GRIZZLIES.COMBREAKING NEWS: Jay-Z becomes new NBA Commissioner; announces league wide draftOctober 21th, 2009
Businessman/entertainer Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter has shocked the entire sports world today. Not only was he announced as the new commissioner, but he also decided to sweep all 30 NBA teams of their talent. "I felt like it was time for a change in the league, it's time to get more people excited about the product we have to offer." said Jay-Z during his first press conference as commissioner. "Shout out to King James, hope to see you in that Knicks uniform soon!." said Mr. Carter after questions about his relationship with star LeBron James came up. "We gonna randomly pick the draft order, and give each team a new start". Many players and owners are against the move and some owners have been selling off their teams for cheap.
The first owner to do so was Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley, who would do anything to not spend money. "Heisley sold the team to a bunch of investors out of the city of Memphis. Hopefully these people have more sense than he had." said an NBA executive. A lot of people are wondering how this will work, especially on such short notice. The draft is just a few days from here, and the season is not too far after that. No NBA players have said they will pull their name from the draft, although many have been complaining via interview and Twitter.