Dom's Dish - Big Babies edition

Dom's Dish - Tuesday, March 13, 2007


So, Glen "Big Baby" Davis, aka "Baby Shaq" is supposedly going to declare for the NBA draft. Not bad, he made it three years in college hoops, though this past injury-plagued season means his draft stock will probably fall out of the first few picks (I don't think he was every that high anyway). Last year's SEC player of the year and of Final Four fame, missed three games due to injury this year and LSU never got it going, finishing in last place in the SEC West. He may not sign an agent just yet, making him able to possibly come back for next season - the Brian Brohm rule. He did end the season with a double-double average, over 17 pts and 10 rebounds and he does have a nice 6'9" frame. It's the 295 lbs that will make him a presence inside and limit him to "East Coast" style play (aka the half-court offense). At the rate they're going, Sixers could be a playoff contender this season, falling a few picks in June's draft. Will #0 of LSU get drafted by the Sixers? That's what they ought to do...

Speaking of big babies...Lance Briggs. Dude made $700k last year and is going hard at the Bears management for franchise tagging him without a long-term deal. The franchise tender would be around $7.2 million (yeah, 10x his salary) and he is resigned to sitting out a year if need be. I hate asses like that. Even after the government and his agent gets their piece, he still will walk with let's say $4 million to play football for one season. Stay healthy, get a long term offer next season and you're still a millionaire. Idiots. You're playing with Brian Urlacher. You made it to the Super Bowl. There are 7 million reasons why you should shut your pipes and take the tag. I see two worse cases: sit out the year, get a smaller contract next year, don't prove yourself and get cut, out of football in 2 years with only a few hundred k in your pocket. Or, get a long term deal, blow out both knees and never play again.

As for the Eagles, they thought they had that kid Ryan Fowler from the Cowboys. Aside from being a special teams player, he has started only 3 games and for some reason the Birds were willing to throw around $10 million at him for 4 years. I'm glad he took the Titans offer and not the Eagles. They don't need to overspend on mediocre talent. Draft mediocre talent and pay accordingly. How about Ike Reese? Bring him back to play special teams, you know you want to.

So, while at Trenton's St. Paddy's Day parade/drinkfest, I got to observe something I haven't seen since my childhood: silly string. What is that stuff? String? Soap? Plastic? Foam? Toxic? My favorite part is when all the kids are spraying all the firetrucks as they pass by. What's up with that? One of my favorite moments was when a former co-worker I saw handed two kids a few cans and instructed them to do it, "Here, go spray the firetrucks. When I was a probee those bastards used to make me clean it." Case closed.



Around the balls:
Giant-orange- "Jesus Christ could come back and we still wouldn't have a chance because we've ruined the mix by not playing together," said Coach Phil Jackson when asked about the Lakers current injury situation. Now listen Colonel Sanders! That's one way to motivate your team, you Zen-ist!
White-leather-stitched- The Washington Nationals new stadium, to be completed by next April, will have a "grove of cherry trees" behind its left field bleachers. Get it? Washington? Cherry tree?
Rubber-non- Chris Simon was suspended 25 games by the NHL. His coach thought he would only be suspended 12 games. The Islanders better drug-test their coach, 'cuz he's smokin' something.
Big-brown-oblong- The Giants finally realized free agency was on and signed a washed up RB that only had a few great seasons due to Mike Shannahan. Reuben Droughns was a full back at one point. Brandon Jacobs is 6-4. The "Hefty Lefty" is up there too. Talk about a goal-line package...
Only-when-they-wreck- So I was watching a little NASCAR on Sunday. FOX does this thing where they tell you to turn up the volume so you only hear the cars (commentators take a smoke/dip break). I followed along (sounds good with surround sound). I tell ya what man, as fast as they go, it's got to be a sport. I mean they want to keep trim for less weight in the cars, they're sweating in those suits and there has to be a few G's they pull in some of those turns. Oh and there's as much cheating as baseball. Sport!


Program Alert:
"The Opening Round Game" is tonight on ESPN for the Mens NCAA tournament. It's not a "play-in game" since both are in- such crap. Stick to 64 teams and stop being lazy and cut someone. Anyway, tonight 7:30pm. It's either that or "Idol".


Links:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2797237http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers13mar13,0,86149.story?coll=la-home-sportshttp://www.nationwidespeakers.com/images/biopics/phil_jackson.jpg


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