Yahoo sports is reporting today that King James was on the wrong end of a crushing dunk at the LeBron James Skills Academy this week.  Rumor has it that Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford threw a dunk on James that caused fellow camp attendee Michael Gilchrist to say ""It happened and it was bad, that was something to see".

That isn't the part of the story that is the most disturbing, anyone can catch one to the face if in the wrong position.  The controversy is that James apparently had the tapes confiscated to make sure they would never see the light of day.  CBS Sportsline columnist Gary Parrish has the following in his latest blog:

Freelance photographer Ryan Miller was one of the cameramen shooting the game.

He told CBSSports.com that Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt took his tape.

"He just said, 'We have to take your tape,'" Miller said. "They took it from other guys, too."

Worth noting is that there is no policy against filming at the LeBron James Skills Academy, and Miller said he had been filming all day without incident. Nobody ever told him to stop. Nobody ever said there was a problem ... until after Crawford dunked on James.

"LeBron called Lynn over and told him something," Miller said. "That's how I knew his name was Lynn. LeBron said, 'Hey, Lynn. Come here.'"

Minutes later, Miller said Merritt demanded his tape.

Apparently James doesn't understand what makes an internet legend.  People finding out that something like this tape exists and hiding it only fuels the fire.  There is always someone with a cameraphone or some recording device that wasn't seen.  The only thing he and Nike have done is help fuel the legend and quest to find the holy grail.  Regardless of how this turns out, Jordan Crawford has a damn good story to tell his kids one day.

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written by tws392000, July 08, 2009

Oh man...LeBron can never look bad huh? Not even once?

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written by MyLobotomy, July 10, 2009

haha I confiscate this blog !

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written by Mike, July 10, 2009

in Soviet Russia, tape confiscates you

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