
Carlos Boozer v. Prince
No, this is not a highlight that included Carlos Boozer demolishing Tayshaun Prince with some miraculous dunk that had people spinning their heads in admiration. We are talking about the actual Prince, the symbol, the musical legend, the Purple People-Person, the king of ad-libs that include shrieks and imitate a mechanical failure in a car. According to this ESPN story, Carlos Boozer was ready to “beat this little man down” after Boozer had somehow agreed to rent his LA mansion to Prince, who then went ahead and made some, well, over-the-top renovations, including: changing the front gate to the Prince sign, changing the master bedroom to a hair salon, changing the streaming blue waters that led to the front door to purple water, knocking out walls, and changing the molding on top of the ceiling. (It’s at this point in the story that I died and resurrected myself and continued to laugh uncontrollably for about two hours.) In the end, Boozer sued Prince, it settled out of court, Boozer was paid handsomely, and now they’re friends again. Friends?! Yes, peep what Boozer had to say about Prince: “I did see him a couple times in New York, we had a good time at a lounge. A great dude, very humble dude. Very successful. Awesome spirit. He has a great spirit about him.” How did “I’m going to beat him down and get engaged in some fisticuffs” turn into “He’s a great dude”?