By now you’ve all heard the news. Nike, the sneaker snazis, have confiscated all videos of LeBron James being dunked on by college student Jordan Crawford. The slam took place at the LeBron James Skills Academy where I can only assume Xavier’s Crawford scored high marks for dunking.

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]