August 28, 2006

Who is William Wesley?: Players need someone who knows the ropes, a mentor, an advisor, an uncle. Enter William Wesley. ... He was right there in Michael Jordan’s ear. The whole time. “Wes” helped pull off one of the great feats of modern legend-making. He held the hand of one of the NBA’s less likable characters—an angry, cussing, yelling, gambling, adrenaline addict with some sort of over-competitive personality disorder—as he became the most successful pitchman in sports history, complete with his own animated children’s movie. [via kottke.org]

posted by worldcup2002 to basketball at 12:13 PM - 6 comments

The third thread in what Ebert and Roeper call a "trilogy of True Hoop mystery".

posted by smithers at 12:49 PM on August 28, 2006

I have often said that Jordan can't possibly be the nice guy we've all been led to believe. Look at how much he enjoyed embarassing sub-par defenders. That said, frankly it sounds as though whatever Wesley does, it's helping players and indirectly, the league. Go Magic!

posted by LostInDaJungle at 12:51 PM on August 28, 2006

William Wesley is Red from Shawshank. He's the guy who can get things. He is also a vampire, but a nice one who just eats killers and crazy people. Also is very business savy (what with the centuries of experience) and knows where to find a good suit and three willing females in the same half-hour in Dover, Delaware. He was also the lead in the 50 Cent movie "Get Rich or Die Trying". Oh sure, the credits say it's actually 50 Cent, but in fact it was William Wesley playing 50 Cent as 50 Cent. Yeah, I know, he's good.

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 01:08 PM on August 28, 2006

Argh - sorry for being third-post late. The preview said the link hadn't been posted before. Sorry!

posted by worldcup2002 at 08:01 PM on August 28, 2006

I'm just busting your chops, wc2k2...the story has definitely progressed, as Abbott clearly points out, so as they say, no harm, no foul.

posted by smithers at 09:10 PM on August 28, 2006

Who is smithers, I say! Who is smithers!

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:31 AM on August 29, 2006

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