Thanks to the kind folks at ebaumnation.com, the world was finally introduced to the dunk that could change the way we look at basketball forever.
Only kidding.
On July 22, ebaumnation.com released the famously mysterious tape of LeBron James being posterized by a teenager. As we've all heard from every sports outlet in the world, Nike—who sponsored James' basketball camp—did its best impersonation of the Gestapo and seized the tapes before anybody released it to the mass media.
Not sure how ebaumnation got their hands on it, but it sure made this the most over-hyped story since Susan Boyle (God forbid a person is both hideous AND talented).
I'm sorry for not buying into James being dunked on because I highly doubt James was playing at the same level of an NBA game. I can't imagine LBJ walking on a court with lowly college players wanting to impress them all immensely.
My congratulations goes out to Jordan Crawford. No doubt Crawford has been praying every night before bed that this video some way surfaces.
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Nike succeeded in blowing this out of proportion, and I'm not totally sure I believe they weren't behind this whole thing to begin with. Think about it, they've received so much publicity because of this over the last few weeks as searches for this have exploded on sites like Google and Yahoo!. Almost reminds me of a celebrity sex-tape. The media exposure and publicity is worth the temporary embarassment. And let's be real, it wasn't an 'in-your-face' jam like it was made out to be. LBJ jumped and made a last second effort to block it. It was certainly no Tom Chambers nut-sac-on-your-face jam.
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