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This has certainly been covered elsewhere — most excellently by TrueHoop - but we really can't get over the "Josh Howard is a terrible person for smoking weed" meme. As Henry Abbott put it, "We're not alarmed that one young person smoked pot. We're alarmed that anyone admitted it." Fitting, not even Howard's sponsors really care.
Even if Howard is passing out birthday party invites right as his team is about to be eliminated, and generally playing poorly in the playoffs, we're not sure what weed has to do with it.
But that's all just a (not really) high-minded way to justify this gambling opportunity to bet on which NBA player will admit to weed use next. The favorite, perhaps not surprisingly, is Rasheed Wallace. But there's no worse bet than LeBron James at 40-1. Not a chance.
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What are the odds on Scot Pollard?
Brian Scalabrine: 4000-1
it can't be Oden, he's pretty much slow, and dopey already
Is this ..... is this a Cultural Oddsmaker???
Oh hey, the Cultural Oddsmaker is back.
In POG form.
Mark Madsen: 2-1
Seriously.
Bison Dele's odds are sinking rapidly.
People at Glaceau are all too stoned to care, obviously.
Besides, when 50 Cent is one of your "mixologists", Josh Howard smoking a little weed in the offseason is the least of your concerns for company image.
Reggie Evans 1:1
//must make a post about Reggie every day. I love that guy in a platonic way, even if he grabs testes.
I don't get why Rasheed hated it in Portland... We have great herb out here. Some of the best!
@Rob Iracane: Man, we killed those things off in 1995.
I'm going to have to go with Sacramento's Quicny Douby...for obvious reasons.
@Suss--: I still laugh every time.
I've got Josh Smoker in the MLB pool.
I'm assuming this doesn't apply retroactively since Sheed has already given us this gem...
When pulled over by police and asked if he had marijuana in his car, (according to the police report) Rasheed responded, "No, we smoked it all up."
@MDT: Do you have Jeff Smoker in the NFL pool?
Bill Walton scoffs at everyone on that list.
Tracy McGrady always looks high to me.
Medical Marijuana for Eddy Curry?
Oh hey, the Cultural Oddsmaker is back.
In POG form.
Cultural Magic: The Gathering can't be far behind.
My money is on DeSagana Diop. The "munchie" weight is already tipping me off.
Tim Donaghy may have some inside information that will help us place a smart bet.
@Bobby_Big_Wheel: Puff it down, Stoner Man...PUFF...IT...DOWN!
@StevieY19: Damon Stoudamire was sitting next to him laughing awkwardly.
@millensdraftskills: Greg Oden smokes opium from a corn cob pipe.
@Dan Levy: Mark Blount > Quincy Douby
Reefer Alston?
Mark Blunt?
@millensdraftskills:
Greg Oden was an extra in Reefer Madness.
So I leave and Will gets attacked by a raving old man.
This is like our 8th grade trip all over again, except I don't need to identify a body this time.
I pick the black ones
@Suss--:
Strangely you can get dead-even odds on Len Bias.
If deputy Shaq had weed in his car, would he arrest himself?
Luke Walton. The man was probably both conceived and born during a Dead show. It's been in his bloodstream since the womb.
For like some reason, reading Deadspin today has like given me the munchies and stuff. Weird.
@FEAST: That would explain the Trailblazers racord over the last 8 years.
A) Ricky Davis.
B) Nice J5's on Howard.
Threadjack: Jim Rome reporting that Clemens hit on Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake's wife. This is good.
Steve Nash can hook you up with some wicked B.C. Nugs.
@David Hume: Hasheed Wallace?
Weed day on Deadspin? I thought 420 was like a week and a half ago.
My money's on Len Bias.
It's weed day on deadspin. I like weed day. Now if you would excuse me I'm going to the vending machine.
Mike Miller. Anyone who imitates Scott Pollard in hairstyle is worthy of suspicion.
Prince, once his contract with The Blouses is up.
@KevinNoMaas: Drazen Petrovic joke in 3, 2...
Zaza Patchouli-a?
Ramon (Bong) Sessions?
If it were blow, Eric Snow has to be at 1:1
"Who will smoke up with Mutombo tonight?"
That's my guess.
@Juancho: That jokes been beaten to death already.
This is just like middle school when all the cool kids were talking about MTV and HBO and I didn't have cable. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll put on my glasses and read a nice book by W.C. Heinz.
The only way to explain T.J. Ford's basketball game is that he has glaucoma, so I'll say him.
Scott Skiles doesn't know what the big deal is.
@formerly Chief Wahoo: Back already?!
Pat Cummings.
Josh Howard just wanted to get on the front of Weedies.
Or he uses it for pain relief.
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D.J. Strawberry, anyone?
@KevinNoMaas: I'm offended
@Peter Cavan: He can also do his patented finger wag if somebody asks him for a puff.
@DumpsterDining: Damon Stoudamire was charged with felony possession of more than 150 grams of marijuana after police responded to reports of a burglar alarm at Stoudamire's house on Feb. 23, 2002.
Iverson, 4-1? Yeah, I'll take those odds. The "Nuggets" jerseys in the parking lot outside of any given Phish show far, far outnumbered that of any other team.
@FEAST:
Forget Portland. How about explaining why no NBA players wanted to play in Vancouver?
@formerly Chief Wahoo: You're thinking of Howard Porter.
threadjack:
Rodman arrested for alleged domestic violence.
/threadjack
John Stockton. He retired? Really? Then he has even MORE time to smoke it up!
@Jefferson Short Bus: Ouch, baby, ouch.
If it was 1987, the sure bet would be Kurt Rambis. Why else do you think he wore those glasses? To look cool?
the best part about these drug posts is what happened to me today in the skyway:
D.A.R.E. lady: hey, come over and check our display out and help kids
me(big shit eating grin on face): no. I think kids should use drugs. (big shit eating grin on face)
(pause)
D.A.R.E. lady (about to cry): that's....horrible
Fitting, not even Howard's sponsors really care.
I think you mean fittingly, Leitch.
YOU'VE MADE A MOCKERY OF JOURNALISM, YOU FUCKING PROFANE FUCK!
Sam Perkins can't believe this.
@MidwestCoastBias:ironically, he Heinz just died.
@formerly Chief Wahoo: I thought it crashed and burned.