As long as the NBA came up . . .

[sunvalleylaw]

Strum, thought you might have interest in this, though I did not get a chance to see Lebron:

http://www.luxist.com/2009/07/07/lebron-james-part-of-sun-valley-billionaire-confab/187

 

[just strum]

I read a short blurp about it in the local paper. Pretty impressive for a kid that came right out of high school and into the NBA.

Speaking of Lebron, I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I work with Willie McGee who has known Lebron since they were 8 years old and played high school basketball and football with him. Wil is leaving our company and taking on a basketball assistant coaching position at Akron University.

Former Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's player and current Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James, center, talks with former teammates Brandon Weems, left, and Willie McGee before the start of a Division II boys Ohio state basketball championship game

Another at the movie premier of "More Than a Game"

Wil on the left

We also have a guy who is Lebrons second cousin or something like that. I think the guys mother is a cousin of Lebrons mother.

Unfortunately Lebron has never paid a visit to the company I work for.

 

[R_of_G]

i am a bit disappointed in lebron today.

some of you have possibly heard this story. some of you may not care. i think it's somewhat illustrative of something wrong with the marketing of sports superstars in our current era.

in short, the story is that lebron was dunked on by a college player at lebron's summer basketball developmental camp. that alone would be interesting enough and fun to see video of. and there my friends, is where the real story lies.

apparently, we will not be seeing video of this dunk because the recordings, made by at least 2 cameras that were rolling, were confiscated by officials from nike.

that's bad enough as it is, as it suggests that nike owns lebron's image. what's worse, it appears from several sources, that the confiscation was instigated by lebron himself. that is beyond ridiculous.

lebron is a great basketball player.

he is among the top 2 or 3 players in the game today. i hesitate to put him ahead of kobe or wade because they have done what he has not, won championships.

this kind of protection of one's image is unacceptable. you got dunked on. be a man and deal with it.

refusing to allow the footage out doesn't mean it didn't happen. and that it did happen doesn't mean lebron isn't great.

it's really the dumbest thing ever and shows lebron cares far too much about his image.

anyway, here's the story itself...

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...on-by-Xavier-player-confisca?urn=ncaab,175293

 

[just strum]

I saw that too, and I don't think it is complete fact (just my opinion). Based on Lebrons character, it doesn't fit. I don't even see Nike doing it, but that is possible. However for them to do it at the direction of Lebron, well then who owns who?

Anyway, I think it's just a case of knock the guy off the top of the mountain.

I could be wrong, but I'm not buying it.

 

[R_of_G]

i'm not sure what's not to buy about it. too many people are all telling the exact same story for at least the crux of it to not be true. perhaps there is some confusion about who is behind the confiscation of the tapes, but there are two elements of the story i don't for a second doubt are true (a) lebron got dunked on by crawford and (b) someone does not want us to see the footage. perhaps we may never know who that someone is, but i suspect now that the story is public, if it weren't lebron, he'd come forward and say "just show the tape, i'm a big boy, i can handle it"

 

[just strum]

i'm not sure what's not to buy about it. too many people are all telling the exact same story for at least the crux of it to not be true. perhaps there is some confusion about who is behind the confiscation of the tapes, but there are two elements of the story i don't for a second doubt are true (a) lebron got dunked on by crawford and (b) someone does not want us to see the footage. perhaps we may never know who that someone is, but i suspect now that the story is public, if it weren't lebron, he'd come forward and say "just show the tape, i'm a big boy, i can handle it"

Can't you tell I'm in denial???

It will all become clear in a couple of days. With Lebrons sense of humor, I just can't see him doing this.

Now stop it, don't you have a "playing now" to post???

 

[R_of_G]

Can't you tell I'm in denial???

It will all become clear in a couple of days. With Lebrons sense of humor, I just can't see him doing this.

Now stop it, don't you have a "playing now" to post???

in fact, i do have a now playing to post and i am on my way to do just that.