Delonte West: Clearly A Quaker

As you might know already, I’m a big fan of ex-St. Joe’s basketball player Delonte West, and not just because the front of his haircut is impeccably straight. But I’m also not just a fan of West because of his thoughts of what makes a good date or his recollections of his childhood.

No, I like West also because of his commitment to nonviolence, even in the face of attack. I’m a pacifist here, and I commend Delonte for his adherence to the cause, too.

The mayhem began after the [Celtics] lost to the Golden State Warriors at the TD Banknorth Garden when [West's girlfriend, Caryn] Taylor, 31, got into an argument with West’s sister, Danielle. Taylor, who had a “few cocktails” at the game, “pushed” Danielle West during the dispute, according to a police report.

The group hit downtown hotspot District after the game where Delonte West confronted Taylor about the fight with his sister.

“During this conversation West stated that Taylor became argumentative and put her hands around his throat in a choking manner,” the report states.

West, 23, told Taylor “their relationship was over,” and she left the club, telling him she was going to stay at a hotel and would be moving out of their apartment the next day.

Getting choked and not even fighting back. Now that’s a real man. Compare that with, oh, I don’t know, let’s just take a random person in America here, how about: Brett Myers. Right.

Cops: Enraged galpal choked, chomped Celt [Boston Herald via Deadspin]
Archives: Delonte West

Here, Delonte West Utilizes The ‘Testimonial’ Style Of Advertising

Delonte West — who really should have been a 2006 Person of the Year for his Valentine’s Day column — used to play for Saint Joseph’s.

Now, he plays for the Boston Celtics, but when he’s done that, he has a future as an actor in commercials, as you can see here.

Delonte West Hanger Commercial [YouTube]
Feb. 14, 2006: Dating Delonte, An ESPN Original Series

Dating Delonte, An ESPN Original Series

As my Valentine’s Day of blogging creeps closer to the end, I realized I hadn’t yet answered my one nagging question I had today: What would former Saint Joseph’s guard Delonte West do for his perfect date?

We (the general public) really haven’t heard much from West since he left St. Joe’s a year early in 2004 and signed with the Boston Celtics after being drafted. Sure, he’s in town every once in a while, and he was in that fight once, I think, but that’s about it. West is just doin’ his thing, it seems, and so I wouldn’t be able to know.

Fortunately for me (and for you), ESPN.com Page 2’s Louise K. Cornetta interviewed West today and found out just what he’d do on his perfect V-Day date.

Among the highlights:

“Got to keep a little gangsta, you can’t be too soft. You can’t be in there playing some guy that’s crying, talking about don’t leave me and love me baby, wah wah and all that. So Jim Jones pumping and then from there, wind blowing through the hair, boom, we get straight to the point — we eat afterwards because I don’t want to kiss no onions. I don’t want to kiss you tasting like onions and steak and mushrooms and everything.” [...]

“From there, hopefully she’s got money because I hope Jaws gets her, boom, make sure she got me in the will, bank, I’m good. Oh well, shark got her! Jaws got her. Nah, we ain’t going there.” [...]

“Give her a kiss, tell her I enjoyed my night, let’s do it again. I don’t want her in a situation, because skinny-dipping, she’ll already be shaky about doing that if it’s an early date, but most likely she will [skinny-dip], but I don’t want to end up in one of those situations where you’re feeling the mood too much and you try to press the situation and you came all out your hook up.” [...]

“When we’re on the yacht eating, we’re going to have some Popeyes chicken. That’s for dinner. It’s to let her know, put a mental image on her mind, first and foremost, if you ain’t from the hood, you don’t like Popeyes chicken. Everyone there loves Popeyes chicken and the biscuits — phew.”

Man, I think I want to go on a date with Delonte West now.

Flowers, Popeye’s and romance [ESPN.com Page 2]