I never thought my blog would come to this, but here goes....I got something to share with you.
This one is going to be a bit different.
This month, Washington Wizards player, Deshawn Stevenson, created a myspace page and had the urban blog world abuzz for the past couple of weeks.
First, with an alleged love triangle with two ousted members of Destiny's Child, Letoya Luckett (the alleged fianceé, not fianceé) and Farrah Franklin (Farrah let me know that they used to date, are still friends and go way back). Its just a small world.
Second, by putting a picture of his American Express black card (the millionaire credit card) on his page ---MediaTakeOut had people trying to figure out the first several numbers with no success of course, AmEX would never let that happen.
That wasn't smart, but like he told MJ's Gossip Spot on her public myspace page - "I Dont Give A #### What U Wrote Im Rich!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Get Paid Everytime U Say My Name R Use It ####"....
Indeed.
Now this week, Mr. Stevenson has either put out an APB for a date with actress Lindsay Lohan (He's offering $10,000 to anyone that can make it happen),
Or
He's trying to establish a connect to purchase a substantial amount of cocaine.
I'm not making this up. I wish you could go look and see, but he finally made his page private.
Give me something to believe in....
Not only are "stars" blind, they are quite stupid.
I can understand joking, but references to cocaine and being a NBA player is quite dumb to put on a myspace page wouldn't ya think? Where's the joke when your $15 million contract is one the line?
My sense of humor fails me on this one. I was quite horrified. If he was a comedian or random funny guy on myspace, it would be hilarious, but this was pushing it.
I share this only to offer evidence that athletes make no apologies for their stupidity. Sometimes its just who they are. It appears, they believe this behavior is quite normal and will never be found out by anyone that matters.
So here's where you come in:
I know of one case where a firefighter was terminated from his position for having a music page on myspace and using vulgar language in his lyrics.
There have been a few cases where people lost their jobs for obscene material and questionable pictures on their pages as well.
So as NBA Commissioner, would you take this opportunity to set a precedent for online decency for your players?
I like that players have their own myspace pages and can interact with their fans. (For the record, Deshawn's is no longer a fan page, its a personal page).
But....is it just me or can you see this becoming a real problem in the future?
If I was the NBA commissioner, I could care less. Let these rich-#### spoiled millionaires run themselves to the ground and let them suffer the consequences if they want to smoke crack, brag about their money, and publicize it.
Deshawn Stevenson is a no-namer in the league anyway so he's gotta go to great lengths to get some attention. You never hear his name on Sportcenter so he does what he does.
It's the nonprofessionals with the thug mentality who end up folding because they don't know how to deal with their lives when they make that much $. Look at Mike Vick.
And by the way, Stevenson is not a 'star' in the NBA.
Last edited by J-DIZZLE on October 17th at 1:37 PM.
Update - This story has actually picked up steam, regretably. Other blogs are claiming it to be "exclusive" and "breaking news" but you read it here first:)
Deshawn's friends are now denying the cocaine references and are defending their "friend" by saying he really wants the actress. Whatever, its too late!
Whatev
NBA players r just like u and me!
Its just their skills and size sepperates dem from me and them.
( im Azn and 6'1 plus i got sum mad skills!)
Anybody want 2 ball-up?
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