Earl Boykins: Short In Stature, Tall In Stacks
August 6, 2008
Somebody want to tell me what is wrong with this picture?
Earl Boykins, who was the shortest player in the NBA, is the latest to make a dash for European luxury. He signed a one-year, $3.5 M contract with Italy’s Virtus Bologna, which is probably $3.5 M more than his next best offer in the NBA. Does anyone really care? Somebody call Spudd Webb and Mugsy Bogues out of retirement and tell them there’s money to be made in Italy.
Boykins is now the highest paid player in whatever Italian league Virtus Bologna plays in, which sounds like a log of Bologna to me.
First Josh Childress, then Carlos Arroyo and now they took Earl “The Pearl” Boykins. David Stern better watch out especially if LeBron James is taking Euro offers seriously.
