Jordan Crawford jokes Nike owes him $500 for famous dunk on LeBron
Ten years after his dunk on LeBron James, which later went viral, former NBA guard Jordan Crawford says he's still waiting on money from Nike.
Crawford, then a sophomore at Xavier, dunked on James during a pickup game at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Ohio in 2009. Tapes of the dunk were confiscated by a Nike representative, but another angle eventually made its way online.
In a recent interview with Ryan Jones of Uproxx, Crawford recalled Nike representatives joking before the game that any player who dunked on James would get $500.
"They never gave me my $500," Crawford laughed.
Crawford said he still often gets asked about the dunk, and that it's something he's grown more comfortable talking about over the years.
"It's pretty much a once-a-week type thing," he said. "People I know, people that recognize me, on the internet, all that. The first couple of years, I used to be like, 'Nah, that ain't me,' but now I accept it. Every time something happens - it could video of Rihanna falling down on stage or something - somebody jokes about 'delete the video.'"