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The "Crawford Dunks on LeBron James" Tape - Video
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | July 23, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 07/23/2009 11:48:30 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Finally, here is much talked about video of Xavier basketball player Jordan Crawford managing to dunk the ball on NBA Superstar LeBron James. The dunk is played in slow-motion at the end of the video. . . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; crawford; lebronjames

1 posted on 07/23/2009 11:48:31 AM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

No matter how good you are on defense, you’e going to be caught leaning the wrong way once in a while. The slam dunk just reduces the time you have to recover and is a smart offensive play.


2 posted on 07/23/2009 11:55:58 AM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

They showed it on Foxnews at lunch - odd thing is, the guy they say is LeBron is wearing the same color uniform as the dunker. But he is definitely jumping up to defend against the slam.


3 posted on 07/23/2009 11:58:32 AM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: Federalist Patriot

Go Xavier!


4 posted on 07/23/2009 12:03:49 PM PDT by Corporate Law (<>< - Xavier Basketball: Perennial Slayers of #1 Ranked Teams)
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To: Federalist Patriot

BFD


5 posted on 07/23/2009 12:12:31 PM PDT by shaft29 (Just your typical black woman.)
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To: RabidBartender

“But he is definitely jumping up to defend against the slam.”

He was playing help defense; that was not his man.


6 posted on 07/23/2009 12:13:16 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner (For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son that whosoever believes in Him should not die)
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To: RabidBartender

Well, LBJ TRIED to defend against it but got out-jumped by the Xavier dude. It’s as grainy as the Erin Andrews video and couldn’t help laugh at the TMZ arrows.


7 posted on 07/23/2009 12:19:06 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Federalist Patriot
LaBron was a little slow on the defense in a pickup game. It's not as if Crawford dunked over top of LaBron. This would have gotten almost no attention if LaBron had not tried to hide it.
8 posted on 07/23/2009 12:29:46 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: max americana
I just read that LeBron left a $10 tip on an $800 restaurant bill, which is about 1.25 percent.

Thus, I pronounce him a doosh.

9 posted on 07/23/2009 12:30:59 PM PDT by I Buried My Guns
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To: I Buried My Guns

Lebron is a classless athlete. He couldn’t even shake the hands of any ORLANDO MAGIC player after they booted the Cavs from the NBA Eastern Finals.


10 posted on 07/23/2009 12:35:24 PM PDT by max americana
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To: JimRed

Frankly I don’t see what all the drama is about, he got beat.. so what, it happens. Are we supposed to believe LeBron is not human?

I can’t remotely dunk, but I play often against players with far more natural talent and ability than I have, and are far younger to boot, and every so often I beat them on a play.

Why this was “covered up” is just unfathonable and laughable, as though a player getting beat by another player somehow is unfathonable. LeBron got caught flatfooted too deep, he had no chance of stopping that play. And in the end SO WHAT?


11 posted on 07/23/2009 12:36:38 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: max americana

LBJ was beat before he even adjusted, look where he is, he’s flatfooted and too deep.. He had no chance of stopping that dunk.. and I say SO WHAT? Why was there an attempt to hide this? It happens.. its not like the kid came straight at him jumped and dunked right over the top of him.

He truly wasn’t in position to stop the drive, was too deep under the basket and to the left (from the camera view), the offender went straight to the hoop, and did a 2 handed dunk, LeBron tried to get a hand up, but as I said, he was out of position and too deep, his hand couldn’t have stopped it.

I truly don’t understand why anyone tried to “hide” this.. it doesn’t look like a big deal to me, a defender got caught out of position and flatfooted, and the offensive player took advantage.. it happens.


12 posted on 07/23/2009 12:40:57 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Federalist Patriot

Well it wasn’t really Lebron’s man. He just came over to help, but a dunk is a dunk.


13 posted on 07/23/2009 2:16:58 PM PDT by wildbill
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