11.21.2008

Tony Allen, High Plains Drifter

The other day I compared Tony Allen to a drifter from the 1960s. It wasn't a shot at TA. Ok, it was a shot. But, you know, at other times I've compared him to Deion Sanders.

While I remain a bit befuddled by #42, I may be on to something.

"Intense free spirit."

I hate to do this, but I'm gonna compare him to me.

You know me. I'm into all that 1960s love and civil rights stuff. Sheryl Crow, Bono, and Sting. Free your mind, and all that jazz. At the same time, I'm all about the bottom line. Give me a box score and bottom line it for me.

Somewhere in the middle of that confusion lies Tony Allen, though I suspect he knows very little about the 60s.

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