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Posted Jul 24th 2009 11:00AM by TMZ Staff
They just did it -- Nike has finally decided to give back the tapes they confiscated showing LeBron James getting dunked on by a college kid.
Nike henchmen took the tapes from two accredited journalists moments after Xavier's Jordan Crawford threw it down on King James at his Nike sponsored summer skills camp earlier this month.
The decision to take the tapes ignited a huge controversy and speculation that the Swoosh didn't want LeBron, a huge Nike spokesperson, to be seen in a bad light.
Nike claims it only snatched the tapes based on a policy that no pickup games be filmed.
But now -- 2 days after TMZ released the first copy of the dunk -- Nike is finally doing the right thing. However, it's unclear when they will hand the tapes back to the journalists.
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: cover up, CoverUp, dunk, jordan crawford, JordanCrawford, lebron james, LebronJames, nike, slam dunk, SlamDunk, tapes
Posted Jul 22nd 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff
It's the footage you've been waiting for -- the tape LeBron James tried to destroy -- the moment King James gets slam dunked on by an amateur!!!!!!!!
Here's the back story -- LeBron had a bunch of basketball prospects over at his LeBron James Skills Academy camp earlier this month.
LJ joined in on a pick-up game during the camp, when Jordan Crawford -- a 20-year-old baller from Xavier University -- got the rock and decided to go right after LeBron, soaring right over the all-star and delivering a nasty two-handed slam in front of everyone!
Several media outlets reported that LeBron and Nike -- who sponsored the camp -- sent henchmen to confiscate tapes from anyone who may have been recording the dunk, fearing the footage would cause some serious damage to LeBron's image.
But one copy survived -- and the tape proves all the reports are true ... LeBron is human after all, and Jordan Crawford was the guy who proved it.
Filed under: Talk Sports, Exclusives
Tags: basketball, dunk, jordan crawford, JordanCrawford, lebron james, LebronJames, slam, slam dunk, SlamDunk, tape, video, xavier university, XavierUniversity
Posted Jul 22nd 2009 2:45PM by TMZ Staff
The guy who ignited a media firestorm when the tapes of his two-handed dunk on LeBron James were confiscated is finally speaking out about our soon-to-be exposed footage of the moment he crushed King James:
Here's the official statement from Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford: "I am excited to see the tape along with my family and Xavier teammates.
It was a great honor to be one of the 25 college players invited to the LeBron James Skill Academy and I am very appreciative of Nike for this opportunity.
Competing on the court with perhaps the best player in the world was a great experience and it's raised my level of excitement for the upcoming college basketball season."
Filed under: Talk Sports
Tags: dunk video, DunkVideo, jordan crawford, JordanCrawford, lebron james, tape
