After a long flight, I am dazed and confused by the RTB-style lack of sleep. And I’m also still wondering if any of these stories were true that George, the driver, told me on the way to the airport:
1) Let’s start it simple. He drives all the Celtics around everywhere.
2) He’s best friends with Rondo’s brother and can get me into meet players after games. I now have his # and can’t wait to see what happens when I call him.
3) He claims Big Baby’s thumb injury was caused by a fight with his buddy’s girlfriend. And let’s just say he didn’t have anything nice to say about the girl.
4) Big Baby used to buy so much McD’s and Wendy’s on main street in Waltham during his rookie year that Doc Rivers called the places and told them not to serve him anymore. So Baby started going to BK on Moody st.
5) The NBA is going to be in a lockout next year.
6) Doc wanted to retire last year, but George drove Paul, Ray, and Doc to a restaurant to convince him otherwise. They had a North End restaurant to themselves to talk it over. Doc stayed, but has access to the team jet so he can go see his son play whenever he wants. “But this WILL be Doc’s last year. Which is why we should have let him go, and kept Thibodeau. Doc’s not that great a coach. We’d be better off with Thibodeau”. **For the record, this was the one part of his Red Bull-fueled ramblings that caught my attention and made me think… hmm, maybe George ain’t so crazy after all.
7) Garnett is broke like ‘Toine. Says it’s due to all of the property that he bought before the markets tanked and he hasn’t maintained any of it. Sweet.
8) When Garnett’s contract is done, Al Jefferson is coming back to the Celtics. “It’s already a done deal”. Pretty sure that’s illegal, but hey, if it happens, I’m giving George the credit.
9) Last, but certainly not least, Perk knew he was getting traded because he sold his house, and moved into an apartment in Waltham with a friend of George’s. He didn’t look for a new place because he knew he wouldn’t be here.
10) Ok, one more. Shaq is faking the injury right now to psych people out. He has been fine for weeks according to George. So much so that the boot he’s been wearing is just for show. “He actually wore it on the wrong foot just to mess with people in press conference the other night and nobody noticed”.
Ok, time to find some food to keep me awake for another 5 hours so I can get onto Shanghai time.
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Patrick Dunfey
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