Everybody that shook LeBron’s hand before A-Rod approached James with confidence. Alex looked like a school girl meeting a Jonas brother. The video would obviously show this better but I don’t have the video.

The good news from Cleveland’s first game is that LeBron James picked up where he left off defensively. He blocked four shots including chasing down Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen and pinning their ish to the backboard.

LeBron’s gonna put up MVP type numbers because that’s what he does but he’s not putting up a championship banner until he gets some real help.

LeBron has nothing against appearing in his boxers for an ad like he does in the new Nike Pro Combat spot.

I’ll take Adrian Peterson’s Nike Alter Ego commercial over LeBron’s Nike Pro Combat, and I’ll Wise LeBron’s poem over both of them.

An “I Love NY” coffee mug, some Shake Shack, and a tyrannosaurus rex vertebrae.. Seeing how Cleveland has nothing to offer I’d have to say New York is overpaying.

After the huge build-up there was no way the video could live up to the hype.. And it doesn’t. Yeah we can see SOMEBODY getting dunked on but it’s not a “Oh Shit! We Better Hide the Tapes” type of dunk. Nike and LeBron out thought themselves on this one. If they had released the video when it happened we wouldn’t care now. Instead, this thing has a few days of life left.

Here’s the first leak of LeBron James getting dunked on via TMZ:

Whether Nike has the tapes, or Conan O’Brien got his copy back, I spoke to a number of athletes about LeBron James releasing the video. The votes are heavy in one direction, but Kurt Warner makes the best case.

The majority opinion from my small sample size is for LeBron to do what he wants with the tape. It says something about the respect athletes have for James, but it also shows how powerful Nike is. Most of the people I talked to didn’t want to get on the bad side of LBJ or Nike, and Tim Tebow told me saying Release the tape LeBron is “political suicide.” There go Kurt Warner’s and Jared Allen’s political aspirations.

That’s the closest we’re getting to seeing the tape. Phil Knight and his cronies burned the real tapes the same day they were confiscated.

Conan O’Brien found the LeBron Nike Tape, Video [NESW Sports]

The big winner in all of this is Jordan Crawford. We should be seeing him interviewed any minute now and if nothing else, he’ll always be the guy that dunked on LeBron and nobody saw it.

Lebron getting dunked on compilation video [Mason 360]

Gary Parrish broke the story on CBS Sports, and he joined Hartman and Myers on Fox Sports Radio to talk about the incident. Parrish told the show LeBron was willing to talk about the dunk last night, but Nike Basketball Senior Director Lynn Merritt came over and said LeBron will be answering no questions. Why the cover up?

Here’s Nike’s new “We Won’t Allow Witnesses” commercial:

This goes without saying but I need to see the video before I can say LeBron got dunked on. Things have changed over the years and what I consider dunking on (chest-to-chest, physical contact) has turned into basketball’s version of baseball’s “In the Neighborhood” rule. A dude didn’t get dunked on if he didn’t jump and happens to be within two feet of the dunker. If he’s trying to draw a charge, then that’s getting dunked on.

Take this video as an example. Shaq dunks on Andrew Bynum, and then Bynum jukes, shakes, or serves Shaq but DOES NOT dunk on him.

I’m not sure why Nike’s trying to hide the video. I guess they’re embarrassed that a college player threw down on their guy. One of the hazards of playing basketball will excellent athletes is getting dunked on. It happens. And, this isn’t the first time LeBron’s been dunked on. Yao Ming banged on him this past season, and The Big Lead has a few more videos of the King getting crowned.

Yao Ming dunks on LeBron James:

Nike does not want you to see that dunk [CBS Sports]

LeBron shoutin’ out the legend. That’s what’s up. BUT.. Did you peep what longtime James friend, and business-partner Randy Mims was wearing? I know he’s his own man, but this has to be a subliminal shot aimed at Cleveland management to let them know trading for Shaq isn’t enough to keep LeBron James in town.