I got a kick out of the newpaper report that the Lakers had resigned guard (whom does he ever guard, by the way?) Sasha Vujacic, better known as Sasha Vujachoke, for three years at $$15 million.
The report noted that the Lakers had offered Vujachoke one year at $2.6 million and waited while the guard (a misnomer, as I noted) "generated little interest from other NBA teams" (who were wise enough to know a rummy when they see one).
Then–blare of trujpets, lights beaming into the night sky as if calling for Batman!–European teams started offering the Slovenian slacker so-called big bucks.
Oh, yeah, sure. No doubt, Vujachoke made a few phone calls and got some friends to plant bogus stories in the overseas press, and the Lakers fell for it hook, line and missed hoop.
If the public can rightfully say of Laker forward Lamar Odom that he disappears in big games, it can more easily be said of Vujachoke that he doesn’t show up at any game–unless the other teams put no defender on hiim.
I could do that for $5M a year.
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