Vegas, Baby! Vegas!

I am not the first person to call for an NBA team in Las Vegas. And there are better names than the “Las Vegas Hustlas” out there. But has anyone considered a possible owner? Anyone besides me that is. No worries. I did my research and found the one man qualified for the job…Suge Knight. I know what you’re thinking, “Suge’s been arrested numerous times, he recently filed for bankruptcy, he created an atmosphere of violence and fear Death Row Records, he killed Biggie…” Blah blah blah. When you get caught up in minor indiscretions you miss out on the picture. Do you think Suge had money before Death Row Records? Of course not. But he can return to his roots and raise the capital through a mixture of drugs, blackmail and corporate sponsorship. We just need a scenario that makes him the majority owner. And that’s when things get interesting. Consider the following:

1. Suge could recreate his alleged Vanilla Ice balcony stunt with Brian Scalabrine playing the role of the “Ice Ice Baby” superstar. Why is Suge helping a rival team? Take your fancy logic and reasoning skills elsewhere. This is officially the plan until someone comes up with a better way to get Scalabrine’s contract off the books.

2. Suge could rework his legendary attack on Puff Daddy from the 1995 Source awards into a thinly veiled insult of Mark Cuban, “Anyone out there who wanna' be a NBA playa, but don't want to worry about his owner trying to be all in the locker room, all on court, hovering near the timeouts, dancing, come to Las Vegas."

3. VH-1 can use the buzz around Suge and to replay the “Death Row Behind the Music”, which is the “ESPN Sports Century - Jim Brown" of its genre. That’s a good thing. In fact if they released the Death Row story in theaters I’d buy a ticket.

4. The way they build casinos in Vegas you know they could have an NBA style arena by 2008. And who can opt out of his current contract at the end of the 2007-2008 season? Ron Artest of course. Think about it.

5. Vegas! Artest! The NBA! Awesome.