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Houston, we have footage.

Posted on July 22, 2009 by stone86

Awhile back Lebron James hosted his annual skills camp where he was dunked upon by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford. This tape was promptly confiscated by big brother… er Nike? Everyone knows this story. What you probably don’t know is that TMZ claims that they have footage of this infamous dunk. (Yea, it’s that TMZ. You know, the celebrity stalking e-tabloid.) Apparently not only do they have footage, but they will debuting it live todat at 6:45 est. That’s when we find out if this is actually a big deal. TMZ

As I mentioned once before, I don’t think this is a big deal no matter what the talking-head pundits claim. They should’ve spun this positively instead of opting for this ridiculous gag order. They, Nike and Lebron, have armies of publicists and PR people, don’t tell me they couldn’t have done it. “Anything’s Possible” would work. Lebron is human afterall despite all the evidence suggesting otherwise.

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Lebron Posterized

Posted on July 8, 2009 by stone86

An interesting note before I go to bed. According to CBS, Nike has confiscated all cameras that were rolling when Lebron James was dunked on by Xavier’s Jordan Crawford at Lebron’s Skills Academy. I’m not sure what the hell Nike is thinking, obviously Lebron is human and it’s not the first or last time he will be dunked upon. In my mind, depending on the magnitude of the posterization, Nike could even spin it positively. Maybe a new ad campaign claiming, “anything’s possible.” Baron davis’ dunk on “AK47” would be mandatory ad material.