According to ESPN Los Angeles' Dave McMenamin, the Los Angeles Lakers big men, along with conditioning coach Tim DiFrancesco, pitched in together and purchased a cow:
That's right, Chris Kaman, Robert Sacre and Lakers strength and conditioning coach Tim DiFrancesco bought a cow.
This isn't like Billy Crystal's pet cow Norman in "City Slickers." The three of them are going in together on a full cow's worth of beef after it's been to the butcher, or approximately 400 pounds of cuts of meat for their freezers.
DiFrancesco, who has picked up the nickname "Grass-Fed Tim" around the team because of his belief in the health benefits of eating grass-fed beef, came up with the idea after connecting with a farm that raises grass-fed cows down in San Diego.
You couldn't have made this up if you tried. It's wonderfully random and, let's face it, fitting for a known outdoorsman like Kaman.
Just be happy the trio has a purpose for their transaction. They're pooling their resources for the health benefits, not stocking up on, well, livestock to do some real-life cow-tapulting.
The cuts of meat will be divvied up amongst the three of them. Initially, the cow whisperers were supposed to be a quartet, but Lakers trainer Gary Vitti backed out because he ran out of freezer space. Sacre faced the same issue, though he wasn't about to let that stop him.
"I had to go to a Best Buy to go buy me a 15 cubic foot freezer," said Sacre, per McMenamin. "It’s, uh, it’s intense."
I'll say. Both Sacre and DiFrancesco will receive 100 pounds of beef, while Kaman will be getting 200.
NBA players are known for their extravagant transactions, but I must admit, investing in a cow is new. And not at all as expensive as I imagined. Sacre said wi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
