Note to Marquis Daniels: Please Stop the Crap Rap

Apparently Celtics Forward Marquis Daniels wants to be a rapper. After listening to the type of rap he's producing, I'm asking him to stop the presses. It's crap rap. That really bouncy, singing, made for MTV crap-rap.

Please stop. Stick with hoops. Trust me. Ask Allen Iverson.

Dear Allen Iverson, Please Hang Up the Sneakers

I love professional sports. I love the action. I love the speed. I love the drama and I love the suspense. What I don't love are aging athletes that think they can still play at the speed and ability that they once did when they were 22 years old.

Yes, I know you're thinking about Brett Farve right now, but I'm thinking about another aging athlete in an entirely different sport.

That sport is the NBA and the athlete in question is Allen Iverson.

You remember him right? He's the guy that didn't like to talk about practice:



Now AI or "The Answer", as he was once called, is finding all closed doors in the NBA and is considering looking to play in China.

Yea, China.

Iverson, who's 35, played three games for Memphis Grizzlies last season and then returned for a second stint with the Philadelphia 76ers. He averaged 13.9 points for the Sixers before he took a leave of absence in March because of family issues, according to an ESPN report.

He needs to hang up the sneakers. There's no way he can compete in the NBA anymore. My guess tells me he's looking to play for retirement money, which is a shame because the guy was pulling in millions while he was playing.

Regardless of where he ends up this season, he was a great that is on the verge of hanging on too long and further tarnishing his NBA legacy.

Article first published as Sometimes Athletes Don't Know When to Hang 'Em Up on Technorati.

Glen Big Baby Davis is Insane

The NBA is full of personalities. Some of them are class acts, while others are thugs. There's a third class of NBA player that's simple out of this world (yes, Ron Artest, I'm talking about you).

When it comes to the Boston Celtics, no one is crazier than Glen Big Baby Davis.

While a tenacious, scrappy and lumbering power forward, Big Baby is just that, a baby. He's a kid in a man's body and some of his actions prove that.

Case in point, this UStream video of Davis making out with his dog, eating a gigantic bowl of cereal and talking like an uneducated imbecile.

Don't believe me? Just watch this and after by about 2 minutes, you'll be convince — as I am — that Davis needs to be committed to a mental institution or get better PR counsel.

Article first published as Glen Davis Has to Be Committed on Technorati.

Celtics Big 3 vs Heat Big 3

The Miami Heat announced their big three and it was the biggest spectacle of ego stroking I have ever seen in my life:

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LeBron James Tweets and It's News. Really?

LeBron and his PR flackStop the presses. Hold the trucks. Put in for overtime for the union workers.

The King tweeted.

Yes, you read that right, LeBron James, the media-dubbed King of the NBA, has joined Twitter and sent out his first tweet:

Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building "Finally". My Brother @oneandonlycp3 gas'd me up to jump on board so I'm here. Haaaa

The confirmation that the tweet was from THE LeBron James comes way of his PR flack, Keith Estabrook.

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Pierce Re-Signs with Celtics

The Boston Herald is reporting that free-agent, Paul Pierce, as re-signed with the Boston Celtics, in a deal that will snag the team captain $61 million with certain options for both sides after the first three.

The four-year deal, is the second step in the Celtics (and President Danny Ainge's) plans to keep the core of the team in-tact.

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Paul Pierce Opts Out of Final Contract Year

Paul Pierce, the Celtics captain, perennial all-star and 2008 MVP of the NBA Finals, might have played his last game as a Celtic when the purple and yellow confetti dropped to the floor of the Staples Center earlier this month.

After the Celtics lost to the Lakers in an epic game 7 of the 2009-10 NBA finals, there were boat loads of questions that team president, Danny Ainge, had to address. One of them was whether or not Paul Pierce was going to opt out of his final year of his contract.

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