LeBron James (2008-09 NBA MVP)

[jlb1705]

Originally Posted by KING

The World of Isaac: GREATEST PHOTOSHOP EVER

If somebody's gonna photoshop it they could at least not make it look like the guy is about to brick it off the front of the rim.

[OH10]

Not much you can do or say about this one. In five years, that dunk will be all Crawford has left... well, except for that Euro league salary.

Lebron should let them release the tape. How many players has Lebron posterized? So who cares?

[ryan20]

The Dunkgate Video:

You will likely be disappointed

Celebrity Video | TMZ.com

[Brutus1]

About as exciting as seeing a certain sportscaster in a peep hole video.

[methomps]

Lebron/Nike really handled that poorly.

[ryan20]

Better quality, different angle:

Jordan Crawford Dunks On LeBron James

[jlb1705]

I think Crawford would have been better off if the video never saw the light of day. It's not as if he went over the top of LeBron - he came in from the side trying to block. He'll still have a good story to tell his kids though, so good for him.

I agree with everybody that says this was handled poorly by James/Nike.

[buchtelgrad04]

In my opinion, that's hardly a "dunk on". Bron was standing there with his hands on his hips then decided to contest the shot. I'm on the "disappointed in Nike/Lebron" bandwagon right along with everyone else. I still would like confirmation that Lebron actually told someone to get the tapes though. But whatever, hopefully this goes away soon.

[JohnnyCockfight]

Well if you look at the higher quality video (shot from the poorer angle), it would appear that the dunk on Lebron isn't much to see. But if you look at the TMZ video, Lebron is standing under the hoop during the drive down the lane, waiting at the rim - harder to make excuses for Lebron from that angle.

[Ginn4Heisman20]

I don't see where any excuses are necessary to be honest. Lebron didn't seem to be paying much attention, notice the hands on the hips. By the time he saw what was coming it was too late. Crawford made a strong, aggressive move and was rewarded with a nice dunk. That being said, I was expecting something FAR more epic than this. If they don't confiscate those tapes I doubt this is even a story.

[dragurd]

Yeah it was more of a dunk in the Vicinity of Lebron with a half hearted effort to look ly he was trying to contest it then getting dunked on.

[jlb1705]

Originally Posted by Ginn4Heisman20

I don't see where any excuses are necessary to be honest. Lebron didn't seem to be paying much attention, notice the hands on the hips. By the time he saw what was coming it was too late. Crawford made a strong, aggressive move and was rewarded with a nice dunk. That being said, I was expecting something FAR more epic than this. If they don't confiscate those tapes I doubt this is even a story.

I was expecting something far more epic based on the outrageous reaction of the people who didn't get a chance to "report" on it.

[Jake]

LeBron/Nike managed to make a big deal about nothing.

[jimotis4heisman]

since when did getting dunked on become a bad thing?
you have two options
1-contest the move to the hoop and make the guy make a play (you get dunked on, though likely reduce the % of a basket scored)
2-slide away from the play and give up and easy basket (you give up two points but you dont end up on a poster)

sorry but its a major issue i have with basketball at this point. style of substance. its much better to not look a fool than make the guy make the play and face the consequences of getting "embarrassed"

imo their is absolutely nothing wrong with getting 1-dunked on, 2-a shot dropped in your eye, 3-getting embarrassed off of help side defense, 4-many other things these days kids/college/nba players seem to "fear"

[jwinslow]

4-many other things these days kids/college/nba players seem to "fear"

but not choking at the charity stripe...