Fish makes the point on his home page (the Fo' Shizzle piece) that Josh's value is too low right now to consider trading him.
That was my initial reaction immediately following the playoff debacle too. But is that really the case? Just because we've seen his warts up close doesn't mean that they're as apparent to others.
I bet Jason Kidd wasn't as brilliant once he got here as the team had envisioned him to be. But they weren't with him everyday before the trade either. That's why trades happen in the first place - the grass is always greener and every coach and personnel guy believes he possess the magic fertilizer.
Josh is one year removed from an all-star appearance and coming off his best statistical year as a pro. His trade value is higher then we think right now. It was definitely higher around the all-star break last year, but we didn't want to trade him then, right?
This limited edition 12" is a classic, roots-styled joint originally recorded in 1979 and is issued with the full 6-minute plus discomix version that was so popular at the time.
If you aren't familiar, that basically means that halfway through the tune it gives way to the dub treatment, which is nice and smoked out. And since we're just bringing you a snippet, we don't make it that far so you'll have to order it to get the full hit.
Hey, it was worth a shot. For this amount of money, and assuming a sales price at 10X annual revenues (OK, maybe it should be 5...whatever), this dude could have bought American Airlines ($230B), the Starwood Hotel chain ($70B), and the Brinker family of restaurants ($43B). Why would he need an airline, a hotel chain, and a restaurant chain?
Because with the remainder of his cash, he could buy the NFC East. THE WHOLE NFC EAST. He'd need to travel to his games and stay in style.
By the way, after all of this greatness, he'd still have about $10B left over to spend, Brewster's Millions-style. There'd probably also be a few table dances thrown in. I'm just sayin'.
Come to think of it, we should probably all pitch in and help this cat recoup his bail money...just in case it works next time.
Sit down, shut the F up and be glad you don't have to see that face very often. It's time for some Friday Scatterblogging.
Road Rage
I think I might have some road rage issues. I went off on some douche in a brand new Audi this week for his aggressive hornwork while I allowed a legless homeless person to clear his oncoming wheelchair from the lane in front of me -- during a GREEN light no less. I mean, what the F? Did he want me to run this guy over so he could arrive early for his douche seminar? He whipped his Audi around my car with a Stuntman Mike-like fishtail that barely missed clipping my back left bumper, enraged and apparently unaware of why our lane was stopped at the green light while everyone else was moving. His risky maneuver only gained him about 45 feet because when the dust settled, he was now waiting at the very next red light.
Fish has some good exclusive over at DB.com on the short list of three for the Mavs coaching job.
Of the three, Jeff Van Gundy has already removed his name. As Fish points out, that could be a bargaining tactic.
It should also be noted that the last time Van Gundy employed that tactic was last summer when he told the Rockets he wasn't sure how he felt about moving forward.
Their response was, "welp, see ya later." Then the next 20 times Van Gundy opened his mouth in a public forum it was to lament how he still wanted to be the coach of the Rockets.
Author's note: Don't worry about the fact that I work for Dr Pepper, the company that owns 7UP. It got me this interview. You try getting Matt Smith on the phone...jerk.
Did you happen to catch those stories on the interwebnet last week about strange light formations in Arizona and Florida? In case the deal was about to go down, my boy Matt decided to take action to counteract any potential threat to our kind.
"We read Drudge Report like everyone else," said Matt Smith, director of brand marketing for 7UP. "And when we saw the reports that UFOs had been spotted in the skies over two major American cities, we knew what people were thinking: they're here to eat us."
"Any aliens with the technology to cross the vast gulf of space and enter Earth's atmosphere unchallenged are clearly far more advanced than we are, so any attempt to fight them would be futile," said Smith. "The best thing to do is to appease these creatures with a large supply of refreshing 7UP. I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords and, quite frankly, the worst case is that they'll have something naturally delicious to wash us down with."
I think this is hilarious. And a very innovative way to get a brand noticed. USA Today didn't know what to think. I had a chance to sit down with Smith today...catch the interview on the other side...
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