So the Dwight Howard sweepstakes has begun in earnest and our current highlights have been the most scrutinized set of billboards since JC Penney reincarnated Hitler in teapot form, a tweet from Phil Jackson and Yao Ming skyping.
But the leader in the clubhouse for bizarre free agent story is Raising Cane’s offering D12 free chicken fingers for life if he signs with the Dallas Mavericks. When you’re primed to make at least $20 million a year for the next four to five seasons free chicken fingers doesn’t seem like that much of a perk but a truly pennywise person takes advantage of these kinds of deals. Just ask the folks on Extreme Couponing who dig through the trash looking for Wal Mart ads.
One of the guy's in my group text (who has about as much concrete information about Howard as anyone ESPN is employing to cover him) said this offer could be worth around $500,000 in chicken.
The offer coupled with the notion that Houston may not be able to meet Howard’s demands that Omar Asik and Jeremy Lin be traded for a player more famous (Linsanity is so 2012!) could land Dwight in the Big D. Sure, the Mavs may not have as much money to offer as the Rockets or a quality player under the age of 35 but they’ve got chicken and a jetsetting owner.
This story should play out nicely for another few weeks, leading up to the Lakers’ last ditch attempt to resnag Howard, which will likely come with Kobe Bryant’s most awkward conversation since about a decade ago.
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