Is Gooden Trade Bait?
Plus: Milwaukee is more dangerous than I thought.
-Rumor has it that the Cavs are talking with a number of teams about a possible Drew Gooden trade.
-Is legalized gambling the solution for the NBA? This economist thinks so.
If David Stern wants to reduce gambling-related corruption in the N.B.A., he should try to find a way to encourage the types of bets that do not promote corruption.
That’s right: Legalizing wagering on which team wins or loses a particular game, while banning all bets on immaterial outcomes like point spreads, would destroy the market for illegal bookmakers and make sporting events less corruptible by gamblers.
(A terrific idea, which means that it’ll probably never come to fruition. Awesome!)
-Mo Williams got jacked.
Thieves got away with two LCD screens from the head rests, a navigation system and a radio/DVD player, according to a police report. Damage and loss are estimated at $3,000.
-Jake Appleman linked to Gilbert Arenas’s blog post yesterday, but I’m going to link to it again because Gil’s entries always have a lot of good stuff to chew on.
I ran up and down for the first time with the USA Under-21 Team. I don’t know what to call that team actually, they don’t look like they’re under 21. I’ll just call them the USA College Team.They were down in D.C. at the Verizon Center so I played with them. I hit a couple buckets, you know, but that’s all I can say.
I couldn’t jump and stuff them, I was looking like I was Chucky Atkins out there around the rim. The stroke was there, but I was looking like Chucky on the vert.
(I think we can all agree that if you have a chance to make fun of Chucky Atkins, you take advantage of it.)
-The Mavs have signed Nick Fazekas.
25 Responses to “Is Gooden Trade Bait?”
Jul.27 at 1:06 pm
white hot eboy says:
Note to Mo Williams, dem’ Miami boys don’t forget so quick.
Jul.27 at 1:08 pm
basketboy says:
im all for the legalization of gambling in the nba
Jul.27 at 1:08 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Gilbert Arenas is the best.
Jul.27 at 1:10 pm
hollywud says:
Y hasnt Slam come out with a finals cover.
u guys r realy disapointing me
Jul.27 at 1:11 pm
mutoni says:
stop living in a cave, hollywud. it’s not a good look for you.
Jul.27 at 1:23 pm
RV says:
i actually have the latest Slam in front of me, looks like a Finals cover to me
Jul.27 at 1:38 pm
Kevin Wilson says:
Hollywud, your issue must be missing the cover.
Jul.27 at 1:39 pm
Ghost of Johnnie Cochran says:
funny, ive been told i play like chucky
Jul.27 at 2:00 pm
Cheryl says:
White hot, I was gonna say the same thing, but you beat me to it. Wonder how much “peaches and cream” the got in Milwaukee now?
Jul.27 at 2:06 pm
nic says:
“The stroke was there, but I was looking like Chucky on the vert.” Ah, Agent Zero. How refreshing, and just when pro sports were REALLY PISSING ME OFF…
Jul.27 at 2:22 pm
Ghost of Johnnie Cochran says:
breaking news: channing frye got really hurt fly fishing in a foot of water!
Jul.27 at 3:47 pm
The New Wilt says:
Breaking News: Doug Collins head catches on fire from a bizarre blonde bleaching accident..
Jul.27 at 4:03 pm
Mike D'Antoni says:
Milwaukee don’t play, takin gear outta dodges
ruggd like this since the years of craig hodges
Jul.27 at 4:57 pm
Young Chris #3 says:
So is white hot eboy insinuating that the Heat arranged this robbery?
Jul.27 at 5:41 pm
T. Biggums says:
Man dont be dissin my boy Chucky, without guys like him what would the NBA be just a bunch of average paid players?
Jul.27 at 6:51 pm
Chukaz says:
Good thing Mo took ‘mo’ money to go to the bucks.
Jul.27 at 7:40 pm
Jamie says:
Regarding gambling:
Without point spreads, people will beat Vegas too often. Predicting a winner is much easier than predicting how much they’ll win by.
Jul.27 at 8:00 pm
Eazy Yi says:
If Mo had joined the Heat he would’ve had Srg. Shaq for prtection
Jul.28 at 1:41 am
Slim says:
Nice one D’Antoni! Coach got game.
Jul.28 at 11:27 am
Chris O says:
Mo made the right choice. Sgt. Shaq would have probably sent the swat team to the wrong car.
Jul.28 at 12:07 pm
maclovenotwar says:
man, the cavs have to do something to say thanks to Lebron, cause he carried those average team mates of his a long way further than he should have… but surely something more than cap-space
Jul.28 at 8:17 pm
Mo Charlo says:
I’ve hated Drew Gooden since I saw him single-handedly beat the Longhorns about ten years ago. Also, gettin robbed in you car is like being beat to death by someone with one arm. Just hit the gas, fools, that’s what I do! The guns are for show 99% of the time.
Jul.29 at 6:03 pm
tike says:
Eddie Curry got robbed at gun point by masked robbers….supposedly they got alot of jewelry and a undisclosable amount of cash…didnt Antoine Walker get robbed too and chicago….
Jul.29 at 6:04 pm
tike says:
in Chicago not and Chicago…
Jul.30 at 9:30 pm
Sg3 says:
whats up with patch?