Birdman!!!!

The Globe had a small blurb on BIRDMAN today. It's small enough for me to quote the whole thing, in fact.


Teams looking for a veteran midseason pickup at an attractive price could do a lot worse than former Nuggets/Hornets forward Chris Anderson, a.k.a. The Birdman. That's when Anderson's two-year suspension for violating the league's drug policy expires. Anderson has been working out in Las Vegas getting ready to resume his career, and it's anticipated that the Hornets, who last held his rights, will not reinstate his contract (3 1/2 years left on a four-year, $14 million deal), which will make Anderson a free agent. "He's exceeded expectations in every area," reports Anderson's agent, Steve Heumann. "We're moving forward to the first applicable moment to apply for reinstatement." Anderson turned 29 in July and has several years of NBA experience under his belt. He would be the first player to come back from a drug suspension and actually play in the NBA.


Now, you might be wondering what team looking to add veteran stability midseason would sign a 29-year-old cokehead named Birdman whose main claim to fame was botching the slam dunk contest so badly they installed a time limit. However, he's averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds for his career... which is about what Scott Pollard can give on any given night. The main difference is while Pollard simply tells the children to do drugs, Birdman listens. But who knows, the Celtics once signed a wino to a max contract and then paid for him to take three years off... so stranger things have happened...Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/09/birdman.html
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