[Highlight] LeBron James gets dunked on by Jordan Crawford in 2009. The footage made waves after Nike confiscated the tape and attempted to scrub it from the internet
I was expecting a little more than that
we all were lol, it was such a silly/sensitive barbra streisand effect thing
this is the biggest nothing video ive ever seen. The way they described it, he put his testicle sin lebrons mouth and made him gargle
wow lebron contested a dunk and the guy flushed it past his hand. how will he ever recover
nike are idiots
Lol yeah if you watch closely, it looks like Crawford pulled a sneaky one on the inbound. Nobody is even set for defense or really watching the ball …. and then you just see Jordan Crawford bursting out of the side of the screen like a missile while everyone is standing fully upright lmao. To be fair, its insane speed. But the dunk was a nothingburger completely.
Fun Fact: LeBron was going into his 7th year when this play happened. Crawford played 2 years of college after this, and then went on to play 5 years in the NBA, then bounced around China and Europe for another 10 years and retired in 2023. Three years after that, LeBron is still playing.
My favorite fun fact: Crawford received a single Sixth Man of the Year vote when he was on the Celtics (presumably by someone who misclicked Jamaal Crawford)
ther rumor was that bron/his team were the ones pushing for it to be hidden/confiscated off the bat, so we don’t really know how much nike is to blame other than going with their requests/wishes at minimum
Nike probably doesn’t care unless LeBron says to get the tape.
false, Nike tries to protect their “product” image regardless
Bron made them do it, pretty obviously. The guy who is obsessed with his image more than anything else.
Not the guy who likes to control the narrative but Nike is who you blame. Damn lmao.
Nike hired Nico, so yeah.
LeBron told them to do it so in this case he’s the idiot
This was the ultimate Streisand effect lol. If they’d never tried to hide it it would have been immediately forgotten
This wasn’t really hidden, just an internet rumor at the time. There was another angle out there from the corner as well. This is Worldstar days/blogger 2.0 but it was out there.
It wasn’t hidden because you can’t really hide something once it’s online, but Nike absolutely tried to hide it, the only question is whether they did it on their own or Lebron requested it.
Edit: It’s a fact, Nike admitted they confiscated the tape but claimed it was just standard policy.
Source for Nike admitting it?
His source: https://www.basketballnetwork.net/off-the-court/nike-confiscated-a-tape-of-lebron-james-getting-dunked-on-by-jordan-crawford Nike’s statement
“Nike has been operating basketball camps for the benefit of young athletes for decades and has long-standing policies as to what events are open and closed to media coverage. Unfortunately, for the first time in four years, two journalists did not respect our no videotaping policy at an after-hours pickup game following the LeBron James Skills Academy,” said Nike spokesman Derek Kent.
Cheers
first time in four years
Imagine how stupid a person would have to be to fall for this bullshit
Bruh just look for it yourself before asking for a source smh. Google is free
Im lazy
Then don’t expect people to do your work for you, just accept being unaware of shit.
Edit: Wow you really confirmed how lazy you are
No need to get pressed. Someone did the work already.
If you make an argument you should be able to back it up
They weren’t making an “argument,” they were stating a verifiable fact. Us oldheads all remember when it happened, but anyone can Google it, because once again, it’s a verifiable fact. Media literacy is really going downhill man…
Generally if I make a claim and someone challenges me on it I can back it up but you do you
Once again: a fact, not an argument or a claim. “LeBron James is 41 years old” is a fact. “Nike confiscated the tape” is also a fact. Anyone can Google them both in seconds. We’re in a dark place if people can’t make these distinctions.
No one challenges you on your claims because you hide them like the coward you are.
I’m legit mystified by pussies like you, like I can’t imagine being this non-confrontational while simultaneously pretending I’m some alpha-male.
You think r/nba is the place for peer reviewed argumentation?
Im talking personally, we disagree and thats ok
Yeah we disagree and I’m saying your take is shit. If you learn something new, the onus is on you to verify. It’s not on the person stating the fact to have to “back it up.”
I remember this tape. It was not a big deal that by confiscating the tape made it viral.
This is what they showed us, but there was another play where Crawford took it behind the back and threw it down so hard it bounced off LeBron’s head, why do you think his hairline is like that now?
