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Jul. 23 2009 - 2:03 pm | 145 views | 0 recommendations | 7 comments

Is LeBron turning into LeBrat?

LeBron James

Image by Keith Allison via Flickr

LeBron James and Nike made a big fuss about a video taken during a recent basketball pick-up game that showed Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunking on him. After the game at the LeBron James Skills Academy, James and Nike confiscated several videotapes of the dunk, lest anyone think less of the greatest player in the game.

Naturally, it didn’t take long for rogue videos to appear. Here’s a look at the famed dunk, the shot James couldn’t let anyone see.

James already showed the world what kind of sport he was when he refused to shake hands with the Orlando Magic players after Cleveland was eliminated from the NBA playoffs this past season.  Trying to hide the video is just further proof LeBron has turned into LeBrat or, as the esteemed ESPN.com columnist Jemele Hill called him on Facebook, “LeBaby.”


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