Antawn Jamison likely got in touch with his inner Andy Dufresne when he got traded from the Washington Wizards to the Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday.
Just as when Tim Robbins emerged from that sewage pipe in "The Shawshank Redemption", Jamison has left the mess in Washington for an NBA Finals contender. And just a few weeks ago Jamison was apologizing for Gilbert Arenas' foolishness. Now he is a running mate of Lebron James with an express ticket to, at least, the Eastern Conference Finals
In his 11-plus years in the NBA Jamison has been just three playoff teams (Dallas in '03-'04, Washington in '04-'05 & '06-'07. And only one of those teams advanced past the first round. And now he is one of King James' loyal subjects.
Antawn Jamison, who went down a river of sugar honey ice tea, and came out clean on the other side.
Oregon star LaMichael James was arrested Monday night in Lane County Oregon on charges of menacing*, assault, and strangulation. This, just a few weeks after Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's name arose on suspicion of stealing laptops.
James ought know better about the dangers of senseless violence. Teammate LaGarrete Blount's suspension for dropping a Boise State player with a swift right benefitted James. He rushed for a Pac-10 freshman record 1546 yards.
The bit with players tossing their girlfriends around, and writing bad checks, and robbing people, etc., is old. Aside from the societal standard of not hitting women, these guys should be protecting their investment; a free education in the most carefree years of their life and with a lot of hard work and a little luck, and NFL contract.
Two pearls of wisdom heard on the passenger car of the D-train Daily:
1) "If you are not threatened, do not fight." -Sun Tzu
2) "Everybody keep they hands to themself, and everything'll be everything." -David DeVoue Jr.
* We seriously had to look up the legal charge menacing. It sounds like something a comic-book super villian does!
Menacing (charge)(varies slightly from state to state): to display a weapon to a person with the intention of threatening them with bodily harm from said weapon.
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