Delonte West Continues To Be The Most Interesting Man In The NBA

My love for Boston Celtics guard Delonte West has been well-chronicled. There are very few pro athletes these days that I'd want to meet, let alone have a beer with (or in this case probably a 40 of Steel Reserve) but West is such a unique person that I think a chance encounter with him is something you would remember for the rest of your life.

His latest adventure is that he was hired by Regency Furniture Showrooms, a furniture chain in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. West posted pictures on his Twitter account from his first day of work.

On his application, West checked "Yes" when asked if he had ever been convicted of a crime. For the explanation, West simply answered with, "Misunderstanding."

West was arrested on Sept. 17, 2009, after police found guns in a guitar case on his three-wheeled motorcycle. West pleaded guilty to traffic and weapons charges in July, 2010.

Regency, which sells "living room, dining room, kitchen, office and bedroom furniture, along with mattress and accessories," according to its official website, was the latest employment target for West during the lockout.

In August, West tweeted that he was applying for a job at Home Depot. West also told TrueHoop's Adam Reisinger in August he applied to Sam's Club.

"I actually might have work with Sam's (Club), BJ's, selling knives," West said. "That's pretty cool too. I get a microphone and everything."

You have to give him credit; rather than risk injury playing basketball overseas, he's taken a blue-collar job in the states to support his family and continue to earn a paycheck during the uncertain times of the NBA Lockout. Do you think there's one other player in the NBA that would even contemplate doing that for even one day? Answer: probably not.

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Delonte West's First Music Video Is Just As Terrible As You'd Imagine It To Be

Like most rappers these days, Boston Celtics guard Delonte West appears to be better on freestyle rhymes than in actual music videos.



This surfaced on NESN.com today with West aka Charlee Redz rapping with KayeM on a song called "Livin Life Fast."



True to it's crappy cliche-ridden title, most of the video takes place in some sort of arcade (Chuck E Cheese?) while the guys are shown playing some Cruisin' USA knockoff. West's rhyme is actually pretty decent, from what I can comprehend, but it's too short and who cares about KayeM?



I'm dying to know if West owns that car or if he just got to use it for the video and what the deal is with his do rag/hat apparatus?



My advice to D. West is to get aligned with a more popular hip hop artist and then watch the millions stack up even if the NBA is still in a lockout.



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Delonte West Will Freestyle Over Wiz Khalifa And You Will Be Captivated

In this age of reality shows on every station and pseudo celebrities cashing in daily, can we agree that some people are too real for reality tv? Boston Celtics guard Delonte West is a perfect example of such a character from our local pro sports market.

Whether he's banging LeBron's mom, riding on his motorcycle with a gun in a guitar case or occasionally playing basketball, D-West is always entertaining and one of a kind.

It's easy to make fun of West's well-publicized problems but if anything, I can relate to the guy much more than most other pro athletes because his life is unvarnished. Not to get all sappy on you but nobody's life is perfect (despite what ESPN will tell you) and West's battles with bipolar disorder and substance abuse are part of the vulnerability that makes him human.

You can appreciate West because he seems more like you or somebody you know than most of his teammates or other players in the NBA that appear cartoonish (Dwight Howard) or like superheros (Dwyane Wade).



The NBA Lockout has only just begun but already a video of Delonte freestyling over a Wiz Khalifa song has surfaced on worldstarhiphop.com

Keep on keepin' on D-West, you are truly the man.

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