We discovered LeBron James’ sensitive side — sensitive as in oversensitive — when he was too ashamed of losing the Eastern Conference finals to congratulate the winners.
We see more of it now that it appears he directed a Nike flack to confiscate tape showing Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford dunking over “The King” as Lebron’s Camp.
According to Ryan Miller, a 22-year-old freelance photog, following the Monday game in which James was posterized, James called over and spoke to a Nike official, who then made a beeline for Miller and his tape.
Reportedly, when reporters tried to talk to James about this on Tuesday night, James agreed to an interview. But the Nike flack came over a minute later and said that James wasn’t talking.
After all, gotta protect the product. I’m not sure, though, that allowing James to be seen as a Kim Jong-il on stilts really protects James’ image all that much. By Thursday, at least one Web site was peddling T-shirts reading: “I dunked on LeBron (but he stole the video).”
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/2009/07/09/2009-07-09_lebron.html#ixzz0KoFmLSH1&C
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