News Item: Former Duke Basketball Player Brian Davis Offers To Buy Memphis Grizzies.
Davis, you may remember, is the player from Duke who followed Christian Laettner to the Timberwolves for a year, leading to rumors (most likely false) that the two were lovers. Left unanswered by the above story is how, exactly, an obscure former NBA player who just retired a few years ago was able to come up with the $350 million purchase price for the 70% controlling interest in the team. He also, if he gets the team, plans to kick out GM Jerry West, a man whose stature in the game is, shall we say, bigger than Davis'.
Brian Davis is also not to be confused with Baron Davis, or with Brandon Davis, the "Lindsay Lohan is a firecrotch!" guy.
UPDATE: They're saying now that Davis will lead the ownership group, Laettner willl be a part of it, West will remain in place, and a mysterious group of investors will back them. Still sounds fishy.
Posted by Stephen Silver at October 2, 2006 10:32 AMWTF does "canoodling" mean? Is that even a word?!
Posted by: LilB at October 2, 2006 01:28 PM