After the Miami Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4, Stephen A. Smith reported that LeBron James was distracted by “personal issues” and that is supposedly an excuse for a superstar delivering an 8-point performance in the freaking NBA Finals. Smith, though, has a direct line to Worldwide Wes, Maverick Carter and ultimately James, even though he won’t simply admit it and pretends that he makes predictions on his own, so he’s probably right. Now we know that James may have been distracted because Rashard Lewis allegedly had sex with his girlfriend, Savannah Brinson.

I have a very reliable source who clubs and drinks with all of the athletes that come through Orlando. He was all over the Tiger Woods issue and knew what all happened with Tiger prior to it being released publicly. My buddy has a place in Orlando, Lake Nona to be exact, and he lives among some athletes that live there in Orlando. Needless to say he golfs, drinks, and parties with some of the best people in central Florida. So when word got to him while at the bar last night, he called me. Word got out while drinking with friends, that Rashard Lewis slept with Lebrons girl while visiting South Beach. (Via Hello Beautiful)

Part of me wants to just rant* for days about how douchetastic that paragraph is, but we like to keep it succinct around here, so I’ll just say that as someone who lives in Orlando and knows plenty of guys like this, this “source” wears a fedora 24/7.

As for the actual meat of the allegation, I have a hard time believing that a girl would give up her Bentley for a Geo Prism. But if we wax hypothetical, maybe Bron is out there banging half the world and she just got fed up and said, “F*ck it.” And then she did. Either way, James’ career is now defined by two things – 1) Disappearing in the playoffs when he’s needed most and 2) People banging the girls in his life.

Would Michael Jordan let his teammates bang his mom or a washed up, overrated rival sleep with his girlfriend? Well, maybe if he lost a bet, but for other purposes, no.

Read the rest of this entry »

Hugging Harold Reynolds posted this video yesterday, and it certainly is worth watching. A rather inebriated woman goes up to NBA player Rashard Lewis at what looks like an NBA shop and peppers him with oddly worded questions. You’d think Lewis would look like the smarter one in this situation, but when he says that he’s afraid of Jesus, you start to think this is a perfect conversation.

Despite her drunken appearance, you could certainly do worse with a sideline reporter. Unlike Craig Sager, she’s only aurally and not visually offensive. The woman also has no problem with transitioning smoothly from question to question, because she decides to ask whatever she wants to and doesn’t care how disjointed her interviewing process is. Hey, at least she’s asking stuff people want to hear and not stuff people already know.

I think someone should find this lady a place to continue her segments of boozing and schmoozing. Jimmy Kimmel, you’d seem like the perfect late night show host to have her on. Jay Leno wouldn’t be able to because she’s funnier than him. Yeah, I made a half-hearted Leno joke, but I still put more effort into it than Leno did in the past three years. BOOM.

The worlds of hardcore NBA fans and Renaissance Faire enthusiasts collided on Monday night, when Magic forward Rashard Lewis spent an evening at Medieval Times with his family, sparking a scuffle among teenagers who wanted face time with the one-time All-Star.

Lewis said he and his family were at the show when some kids believed to be teenagers asked for his autograph. [It was also possible they were 12, or maybe 20 years old - Ed.]  When more people crowded around to seek a Lewis autograph, there was some pushing and shoving. A fight eventually broke out, according to Lewis…

"I guess they were all frustrated, wanting an autograph," Rashard Lewis said. "It was crazy. They were fighting, going at each other. We just got out of there."

Typical.  Man, I am so tired of these NBA players always getting into trouble because they won't let go of the old 'hood.  Just what the hell was he doing out at the Medieval Times in Kissimmee after dark?  David Stern's gonna have a helluva time trying to spin this one.

[Story via TrueHoop bullets; thanks to quicklime expert whowillsexmutombo?]