I remember the controversy surrounding this video back in the day lol
It’s such a nothing burger. No clue why it even blew up the way it did.
it blew up because they tried to hide it and confiscate the video lol, its all right in the title
Yeah sorry. I meant more internally at Nike. It’s literally nothing.
ah, yeah, for sure lol, which is where the main rumor at the time came from that lebron/his camp were the ones on it immediately
but right, this is nothing, would have gone away and been good press at minimum without any of the overreaction from the suits
I was expecting a lot more
makes the nike look even more stupid.
Ebaum isn’t something I’ve thought of for a while
LeBaum’s World
StumbLeUpon
Digg
Ask LeJeeves
But I’m LeTired.
Then take LeNap
Fire ze LeMissles!
Mannnn I remember the Ebaum vs Something Awful war that ended up blowing up once hella other sites got involved against Ebaum
wait what did Ebaum do wrong???
They would repost & watermark content from other sites constantly, and say that it was submitted/posted “anonymously”.
In the aggregator community, that was considered a “dick move”.
We’ve come a long way because content stealing is encouraged now, you even get paid for it on some websites.
This and Newgrounds
Eric Bauman is a piece of shit, so I hear.
simpler times
Went from the world to a single nation.
It’s where I found out about Reddit from lol.
Anyone who recognizes Ebaum has achey joints now.
Another testament to LeBron’s longevity lol
That is….A good ass point.
Ugh fuck man my knee has been a little bitch for the past week… Why you gotta be right
I strained my neck/upper back last week while stretching to prevent injuries. Ebaum was awesome tho
Can confirm
Stahhhp i just had a herniated disk removed 😂
me too lol. Still in physical therapy for it
Fight me lol
Shoulder impingement for Ebaum
Can confirm, Googled my my knees sound like shit when going down stairs today
Not false
Somehow woke up with a sore knee today
Lmao I’m actually icing my knee as I read this
Sciatica has a 3-1 series lead on me this weekend. I got absolutely nothing done
He’s definitely been dunked on in an NBA game plenty.
You see what Kobe did to Dwight?
Guys get dunked on worse than that almost every game
If a player plays good defense. They will get dunked on eventually. It’s part of the game.
Exactly
The Game is the Game.
I think Jaylen Brown got a real good one against him a few seasons ago
Edit: this is the one https://youtu.be/aq76i7sxE58?is=JDpvSni96LqpxJXz
The Tatum one when Tatum was a rookie I think is the one I first thought about
He’s so good
x4
Tatum
Nic Claxton Christmas Day game 2021
I dunked on Lebron once too.
The video is deleted though so take my word for it.
The video goes to a different school, you wouldn’t know her
That was certainly one of the basketball plays of all time. Really dunked near him there
Right? Lebron was help defending too, not even the main defender.
I mean that’s most posters, it’s the big rotating late to help
OWNED!!!
That internet lingo takes me back.
Bron got pwned
People say players get posterized when they aren’t even near them now
Everybody gets dunked on
Not everyone asks Nike to scrub the videos from the internet afterwards
LeBron didn’t ask Nike to do that. At least there’s no proof that he did.
He did. I was there.
LeBron asked Nike to scrub the proof that he asked them to scrub the dunk tape.
There was one reporter that said that’s what happened and he was only speculating.
There’s no definitive proof. Eyewitnesses there at the game said he called a Nike exec over and they pulled the tapes after. It does somewhat track since LeBron is pretty aware of his image
Classic LeMickey
I’m contacting Nike right now and telling on you OP
Delete this bro
Dang I remember this lol. I was a Bron hater before he won his chip with Cleveland and this just added to that.
streisand effect
not to mention there are entire compilations of lebron getting dunked on in games. it would be more concerning to play 23 years with superstar minutes and not have any clips of you getting dunked on
It was ridiculous lol. Crawford was no scrub either, he was already at Xavier and became a first-round pick a year later. It was an example of how poorly LeBron’s image was being handled at the time (he and his team have learned a lot since the later Miami years)
this was a big deal then
How lmao. He was barely dunked on and this was clearly not even a serious game
The myth was more important than the video itself.
“Oh no way someone dunked on LeBron but Nike will never let it leak”
Thats it?!
Ray Allen: You think the GOAT can get dunked on by Jordan Crawford?
