Not the best signal to potential draftors — getting mixed up with a pair of A-felony fugitives. That’s almost enough to hand Jackson this year’s Justin Miller Award, given to the athlete who most mangles his draft stock with a pre-draft arrest. But that’s still premature, as we have nearly a week to go before the NFL draft, and months before the NBA ritual. In the meantime, we’re giving him 31 points.
What is it with those Pacers?
From Stefon Jackson to Stephen Jackson. Noted Boston “Sports Guy” Bill Simmons has been making a lot of jokes lately about Stephen Jackson, most recently when a reader wrote in to ask if S-Jax was the “best NBA player to have ever discharged a firearm in a public place?”
Two things that should be noted:
1) Captain Jack was arrested for discharging his firearm (shooting wildly into the air in a parking lot early in the morning) while a member of the Indiana Pacers.
2) This past week, another former Pacer, reserve point guard Keith McLeod, was busted for shooting out the window of his Land Rover in a Denny’s in Canton, Ohio, at 3 am.
What is it with the Pacers? Between Jackson, Ron Artest, Jamaal Tinsley, and now McLeod, there’s been a whole lot of felonious fuck-ups on that franchise. Anyway, McLeod was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and improper handling of a firearm. Give him 40 points for that one. Any bets on the next current or former Pacer to get collared? My money’s on Mike Dunleavy.
When he's not googling "McCants, you hear me knocking" and "Hey you, get off of McLeod," Matt Taibbi writes for Rolling Stone. He can be reached atM_Taibbi@yahoo.com.
