Yahoo Sports: Delonte West(notes) apparently wants to work at Home Depot during the NBA's current lockout. And whether this is a Twitter joke or a legitimate attempt to build up his bankroll one hour at a time, can you blame the guy? The history of NBA players taking a gig on the side is long and unheralded. Some choose sneaker endorsements, because the sneaker companies choose them. Some, before the NBA really got off the ground, chose selling insurance in the 1950s and 1960s during the offseason. Former scrub Reggie Harding (who famously yelled "come on, man. It ain't me!" when a liquor store clerk recognized his 7-foot frame) held up businesses with a gun and a ski mask. On the flip side, Mark West became a licensed broker years before his NBA career ended. Then there's Ron Artest(notes), who famously applied for a summertime gig at Circuit City -- back when there was a Circuit City -- to take in the company's 15 percent employee discount. The Bulls quickly put the kibosh on that second job attempt once they found out what was going on. West? A free agent in a lockout that possibly might not end for another 14 months? This might run a little deeper. It's possible that West could be unhappy for reasons that are out of control, namely his bipolar diagnosis from two years ago that has at the very least shined a little light on why West sometimes acts a bit mercurial. At best, he reminds of former Spurs forward Malik Rose(notes), who moved back in with his parents during the 1998 lockout, famously sleeping in bed sheets adorned with cartoon characters, only to spring out long enough to help his squad win the championship in June of 1999. West made over a million dollars last year working for the Celtics, and he's made well over $14 million since joining the NBA in 2004. The guy should have a nest egg, there's no doubt, but he's also dealing with chemical imbalances that could either make his online fulminations worrisome (West might be out of money) or understandable (he could be sitting on a mountain of cash, and just working through some embarrassment over the lockout publicly). Either way, let's slow down a bit before we cackle away at a guy either trying to set up a legitimate offseason gig, or someone who might be working through his ups and downs online. Also, Delonte? We need a new air filter for our furnace. I write about the NBA -- could you work up a 15 percent discount for me?
Delonte West might just be my favorite NBA player not wearing a Pistons uniform, or who is not a former UK player. After all, hey did bang Lebrick James' mom, but that's just a drop in the bucket. I would have to say I fell in love with Delonte after I saw his KFC drivethru freestyle. There's also the arrest where he was carrying a .357 Magnum, a 9mm Beretta, and a Shotgun in a guitar case while riding a motorcycle. That's what I like to see out of my pro athletes. Now he's trying to get a job at the Home Depot, and you know why? What many people don't know is the main customer at the Home Depot is the stay-at-home mom. The reason she's a stay-at-home mom is because she's hot as fuck, and hot women marry rich men because then they don't have to work. Delonte and I happen to think alike, and I know he's just doing this so he can hit on hot rich women all day and get paid for it. And he will be pumping about 70-80% of the women that walk through that door, because black dudes have more game in the tips of their 12 inch dicks than white guys have in their entire bodies. And this guy also happens to be a well known NBA player. Game, Set, Match.
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