David Stern and Rasheed Wallace need their own reality show. Seriously. Lock the two of them in a well-lit house, turn on the 85-plus hidden cameras, and watch the hilarity ensue. "The Stern and Sheed Show." It'd be a ratings bonanza.With Kevin Garnett officially out of this year's All-Star game due to an abdominal injury, Stern naturally selected Wallace as a replacement. Why naturally? Because Sheed didn't want to go! Ha!
But he is, and after the Pistons spanked the Bobcats yesterday, Sheed spoke with Matt Watson from HOOPSWORLD about being selected to the All-Star. His thoughts?
Resignation, if anything. [Sheed] admitted that it was an honor and said if anything it'll be something his kids will be able to enjoy, but at the same time admitted that he did in fact have other plans already made that he'd have to cancel and move to the summer. In all seriousness, he sounded more excited about being able to root Rip Hamilton on in the three-point contest than he did about being recognized as one of the best at his position.
I, for one, am ecstatic Sheed will be making the trip to New Orleans. While you could easily make the case that Josh Smith or Hedo Turkoglu are more deserving of KG's spot, there's no denying that Sheed will be much more entertaining.
Michael Jordan can still sell shoes
I just realized something. I've played competitive basketball my entire life -- well, as much as high school and men's league ball can be considered "competitive basketball" -- and yet I've never owned a pair of Air Jordans. Is that weird? Why are you pointing at me?And I'm not even one those crazies that pretends to hate Michael Jordan or the Nike product. (I wore Gary Payton's Nike Air Zooms for years, and I proudly wear my Steve Nash Uptempos today.) It's just, for whatever reason, I never felt the urge to lace up a pair of Jordan's kicks. Maybe Nike should've advertised a little more, I don't know.
But with or without my measly bloggin' dollars, the Jordan brand seems to be selling pretty well, thanks. Still.
From analyst Matt Powell of SportsOneSource, via Darren Rovell's CNBC Sportsbiz blog:
"Top sellers (in basketball shoes this year) were ALL Jordan styles, led by the Retro 8 ($137), the Spiz'ike ($173), The Air Force 1/Jordan 12 hybrid ($144), the Melo M4 ($118), the Big Fund ($108) and the Collezione 13/10 combo pack ($307)."
Yes. You got that right. Michael Jordan played his last game in April 2003 and yet he's still tearing it up in 2008. In fact, about 40 of the top 50 basketball signature shoes in 2007 were Jordan styles and the Jordan brand is a $800 million brand.
Yup. Even in retirement, Jordan still sits on top. (Bobcats not included, of course.)
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