Gheorghasbord: Bargain Bin

Running a pipe cleaner through the mind tunnels so we can get the good stuff unstuck.

I shed an involuntary tear a couple of days ago when I saw this Tweet:

If the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique was the soundtrack of my sophomore year of college, Mickey's was the libation. Dave, Whitney and I would gingerly step over the discarded 'loobsters' (upon removal, the tops of Mickey's bottles resembled little metal crustaceans, and could cut a fella's feet just as easily), plop down on the couch, open three more bottles, and fire up the six-disc CD changer. The demise of that iconic brand was cause for lamentation of time gone by, the inevitable inexorable march to our own final malt liquor buzz.

As it turns out, my tears were misplaced, as @DanShuftan clarified in his next Tweet:

Not cool, Dan.

In much better news of the cheap, I've stumbled upon a site that's going to both cost and save me a lot of money fueling a habit. DHgate is essentially Chinese eBay, a cornucopia of consumer goods, only at prices significantly below those available for comparable goods here in capitalism's, um, capital. I got turned onto it by the good people at SiriusXM FC during a discussion about places to find cut-rate soccer jerseys.

I own an increasing number of such jerseys, from the Dutch national team 2014 World Cup top, to a DC United Pride pregame warmup, to a Sporting Kansas City kit my brother in-law got me a few years back, among others. But these things ain't cheap - even a replica jersey goes for close to $100 at the major outfitters. So imagine my glee when I went looking for an N'golo Kante France kit on DHgate and found one that looked decent (at least online) for $18. At that price, even if it showed up made of paper machè it wouldn't be much of a loss.

But when it showed up, it was damn near perfect, with the Euro 2020 patches in the right place and seemingly authentic Nike fabric. And so I grabbed Marcus Rashford England Euros top for the same price. 

I might have a problem.

Speaking of problems, and of athlete merch that I need to buy (preferably on the cheap), the artist formerly known as the Knighthawk has become that much more badass. After a well-reviewed first season in the NBA, Nathan Knight signed a two-way deal with Minnesota this week. 

We're in the market for Knightwolf stuff. Danimal, JMU's Matt Lewis just signed with Minnesota, as well. We'll look out for deals for you, too.

And finally, this isn't directly on point, but when you hit a tough three-pointer with a million dollars on the line, you get some run here. With his Boeheim's Army team trailing 67-66 to Team 23 and a target score of 69 meaning that his opponent could win The Basketball Tournament with any basket, Keifer Sykes took advantage of his defender's momentary distraction to hit a pull-up three worth a cool mil.

Sykes, who played at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, announced after the game that he'd signed a deal with the Indiana Pacers. Pretty decent day.