The award this week has to go to none other than Stephon “Starbury” Marbury. The New York Knicks are paying this buffoon a whopping $20,840,625 to not play. Stephon has been inactive the first eight games of this year and it doesn’t appear this will be changing anytime soon. I just don’t get how the Knickerbockers can waste so much money on such a waste of space!

***Stephon Marbury***
$20,840,625 a year from the New York Knicks
31 years old
0 games played
0 ppg 0 rpg

* Phil Fulmer stepped down today as head coach of Tennessee after starting off this season 3-6 overall and 1-5 in the SEC. It was no more than a year ago Phillip signed a huge contract extension yet after this season his job will be done. The Volunteers definitely aren’t the same program they were 5 to 10 years ago and this shows just how cutthroat SEC fans are with their football coaches. I expect Lane Kiffin will be receiving a call very soon.

* Derek Anderson has been benched for the Browns game this Thursday against Denver. While the Browns receivers have dropped countless passes this year I still feel this move makes a lot of sense for Cleveland. Romeo Crennel knows his job is on the line and at 3-5 it’s time to make a change. Brady Quinn should fill in nicely, but let’s face it the Browns season is done for this year anyway.

* Texas at Texas Tech this past Saturday was an instant classic! I only wish all games that receive the hype that game received could come through with such flying colors.

* Allen Iverson was traded to the Pistons ftoday or Chauncey “Big Shot” Billups, Antonio McDyess and some other unknown. I respect Dumars and I think he has done a good job as the GM for the Pistons, but this move leaves me scratching my head. Billups is so clutch and has been the heart and soul of the Pistons for the last few years. Now you bring in a shooting guard in Iverson when you already have Rip Hamilton at that position? Something is about to change in Detroit Rock City and I don’t think it’s for the good.

* The Brewers picked up Mike Cameron’s $10 million dollar option today. $10 million for Cameron, seriously??? How in the blue hell does a washed up bum like Cameron still get this kind of chingy?

Over at Ball Don’t Lie they have pictures of the new Oklahoma City Thunder jerseys. My initial thought is there isn’t one thing creative about the jerseys in the least. Basically it looks like pieces of a Golden State and the New York Knicks jerseys have been morphed together. Am I wrong? Do you like them?

If you haven’t already heard Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks doesn’t celebrate the National Anthem for some reason. Not only does he not celebrate the Anthem he actually feels it’s his right to disrespect it on camera. Howard was caught on this video at Allen Iverson’s charity flag football game in July showing his a$$. Howard has officially lost my respect forever.

To date there have been so many question marks around a franchise due to very odd decisions, but today I feel they got something very right. The Charlotte Bobcats signed stud center Emeka Okafor to a 6 year $72 million dollar deal. Okafor is only 25 years old and over his NBA career has averaged 14.3 points and 10.8 rebounds a game. Emeka is not only baller he is an extremely intelligent good will individual that does a lot for the community. Charlotte needed to keep this dominant post player not only for his presence on the court, but even more for what he will do for the franchise and the city. Well done MJ! You finally made a great decision.

Josh Childress found a lot of cabbage today in Greece after signing a three-year $20 million deal with the Greek club team Olympiakos. Childress was a restricted agent, but an NBA team can’t match an offer made from a club overseas. This contract is now the biggest ever in Europe yet more than likely it will be topped soon because other players are going to want this pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The twist to the is story is that the Hawks were set to offer Childress close to $36 million, but in Greece Childress won’t have to pay any taxes and will be treated like an absolute king. Primoz Brezec, Carlos Delfino, Juan Carlos Navarro and Bostjan Nachbar are other NBA players that decided to play in Europe this offseason.

Apparently so if you have ever seen his wife. They are like oil and vinegar…err…I mean peas and carrots if you ask me. The funny thing is this is one of the most family friendly pictures I could find of Mrs. Gasol. Lena likes to live quite carefree based on a Google image search of her name.

Lena Gasol

Loves

Pau Gasol

Brad Miller of the Sacramento Kings has been suspended for the first five games of the upcoming season for failing a drug test. The belief is the drug was marijuana because Miller has failed two other drug tests during his career because of smoking the chronic. Puff, puff, give Brad!

Check out the video clip below which displays Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat being introduced to the NBA by former NC State stud Cedric Simmons who now plays for the Chicago Bulls. Beasley might have beeen embarassed by that block, but he did score 28 points in last night’s summer league game. The number one pick Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls only dropped 10 points and had 5 turnovers.