7, 2009 9:04 pm
Edited on: July 7, 2009 9:09 pmScore: 128Log-in to rate:Log-in to rate: Log-in to rate:
AKRON, Ohio -- You want to see video of Xavier's Jordan Crawford dunking on LeBron James?

If so, too bad.

Because you're not going to see it.

Thanks to Nike.

Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would've circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by allegedly confiscating tapes from various cameramen.

Freelance photographer Ryan Miller was one of the cameramen shooting the game.

He told CBSSports.com that Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt took his tape.

"He just said, 'We have to take your tape,'" Miller said. "They took it from other guys, too."

Worth noting is that there is no policy against filming at the LeBron James Skills Academy, and Miller said he had been filming all day without incident. Nobody ever told him to stop. Nobody ever said there was a problem ... until after Crawford dunked on James.

"LeBron called Lynn over and told him something," Miller said. "That's how I knew his name was Lynn. LeBron said, 'Hey, Lynn. Come here.'"

Minutes later, Miller said Merritt demanded his tape.

"There's nothing I can think of besides LeBron just not wanting it online," Miller said. "It's a good story to tell people, I guess. But then again, I'm kind of pissed. I lost my tape."

 

[-Akronite-]

I'll believe it when I see the video. :gap:

 

[Silky Smooth]

I bet Lebron wished he had a time machine after that happened.

 

[wremy]

I bet Lebron wished he had a time machine after that happened.

yea kinda ridiculous to take the peoples tapes....so what you got dunked on

 

[Chardon]

Cut him.

 

[PIP]

?

 

[Powerslave]

Jordan Crawford was then apprehended by these gentlemen:

 

[TAS]

I bet Nike told them.

"We are going to use this in our next commercial. But, it won't be amazing if people see it on Youtube first" :chuckles:

 

[Surge]

Smart move. Remember when some hack beat him in a game of HORSE?

THat crap was on SportsCenter for days.

 

[fudd]

Smart move. Remember when some hack beat him in a game of HORSE?

THat crap was on SportsCenter for days.

Horse and Basketball are 2 different games. Honestly, I wouldn't expect LeBron to beat that guy unless dunking was allowed. I feel you though, they tried to humiliate LeBron for getting beat in a game of trick shots. Dumb.


But that's weird that Nike took those video tapes. It's no like LeBron getting dunked on is a threat to national security. The only problem would be that all the dumb reporters on Sportscenter would make a huge deal about it; somehow it would get tied in to him leaving in 2010, and then they'd ask Jalen Rose some dumb questions about it. I hate Sportscenter by the way.

 

[Glen Infante]

I think Nike taking the tapes just made it worse. It's now more of a buzz than it probably would have been if it was leaked on YouTube minutes after.

People will see the dunk, give the young man props and move on, just like AI crossing over MJ. Nike being a bunch of little bitches is now reflecting on LeBron's image.

 

[chiefwahoo]

OK, so now the posterization scoreboard stands at:

LBJ - 58,749
Others - 2 (Courtney Lee and some clown in a summer camp)

 

[Cleveland56]

Good lord, can we start up the Iverson thread again?

 

[riveronfire]

word is lebron is the one who asked that the tape be confiscated:

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.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...on-by-Xavier-player-confisca?urn=ncaab,175293

 

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