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 I love long weekends. Let me rephrase that: I loved long weekends.
Long weekends in the world of sports journalism are the abyss, the Bermuda Triangle and an Inception-esque limbo. Groundbreaking stories are a crack in the sidewalk over the 72-hour respite. The national and local networks place their B—if not C—team on three-day weekends. I would know because my big break presented itself on a long weekend. As a proud member of the C-team, my certificate of broadcast participation during a holiday weekend is hanging proudly at home next to my seventh-place ribbon from a middle school track meet. Breaking news on a holiday weekend turns members of the media into Joe Office Space, anxiously waiting on Bob from accounting to meet him at the water cooler, but he never shows. I could write something on Jim Tressel, but a "Bueller, Bueller, anybody" analogy presents itself. So, for the past four days, ideas, thoughts and observations have been marinating inside my dome. It's time to throw them on the grill. Fowl Facts The Golden Gopher Turned Diamond Cutter First, Kim Kardashian is off the market via a $2 million assist from Kris Humphries. According to Basketball Reference, the 20.5-carat diamond crushing Dash's finger is over 11 percent of Humphries' career earnings in the NBA. The size and cost of K-Dash's ring pale in shock value to the fact Humphries has made nearly $17 dollars in the NBA. Outside of this past season where he averaged a double-double for the New Jersey Nets (10.0 and 10.4 rebounds per game), Hump Dog's career averages are 5.6 PPG and 4.6 REB.
Humphries Salary by Season (NBA Reference) - 2004-05 Utah Jazz $1,481,400
- 2005-06 Utah Jazz $1,592,400
- 2006-07 Toronto Raptors $1,703,520
- 2007-08 Toronto Raptors $2,522,913
- 2008-09 Toronto Raptors $3,200,000
- 2009-10 New Jersey Nets $3,200,000
- 2010-11 New Jersey Nets $3,200,000
- Career (may be incomplete) $16,900,233
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