LeBron James, the self-proclaimed King of basketball, is spending the off-season heading up a basketball training camp known as the LeBron James Skills Academy. The camp, sponsored by NIKE, gives prominent high school hotshots the chance to train with the best, that is, LeBron. However, there looks to be a new challenge to the throne. Apparently, Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford got the better hand on LeBron during a pick up game and dunked, two-handed and HARD, on the 6-foot-8 NBA superstar. Video rolling, and all.
Want to see the footage? Too bad. Right after the mega-dunk, LeBron called over NIKE’s Basketball Senior Director, Lynn Merritt, to have a few words. Moments later, Merritt approached several cameramen and confiscated their tapes. It appears King James didn’t want the video to leak to the internet.
As a consolation prize, though, here’s Crawford dunking – and winning – at Indiana University’s annual dunk contest. Kid’s got some skills.
Comments
brooks
July 8th, 2009 - 11:12:03 AM
what a babby he acts like that because of everybody says hes the greatest thing ever
nate
July 8th, 2009 - 11:58:51 AM
This just shows what kind of person he really is and why he will never be considered as good as Jordan
Katy
July 8th, 2009 - 12:32:08 PM
Whatever, don't hate on him. All bball players do it. This doesn't compromise how good of a player he still is. Just means there is competition!
Jason
July 8th, 2009 - 12:47:10 PM
i love how in trying to cover it up, he only made this story even bigger. what a dunce
wow
July 8th, 2009 - 6:56:52 PM
Well the dunk wouldda been cool for like maybe a week... but now people are gonna talk bout this for years... When Crawford's in the league, commentators will say how he supposedly dunked on lebron. Once again we see who lebron really is and how much of an idiot he is
Lebron James Gets Dunked On
July 8th, 2009 - 8:00:15 PM
It seems that Nike and King James didn’t want the video to leak to the internet.
DGB
July 8th, 2009 - 8:25:31 PM
We are not witnesses..
DetroitRed
July 8th, 2009 - 8:33:01 PM
me and my eegooooo.....
Will
July 8th, 2009 - 10:00:36 PM
Lebron, you fucking baby.
Dunkadelic King23
July 8th, 2009 - 10:11:57 PM
LeBron James was dunked on by a kid named Jordan Crawford. James wears the #23 and Michael Jordan is player that trademaked that same #23. Nike could've made a cool commercial involving MJ, LeBron, and Crawford. Now that's G!
Cassie B
July 8th, 2009 - 11:39:38 PM
I DONT KNOW WHY HE GOT MVP!!! THAT WAS A CHUMP MOVE!!!! SHOW THE THAT TAPE!!! ALL THE SPORTS WORLD ARE WAITING!!!
raytundo davis
July 9th, 2009 - 2:00:14 AM
all of u need to shut up cause we all know that king james is nice but everyone know that we have r bad days and i guess lebron had a bad and i understand y he wanted that vid deleted because it would lower his rankings but im kinda begging for that video so i can laugh my ass off as well and to see king james,mvp lebron james to get dunk on by a kid to him lol, lol .
Andy B.
July 9th, 2009 - 8:19:00 AM
Good for Crawford! He may be more of a legend if the video DOESN'T get released.
mouseamillie
July 9th, 2009 - 8:57:27 AM
It goes to show that skill is skill on any level.Any true baller would of said,"good move now hold me".If Lebron had blocked it or dunked on him then it would of been all over sportscenter.Lebron, its part of the game. Man up,eat that,or go to camp for defense.It would of been over quicker if you had just shown the tape.U got dunked on.SOOOOOOOOO WHAAAAAAAAAAATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
topakitz
July 9th, 2009 - 9:46:02 AM
James may be 20% serious during the pick-up game. Getting dunked on is not a rare event for him. He likes doing chasedowns that sometimes causes him to get posterized. Nike officials may have think that damaging and malicious comments towards James may circulate when the video leaks. Though I think that this issue will be forgotten quicker if no confiscation had been made. If Crawford is that good and eventually makes it to NBA, James can then prove that he's better and that dunk means nothing.
D-Wade_Fan
July 9th, 2009 - 10:54:35 AM
It is funny how skip bayless calls him prince James while others call him King. And then he gets dunk on by a kid in college who is 6'4" n didnt even play last year. Then just like in the playoffs when he lost he goes in the bak n crys about it :'(. And he is most definitely over rated all he can do is dunk. So i will call him a jester.
raymond
July 9th, 2009 - 1:30:44 PM
Lebron james is the KING! so what a kid dunked on him? how many of the greatest players been dunked on? every one has before! big deal KOBE rapes a girl and every Denys it bull shit he wouldnt have got his wife that ring if he didnt do it not to mention that ring! so fuck off lebron haters!
AMAZING
July 10th, 2009 - 5:03:14 PM
come on so what if he got dunked on...Im sure LeBron wasnt even trying, besides Crawford admitts its no big thing he said LeBron just jumped late I gurantee if he jump at the right this would have happened
AMAZING
July 10th, 2009 - 5:04:20 PM
oh yeah and Hakeem got dunked on and then he got the guy back with a awesome stuff
ez
July 11th, 2009 - 1:41:57 AM
right.. everybody gets dunked on.. but i cant remember anyone confiscating records to hide it!! LOL!! nobody does it better than "The king" .. the king of cry babies!!!
grimtruth
July 18th, 2009 - 4:10:16 PM
"the self-proclaimed King of basketball" The MEDIA labeled him that, idiot. How can someone be 'self-proclaimed' when OTHERS are the ones saying it? I love how the Kobe nut huggers make this bigger than it is, but are the same people who defended a rapist, and the biggest cry babies in the league.
Ufomies
July 24th, 2009 - 3:12:13 AM
THERE IS a video available. Here's a link to the video, which was published today here in Finland, on the site of a local newspaper: http://www.iltalehti.fi/nettitv/?7951068 Dear manolith.com. If you want to make stupid claims, which are opposite to the truth, you are quite fucking retarded. Sure, the footage isn't all that great, what comes to technical quality, but the footage is there and if we know about it here in Finland, so should you.
sknrqk;nmgf;
December 20th, 2009 - 9:26:42 PM
Queen james sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!