Kenyon Martin has a pair of lips tattooed on his neck, which he got for his girlfriend. Call me old fashioned, but usually a box of chocolates or even a nice necklace or bracelet would have done just fine, Kenyon. Instead, he has to walk around with the world’s ugliest, largest, and most permanent hicky I’ve seen since I was viciously attacked by these wild packs of girls in high school (who may very well have been vampires–I’m still sensitive to light). Anyway, the tat makes me nauseous.
As you may already know, things are boiling over into the stands in the Dallas/Denver series. Mark Cuban apparently told Kenyon Martin’s mommy her son was a “punk” and/or a “thug,” and both Kenyon and his mom took exception to that. Then, apparently Mavs season ticket holders are dishing out racial slurs to Carmelo Anthony’s fiance like bags of peanuts. Cuban was nice enough to issue a very classy apology, but Kenyon’s still hot and bothered. As for the woman harassing Carmelo’s fiance, she denies the whole thing and even says Anthony’s fiance and body guard instigated the whole thing.
I have no idea who to believe in the Carmelo’s fiance fiasco nor do I really care. However, I am going to have to side with Cuban on this whole “he said what to momma?” hoopla that has been distracting fans from what’s actually going on in this series: A Dallas beat down. Even though I’m starting to believe that Cuban is just a whiny bitch and his antics as loyal and really cool t-shirt wearing owner are tiring, he did write a very nice apology. He even offered to further mend the little quibble by going above and beyond the call of duty as far as normal apologies are concerned. He offered Kenyon’s mother extra security and a suite for the next game, and a nice steak dinner once the season is over. The one downside to the apology is that he did it through his blog, but in his defense blogs are the fresh way of letting the public see what you have to say. Not to mention the fact that it might be tough to apologize to Kenyon or his mother eye-to-eye when the first thing they’d probably do is punch his face in. Either way you look at it, you don’t see that type of stuff being put on the table when it comes to apologies.
Martin must not have gotten, or accepted Cuban’s apology. As Bernie Mac said to Marcus in Bad Santa, he’d probably also say to Kenyon, if he were living (RIP), “you got some lip on you, midget” (irony), especially after seeing the following video of Martin kindly asking Cuban to walk the other way after the Mavs won game 4.
Yeah, Martin’s not a punk or a thug. Cuban shrugs it off and high fives a senile grandma.
Game 5 is tonight at 9 PM and if there was ever a game where things from the court could carry over to the crowd like it did in 2004 with the Pistons/Pacers this series certainly has the ingrediants. I know I’ll be watching.
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