PAUL DAVIS WILL GET DUNKED ON FOR CASH

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Paul Davis More Than Happy To Get Dunked On By Dwyane Wade
Published 12/6/2007 at FanIQ Blog
I'm sure you've seen this Gatorade commercial featuring Dwyane Wade a few times. Well, I'm posting this mostly because I just had a conversation over the weekend debating whether Paul Davis got paid to get dunked on or not. Thanks to With Leather via the LA Times I got my answer. Yes. "So how exactly did Davis' involvement come about? "I got a call from my agent wondering if I wanted to do a commercial with [Wade] and I said, 'Yeah' " Davis said. "He said, 'The ...

Linkage: Worst Sports Announcer
Published 12/7/2007 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
Stephen A. Smith voted worst sports announcer [Awful Announcing] Does anyone want the Arkansas coaching job? [SPORTSbyBROOKS] Paul Davis gets paid to get dunked on [With Leather] Some of the best/worst Chris Berman nicknames ever [100% Injury Rate] Lute Olsen done for the year at Arizona [Storming the Floor] Who’s been injured more, Evel Knievel or Steve McNair? [Deuce of Davenport] Insensitive people cashing in on Sean Taylor’s death [The Sporting ...

Paul Davis will get dunked on for dollars
Published 12/7/2007 at Ball Don't Lie
For those of you who were wondering if Clippers center Paul Davis minds being dunked on by Dwyane Wade in that annoying-as-hell Gatorade commercial, the answer is ... nup. From the LA Times :"I got a call from my agent wondering if I wanted to do a commercial with [Wade] and I said, 'Yeah' " Davis said."He said, 'The only thing is . . . you kind of, sort of, get dunked on.' ""I said, 'Well how much is it for?' And he told me and I said, 'I'll get dunked on for that.' "You'd never see classy types like Jerome Kersey and Corie Blount sell out like that : (Hat tip to With Leather .) Related: ...

When Life Imitates Art [Nba Closer]
Published 12/10/2007 by Skeets at Deadspin
The NBA Closer is written by our own Canadian weekend maestro J.E. Skeets. When he's not busy scouring the box scores, he can be heard on The Basketball Jones daily podcast. Enjoy! • Do It Again! Do It Again! Dwyane Wade had 35 points and 10 assists to lead the Heat past the Clippers 100-94 Sunday afternoon. The win snapped Miami's five-game slide and gave coach Pat Riley his 1,200th career victory. Riles is the third NBA coach to reach 1,200 wins, and got to the mark in just his 1,842nd game, faster than any other coach. Similar to his Gatorade commercial, D-Wade ended the ...

Todd Jones Explains the Gatorade Commercial
Published 1/28/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... Bummed, but not thirsty: those 30 cases of Gatorade should hold him over a long, long time (I wonder if Paul Davis got the same deal). But there you have it, even big league players would put a price on their dignity for a chance to hang out with Jeter. (Although, not every big leaguer -- as Jones explained, he wasn't even the first Tiger pitchers approached for the commercial -- he was asked only after ...