The Pride and the Glory

What's Nike so afraid of? "The King" plays a competitive sport. Getting beaten on a play happens to every player, every game. Getting posterized has happened to every great player in the game at least once. Even Mike (with Scottie by his side) got baptized by John Starks.

Do you think that Bron told the Nike boys to go get that video? The report said that he huddled with Nike officials before the confiscation happened. That could have been his reps pushing it. In my heart of hearts though, I gotta say, I think he was relieved to have them make the recommendation. That is, if he didn't give the order himself. Did the game stop immediately after the play? Did the ref just blow the whistle and guys in suits just walk onto the court? When did this huddling happen? During a timeout? The baptism happened early in the game and they kept playing. Did security roll up on the perpetrators as the game continued? How exactly did they know exactly who had video? The crowd had to have at least a hundred people. I would kill to have been a fly on the wall.

This is like the entire world knowing that the Zepruder film exists, but no one other than Zepruder himself having ever seen it.

To me, Bron comes off like a bigger punk for suppressing freedom of the press than he would have for having a youtube clip of him getting yammed on. What's he so afraid of? Devin Harris had his best year ever after his similar embarrassment last summer. If you don't want guys bouncing the ball off your dome with two handed stuffs while their bent knees are wrapped under your armpits and they yell with their eyes closed, then don't play professional basketball. At the very least, don't underestimate your opponent and jump late.