Owned! Good times…
thats it? lol
Havent seen a reference to ebaum in yeeaaaaars
when I see ebaumsworld I think of the numa numa guy.
Seems like another internet lifetime ago.
That was wack
this video was harder to find than the kim k / ray j tape
Op-Nike is coming for you
Now, that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time
JC did a pod and spoke on this he said whoever was in charge of the camp said whoever dunked on LeBron would get $500 and they never paid him 😂
Nike is so weird and think how much they have tried this with all of their big players
Wow. First time seeing the video. It’s crazy that this is what it was. I thought it was some wild poster. And if Nike confiscated the video… How is it here? Confiscated how like, from this dude who filmed it? Paid him for it? Lol
So what if you get dunked on. It’s part of playing defense.
Are you really a basketball player if you’ve never been dunked on ?
Dunked on is a stretch lol
OWNED!
Wow I’ve always wanted to see this video and it is thoroughly underwhelming
My uncle works at Nike and he’s gonna ban you
X gonna give it to ya
He boomed me
Nike shoes are getting so lame
Got boomed
Crawford was in college if I remember right. Xavier or Cinci? I think this was like an elite prospect camp that LeBron co-hosted.
ah, ebaums world, one of the originals assholes of the internet
ebaum 🚬 I haven’t heard that name in years.
I remember when this happened but I didn’t know video had ever leaked
was that perkins laughing?
Ok that’s all fine and good but what the hell going on with teal shirt guy’s collar?!?
The Lepruder film
Jordan Crawford might have the greatest legacy to actual playing career ratio being known as “guy who dunked on Lebron”
I can’t be the only one that initially read that as Joey Crawford right?
So you’re telling me my older cousin’s theory that LeBron got posterized so hard that his fake hair flew off isn’t true???
I think this looks underwhelming because of the angle, but I bet it would look sick in a poster
OWNED
It aint lame getting dunked on, its lame if you don’t go for the block
Wait until he realizes that there is a video of Yabusele dunking on him in the 2024 Olympics
Bron caught a fade from me but Nike but Nike had me sign an NDA.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha thats nothing
LeBron so good you gotta search through the practice film archives to see him get yammed on
does anyone have a source for Nike confiscating and trying to scrub this tape?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-42742328/nike-hands-over-lebron-dunk-tape-to-general-disappointment/
thanks that link; didnt work for me but i re-searched using those key words and found this link for those curious https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nike-hands-over-lebron-dunk-tape-to-general-disappointment/
interesting that all linked stories are scrubbed from the web could Nike have had something to do with this too?
Delete this nephew
Tis the season for bored dumb hater takes.
Man I remember that. Was such a big for a big nothing burger lol
OMG a basketball player got dunked on!
This is so embarrassing.
So anyways, a decade later, “Lebron James with no regard for human life!”
Lmaooo what a weak ass highlight
Wemby literally got baptized by Ja in his first game…this is nothing.
The lebron PR team is working overtime here. Forum sliding on reddit, all day every day, to control narratives. The story (streisand effect) is that people were soft-minded enough to think this was worth scrubbing at the time. And the fact that that indeed does happen, controlling information that you see or don’t see.
But this shouldn’t be a shock to people who know how reddit and PR machines work. Manipulation happens quite a lot on here. Happy to blow your minds.
What?
Now where’s the video of 16 year old Bron cooking Mike ?
Not to sound too much like a Lebron stan, but I don’t consider it getting “dunked on” when you’re on the side of the defender, that always pisses me off. Getting dunked on means face to face.
Crawford is going to be like Al Bundy telling everyone about how he dunked on LeBron once
MY GLORIOUS KING WOULD NEVER GET DUNKED ON DELETE THIS
It’s crazy how this was probably the biggest scandal of LeBron’s career, other than the fact that he pretends to read books.
That’s just a normal dunk OP. We might have very different opinions of what getting dunked on means.
You missed the whole saga somehow
For you, the day LeBron graced your court was the most import day of your life. But for LeBron, it was Tuesday.
Found Jordan Crawford’s Reddit Account
AI getting way too good at generating retro prompts jeez…
Wasn’t a Micharl Jordan vs Lebron scrimmage buried?
AI is crazy