Brandon Marshall, the new hot shot receiver signed by the Miami Dolphins (formerly on the Denver Broncos), is set on playing in the NBA should there be an NFL lockout in 2011. (A lockout will occur if the players and the teams are unable to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement, a deal that governs the league as a whole.) Marshall told
Adam Schefter that he believes that there will be a lockout and if so, he will need to get a job so his "first team would be the Nuggets and [his] second team will be the Heat."
What is Marshall talking about? Aside from the fact that even his own coach thinks he has no ups to play in the NBA, why would Marshall feel it appropriate to discuss the certainty of a lockout and his future NBA career in 2011 when Schefter is interviewing him for his minutes of fame with the Dolphins in 2010?
Marshall's quarterback, Chad Henne, was sitting beside him during the interview and didn't even seem to flinch. Marshall then implied that Henne should become a professional bowler should there be a lockout - Henne then played along! And the bowling talk was all triggered by a bowling outing arranged by the team earlier in the week.
Where is Bill Parcells, the "Big Tuna" executive of the Miami Dolphins, with the history of intense discipline? Has he lost his edge since being with the NY Giants? Everyone expects Marshall to be a loose canon (especially with his history of being a spoiled brat in Denver), but isn't that what Parcells is there to prevent?
Lucky for Miami fans that they now have an unstoppable NBA team, because it looks like the unfocused and rowdy Dolphins will torture them with a long long season.
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