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As evil as rock & roll!On Micheal Irvin’s radio show on ESPN Radio 103.3 in Dallas, Mavericks forward Josh Howard admitted to smoking marijuana during the offseason. Starting with the afternoon SportsCenter, everyone (mostly Stephen A. Smith) is shocked and offended because Josh Howard smokes marijuana Basically, this makes Howard a drug kingpin.

Now, let’s not give Howard a complete pass:  He did just admit to smoking marijuana on the radio. It’s illegal by law, and by NBA rule, and he may be facing counseling soon. But we don’t need to assume his house turns into an Amsterdam McDonalds every June, especially if he claims he waits until the off season. And what’s really ignorant is ESPN acting like this is such a huge realization: everyone already knows half the NBA is on weed. Why doesn’t Stephen A. Smith? The NBA has long been known for it, and in my opinion, the only reason ESPN is acting so surprised is because of that fat contract they have with the NBA.

After the huge ordeal over Aaron Fike by ESPN a few weeks ago, I guess it’s now official policy to turn small confessions into a huge crisis. It’s not steroids or hardcore drugs: it’s just another NBA’er who sparks up.

Oh, and Josh Howard: Next time someone asks you if you smoke weed on live radio, don’t say you smoke weed. Have some common sense…

DON'T TALK TO ME, ALRIGHT? KNOCK IT OFF!Why does Chris Berman think he needs to guess the picks? It’s time for the NFL Draft, the offseason fix of NFL action that gets blown out of proportion. Believe me, I’ll watch, but the Draft is not that important. Out of all the first-round draft picks, there’s only a couple of Adrian Petersons or Ben Roethlisbergers every year. It takes a couple of years for players to adjust to the NFL, and who knows what changes can happen to a team by then? Nowadays, free agency is the way to improve your team, and that change can happen immediately.

Of course, Mel Kiper, Junior., (by the way, who the hell was Senior?) has rode this horse into the ground for about twenty-five years now. The proclaimed “draft genius” doesn’t even have that good a record. I’ve heard that as many as 26% of his picks are wrong, and he’s picked Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith, and Mike Williams as high prospects.

It’s not that Kiper is just wrong, it’s just that he’s just about guessing at it as we are. And why do we need to ask him what the draft looks like every single day for the month leading up to the Draft? What could the players do to cause their stock to fall? Someone trips over the ottoman and sprains their knee?

Wok-a-wok-a-wok-a-wok-a-wok-a… I’m not that keen on the PacMan Jones trade to the Cowboys, but I’m not seeing it as the complete disaster others do.

For one thing, the Cowboys will be able to write up their own contract. That means they can put in clauses that they can use to CYA, and in turn be able to cut him without much damage to themselves. They’re only giving up a fourth-round pick for him, and the trade agreement includes a provision that the Cowboys only have to give up another late pick next year if he plays. If he’s not reinstated, or if he goes knothead again, the Titans will have to forfeit an undisclosed pick to Dallas.

Really, it’s a pretty safe gamble. And whoever says he’ll be a clubhouse distraction clearly hasn’t been watching the Cowboys for the past two years.
Posted: 4/26/2008 2:05:19 PM
Comments:
He smokes weed - that pretty much cancels out much hope of common sense.
Posted On: 4/30/2008 4:33:45 PM

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