When you have a blog, or whatever, you will eventually get on these “lists” of media/PR conglomerates who want to peddle their wares.
I don’t mind so much, makes me feels ‘special’ — even when I get emails that are so far beyond the realm of basketball, or Washington, D.C. … such as some sort of promotion about the “World’s Most Expensive Chocolate Golf Ball” (something to do with the U.S. Open), or even something from the Staten Island Neighborhood Association. Random shyte.
But really, I’m no different. We all get SPAM email … most of which I find so goddamn bizarre. I once saw a Dateline special on MSNBC about how a lot of unwanted internet stuff comes from Nigeria (or Aryan gangs), so I always root against their soccer team … of both sets just to be on the safe side.
Recently I got an email peddling this Serge Devant cat … after a couple internet searches and watching some stupid club head video on YouTube for about as long as it takes for Luke Perry to fall off a bull, I’m still not convinced this Serge dood is not Bruno.
But sometimes you get sports stuff, and the latest is something I would not buy in a million years, as the kids would say.
OneSneaker.com has this “gem” below for sale for $65. SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS!
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The friendly bloggers (and their fans) at the Cleveland sports-based Waiting For Next Year have taken upon the task of creating a Mark Price-themed t-shirt (h/t Sporting News).
Price, the current Atlanta Hawks shooting coach, may still be right for Cleveland Cavaliers fans, but that’s far from the case for Wizards/Bullets fans.
A reminder of how the Cavs fleeced former Bullets GM, John Nash (from this May ’08 post):
In late September of 1995, distinguished Washington Bullets GM,
John Nash, took a risk and traded the 12th pick in the ’96 draft to the Cleveland Cavaliers for an aging
Mark Price. Someone needed to fill the hole left by a departed
Scott Skiles and Nash didn’t feel that Mark’s brother,
Brent Price, could adequately distribute the ball to the likes of
Chris Webber,
Juwan Howard,
Rasheed Wallace,
Ledell Eackles,
Calbert Cheaney,
Tim Legler, and
Gheorghe Muresan.
Price, then 31, didn’t even make it to the beginning of the season before getting injured which left Nash scrambling to acquire Robert “The Original Pac Man” Pack from the Denver Nuggets for Doug “Philly’s Finest” Overton and Don “Oft-injured ‘gym rat’ who tested positive for steroids in 2000″ MacLean, just days before opening night. Mark Price played only 7 games in that 95-96 season…..I also blame Nash’s “Curse O’ Les Boulez” inducing trade for Webber only playing 15 games that year. But I digress…
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