No Witnesses
July 9th, 2009 - byThe blogospehre was a buzz yesterday after Xavier basketball player Jordan Crawford threw down a monster dunk over NBA King LeBron James at his Nike camp. Normally this story would’ve had a shelf life of a day before pundits moved on, but Nike officials took the extra step of confiscating the film from the two media members filming the game. This allegedly occurred after LeBron spoke to Nike officials and ordered the film taken.
This adds to the reputation that began developing after this year’s playoff loss (when LeBron stormed off the court without shaking the winners’ hands) that LeBron is a sore loser.
Does this really matter at all? No. LeBron is the best basketball player on the planet (Sorry L.A.) and a small incident won’t tarnish his reputation. However, for a potential recruit trying to impress a college coach any misstep could mean the loss of a college scholarship.
Coaches are constantly evaluating players on a myriad of factors including attitude. student-athletes need to be aware that they are always under the microscope and a small flair up could have dire consequences.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Ok so what he got dunked on! If you have never been dunked on in a game then your not playing real basketball. I like the idea ESPN had which was to take footage of James getting scored on, dunked on, the ball stolen from, having his ankles “broken”, and missing shots and then have a slide say “No one is perfect” and then show him winning the MVP trophy. Great idea, I think so Lebron James is the King of basketball and we all know it!
August 7th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Not bad 2010 looks like a good year for kicks. A knick fitted with go fly with those deep orange kicks..