Too much Rod Benson: D-League status gets you nowhere in L.A.

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BPE
Published 1/7/2008 by Matt at Hardwood Paroxysm
This is my personal vote for post of the year.

It Ain't the A-League
Published 1/7/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
D-League stud Rod Benson, writing on the Yahoo Experts Blog, about clubbing in Los Angeles: I showed up at a club called Goa with intentions to get a table. I figured I didn't need to know anyone if I got a table. I mean heck, it's money they want and I was prepared to give it to them because I can't party like that in Bismarck. I walked over to the woman who was assigning tables and asked her what was up. She told me that there was a two bottle minimum. Mayyybe I would have been cool with that if there weren't three of us, but I wasn't really. Before I could even reply to her (I guess she read my body language), she asked me if I played pro basketball. "Yeah, I ...

Around the Blogosphere for 1/7
Published 1/7/2008 by Anthony Hall at MVN Outsider
... out Stephen A. Smith’s (fake) match.com profile.  Stephen’s ideal woman?  “A careless dumb**** with no integrity and low standards for quality. [Epic Carnival] Rejected contestants for “American Gladiators.” [Kissing Suzy Kolber] Why wasn’t the NFL MVP vote unanimous for Tom Brady? [Larry Brown Sports] Rod Benson learns that people in Los Angeles are not impressed by D-League players. [Yahoo! NBA Experts Blog]

Are you familiar with the D-League?
Published 1/7/2008 by Jordan Brett at From Courtside
... Unfortunately for D-Leaguer Rod Benson, after an unsuccessful attempt at partying in LA last year, he was all fired up about his return trip. That is until he buckled under pressure and mentioned his career… Must Read ...

Turdrific Tuesday...The Return
Published 1/15/2008 by fknmclane at Your Face is a Sports Blog
... . Couldn't he have made it a little more interesting? I feel like he's getting typecast, there are only so many altercations one can get into at the strip club. PacMan clearly isn't living up to his potential. I know he can do better/worse. - the hostess at Goa in Los Angeles who fucked over Rod Benson Simply not cool . Holy shit, do I hate LA. Stories like this put me in a foul mood. As my dad used to say when fighting traffic on our bi-annual trip to see Notre Dame get stomped by USC, "they should nuke this place." - ...

Buzzer Beaters
Published 2/24/2008 by Connor at Hoops Addict
... * Why don’t more athletes keep blogs like Rod Benson does? Curt Schilling has a well know blog but Benson’s the only baller with a blog that I know about. ...