Christian Laettner is back in D.C.! Isn't that great? It's a dream come true.
Former Duke co-captains Brian Davis and Christian Laettner wore black and red soccer scarves instead of basketball jerseys Monday as MLS unveiled a new, minority-led ownership group that is paying a league-record $33 million for the operating rights to D.C. United.
Glad to hear that DCU has a new ownership group, but Laettner? Ugh. Well, wanna bet he eventually ends up playing with them?
While their careers were centered around basketball, Davis said he got plenty of exposure to soccer while playing for a professional basketball team in France. Laettner said he was a goalkeeper in high school until his mother made him quit for fear that an injury would wreck his basketball career. "I'm proud to say I can juggle the ball a lot better than Brian can," Laettner said, "so I think I have a little more expertise." After all, he planned on buying another team and playing with THEM:
Laettner, whose unlamented career ended two seasons ago, actually intended to play, coming to practice in workout gear the day after announcing the purchase, but was turned around pending an actual sale.
What a tool. |
