If anybody in this world deserved to win $168 million it was Jimmy Groves. Back in 2003, the 49-year-old Madison Square Garden employee had the unfortunate task on cleaning up Rodney White’s vomit – Groves is the man with the mop at the 2:12 mark of the video below. On August 28, Groves won the Mega Millions jackpot. The Bronx native plans to buy a place in Manhatten, a car and take care of his mom and grandchildren. Also in the vid, check out the younger, skinnier and less-tatted Birdman on the Nuggets.
Solidly wedged between Blake Griffin and Ricky Rubio in all the pre-draft hype, Hasheem Thabeet has mostly flown under the radar during all the workouts, combines and rumors of the past couple months. Maybe it’s because he’s a lock to either go 2nd to Memphis or, at the worst, 3rd to Oklahoma City — the second-most secure lock this side of Blake going #1 — but there’s hardly been any intrigue surrounding the 7-3 beanstalk. Read More »