Former Cleveland Cavalier's basketball player LeBron James bear hugs fan who won $75,000 with half court hook shot in shooting contest in between quarters of Miami's win over Detroit, watch the video here, James left Cleveland amid controversy with Cavs owner Dan Gilbert in 2010 to join the Miami Heat, whom he led to an NBA championship two years later

 Fifty year-old Miami Heat Fan Michael Drysch, left, and Miami Heat mega star LeBon James. Below James hugs Drysch after running onto the basketball court in between quarters Friday night at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami Florida to congratulate Drysch after he won $75,000 by making a half court hook shot. The Miami Heat defeated the Detroit Pistons 110-88



Click below to watch the video of NBA mega star LeBron James bear hugging fan Michael Drysch after Drysch  after won $75,000 in an in between-quarters basketball hoop contest at American-Airlines Arena Friday night. The winning monies help the Boys & Girls Club of America, a group that James supports also. 



MIAMI, Florida-Michael Drysch, a fifty-year-old computer technician from McHenry, Il. tossed a hook shot from half court to win $75,000 and a bear hug from NBA mega star LeBron James.

An Akron, Oh. native, James, 28,  left the Cleveland Cavaliers amid controversy in 2010 to join the Miami Heat, whom he led to an NBA championship two years later.

The fans shooting contest was held in between quarters at  AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, FL on Friday of the Heat's 110-88 win over the Detroit Pistons. 
The shot had yet to hit the basket as James grabbed the fan and celebrated with him on the court before a cheering and stunned crowd.
"Nice way to meet somebody," Drysch told reporters after winning his $75,000 prize that helps the Boys & Girls Club of America., a group James supports also. .
"When he wound up I was like, 'Oh no, there's no way,'" James told reporters.
James played seven years for the Cavaliers before packing his bags and heading for Florida. His departure was marred in controversy involving Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert,  though he went on to win the championship ring in Florida that he said Cleveland could not bring him. 

The Cavaliers have struggled since James left but have had some wins with star point guard Kyrie Irving and head coach Byron Scott, who is Black. 
Drysch admitted that he had little practice before his money winning shot, believe him or not.
Heat guard Dwyane Wade commented too, saying it was if Drysch had " won the finals."
Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra  was in front of the Heat bench drawing up a play when Drysch surprised everybody.
"I heard the eruption, and I turned and I saw LeBron absolutely tackle him," Spoelstra told reporters.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

(www.clevelandurbannews.comReach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Former WOIO 19 Action News Anchor in Cleveland Sharon Reed lands new anchor job, her lawyer says rumors about LeBron James fathering her baby are false, had threatened to sue on her behalf, Reed is famous for posing nude for Spenser Tunick's nude group photo shoot

Corrupt and racist University Heights Mayor Susan Infeld is booted from office by voters following claims of spending irregularities of taxpayers money, racism against Black residents, police abuse of Blacks as city safety director, and of running a theft ring of county residents homes via illegal foreclosure activity led by JPMorgan Chase Bank.....University Heights is a Cleveland suburb....Others involved in the theft ring or retaliation against homeowners who complain include corrupt common pleas judges such as Judges John O'Donnell and Carolyn Friedland, Chief County Foreclosure Magistrate and University Heights Resident Stephen Bucha, and his wife, an attorney with the law firm of Lerner Sampson and Rothfuss, who represents corrupt mortgage companies and banks, including JP Morgan Chase Bank... Others involved include racist and corrupt University Hts Police Sgt Dale Orians, former county prosecutor Bill Mason, who is a partner with Bricker and Eckler, which represents JPMorgan Chase Bank, and current County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley, who was Mason's deputy....Drunken Shaker Heights Judge KJ Montgomery, who also hears criminal cases for University Hts, has Blacks illegally prosecuted who complain of the theft of their homes, as does O'Malley..... Judge Montgomery is top in issuing excessive and illegal warrants against the Black community....All of the aforementioned are corrupt and activists want them indicted and prosecuted....This is Part 1 of a multi-part series on Cuyahoga County public corruption by Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

Chief and unfair Cuyahoga County Judge John Russo loses authority-Part 2 of a multi-part series on Cuyahoga County public corruption: New Ohio law on seeking possible removal of a municipal court judge in a case for bias or conflict via the filing of an affidavit of prejudice takes authority to decide from chief Cuyahoga County Presiding Judge John Russo, other chief common pleas judges in Ohio, and hands it to the chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, who also determines affidavits of prejudice filed against common pleas, probate, juvenile, domestic relations, and state appellate court judges....Most affidavits of prejudice are denied regardless of the merits and some judges complained of will retaliate, data show... Community activists, led by Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, lobbied the Cleveland NAACP for support and asked state legislators via state Rep Bill Patmon (D-10) of Cleveland to change the law but wanted a panel of judges and others to decide when a judge in Ohio is disqualified from hearing a case for bias or conflict....Coleman says she has since been further harassed by Chief Cuyahoga County Judge John Russo, who is White and leads a racist and sexist common pleas court fueled with corruption, malicious prosecutions, excessive criminal bonds, ineffective assistance of counsel to poor and Black defendants, and the mass incarceration of the Black community....By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspapers....This is part 2 of a multi-part series on Cuyahoga County public corruption