http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8970449/the-trade-deadline-exchange-part-1 Simmons (6:30 a.m.): All right, I'm up, I'm drinking coffee, I'm ready to go. What did you think of Houston fleecing Sacramento for Thomas Robinson?1 Why do teams continue to trade with Dork Elvis? Everyone, STOP TRADING WITH DORK ELVIS!!!!! ..... I guess it's a better nickname than the "mad chicken".
"Simmons (6:30 a.m.): All right, I'm up, I'm drinking coffee, I'm ready to go. What did you think of Houston fleecing Sacramento for Thomas Robinson?1 Why do teams continue to trade with Dork Elvis? Everyone, STOP TRADING WITH DORK ELVIS!!!!!" "Simmons: It was an amazing trade for them. My buddy House and I always called these types of trades "pu pu platter" trades. You know when you order Chinese food in college and it seems like a great idea to order a giant pu pu platter for the table because you get so many things with it? Then the big pu pu platter arrives and it always sucks? You have lukewarm spareribs and overcooked chicken wings and soggy egg rolls? And you wish you had just spent that money on their best entrée? That's what this trade was. Houston dealt lukewarm spareribs, overcooked chicken wings and soggy egg rolls for a piping-hot dish of kung pao chicken." "I gotta be honest, Zach … I didn't think trades like this could still happen in 2013. Basketball coverage is so merciless now. We have hundreds of bloggers, dozens of beat writers and too many influential NBA columnists basically lounging around waiting for fresh prey. When you screw up, this entire community descends on you like a pack of coyotes. As weird as this sounds, I think it's made the 30 NBA teams as a whole a little more competent — instead of plowing ahead with a dumb deal, now they float out possible trades to gauge reactions, just to make sure they're not going to get slammed if they actually go through with it. But in this case? The Kings just plowed ahead. And thank God. I missed ripping apart a truly atrocious trade! Thank you, Geoff Petrie!"
Reading that article now and thoroughly enjoying it. Full of lol moments. BTW, this isn't your first time hearing of the Dork Elvis nickname, is it?
If I had a good vintage baseball card and Mauri comes and says he'll give me a good deal for it... I'd run the other way. Probably while screaming.
I hope not like the kind of friend Lil Wayne is to Chris Bosh...cause warning people not to deal with you in this business is similar.
Zach Lowe just followed this one up on ESPN radio saying that the Kings, in fact, did not call other teams about Robinson. Thanks, Petrie!
Simmons gushing over D.E. certainly doesn't make it any easier for Morey to do his job, fleecing desperate GMs.
I have honestly been wondering this since we got we got Kevin Martin. But dumb-ass GMs still GM dumb.
