Kelvin Sampson's Next Moves, Jason Kidd Trade, Larry Bird Rights(?), Notre Dame's Offense, and Cubs World Series Predictions

It was recently announced that Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor would be a participant in the next season of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. What is he thinking?

With Bill Parcells in control of the Dolphins there’s no doubt that come the first few days of practice, Taylor’s official practice uniform will consist of tap shoes and a tu tu.

Isn’t that show supposed to feature former athletes and race car drivers (mutually exclusive-you decide)? Shouldn’t Taylor leave that gig open for all of his former teammates or anyone else who might be out of a job by then?

Perhaps a certain coach in Bloomington for instance? Kelvin Sampson would be perfect. His image could use a lift and if he can move on the dance floor the way he dances around NCAA regulations, he’ll do just fine. Sampson’s always been a hard worker, so no need to worry about him phoning in a performance.

Besides, succeeding on that show depends on phone calls and text messages and Kelvin knows all about that.

Charles Barkley and Dwayne Wade may have Fab Fives but Sampson and his staff have Fab Five...Hundreds! The only problem is that if all the kids Sampson called illegally would return the favor, he would only last until there were only four or five contestants left.

That’s OK though. After all, it’s not like IU fans aren’t used to their coach being sent home before making it to the final four.

 

After several unsuccessful attempts, the trade to get Jason Kidd out of New Jersey and back to Dallas was finalized this week. The Mavericks acquired Jason Kidd, Malik Allen, and Antoine Wright from New Jersey for Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Moe Ager, the retired Keith Van Horn, an unemployed hot dog vender to be named later, two first-round draft picks, and $3 million.

Keith Van Horn and Trenton Hassell replaced Jerry Stackhouse and Devean George in the original proposal. George had exercised his Larry Bird rights to stop the original deal from going any further. FG has to wonder: If the Mavs couldn’t get it done with Steve Nash, how can they with an aging Jason Kidd?

Kidd has elected to wear the number two for the Mavericks for what has been reported to represent his second time around with Mark Cuban’s team. It’s FG’s opinion that the number really represents how many playoff games they can expect to win.

 

Speaking of Devean George exercising his Larry Bird rights

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