Richard Jefferson: Runaway Groom

Well, Richard Jefferson has finally gotten himself a new nickname and this is the "Runaway Groom." Jefferson was supposed to be married this weekend and decided to cancel the plans at the 11th hour.

Here is more from the New York Post:

Richard Jefferson cancels his posh Manhattan wedding at the 11th hour without even alerting some of the guests, The Post has learned.

Jefferson's decision to break off the wedding to former Nets' dancer Kesha Ni'Cole Nichols was so last-minute that some of his oblivious friends had already shown up last Saturday at the swank Mandarin Oriental in Columbus Circle for the $2 million wedding that never happened.

Jefferson dumped Nichols just before the weekend, according to sources.

The would-be bride was stunned, but "not entirely caught off-guard," by Jefferson's unsportsmanlike conduct, according to a family friend.

Good job, Richard Jefferson you dodged the big marriage bullet. The person I feel sorry for is the bride who got dumped but was not caught off-guard and the best man who was going to take it to the hole with the hottest bridesmaid.

(Courtesy of No Guts, No Glory)

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Spurs Take Wrong Flyer on Jefferson?

Remember this commercial? Kinda? Me too. From the fringes of your NBA memory, summon up the images of Jason Kidd surrounded by a plethora of high flyers and quick hitters. Kenyon Martin, Richard Jefferson, and Vince Carter were the main culprits. Now, all but Carter are gone from the New Jersey Nets, but Jefferson and Carter seem fated to continue to wait in the same wings. In February, around the trade deadline, there were trade rumors going around that the Spurs were taking a long, hard look at Carter. Now, with the draft only days away, the Spurs are swinging for the fences (and perhaps missing), and getting the other ex-Net still playing in the Eastern Conference.

This commercial highlights the two players' athletic abilities and slam- dunk predispositions. What it doesn't show is Carter's progression into elderstatesman status, and Jeffors slow sink into mediocrity. Stories go that Carter was a calm influence on an up-and-coming Meadowlands team that featured Devin Harris' breakout season. Jefferson, on the other hand, underachieved in Milwaukee, and the Bucks were better off with him on the bench. So, with this trade all but completed, I'm left wondering: are the Spurs getting the wrong wing-man? Keep in mind, this kills their cap space for 2010.

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