Found July 08, 2009 on Basketbawful:
Execute order 66! Or something like that. This one is straight from the "couldn't make it up" files: According to Gary Parrish of CBS Sports, Nike is supposedly blocking any and all taped footage of Xavier's Jordan Crawford posterizing LeBron James, which happened at the LeBron James Skills Academy earlier this week.Turns out, there were at least two cameras rolling Monday night when Crawford dunked on James during a pick-up game here at the LeBron James Skills Academy. It was a two-handed jam, the kind that would've circulated quickly on YouTube. But Nike officials eliminated that possibility shortly after the dunk happened by allegedly confiscating tapes from various cameramen.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."W...
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