JAVON FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN VEGAS!!!

[Scott Campbell]

It's too bad the Commish can't suspend him for this. Or can he?


Could have been a drug deal gone bad.

[packers11]

WALKERS EXPLANATION

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WALKER SPEAKS, MAKES NO SENSE
Posted by Mike Florio on June 17, 2008, 10:45 p.m.
Raiders receiver Javon Walker has given an exclusive interview to TheDirty.com, a web site that gathered notoriety over the past few months for, among other things, the publication of photographs of NFL players in compromising positions.

Here’s Walker’s claim: “I was just back at my room and at about 5:30 in the morning, I got a knock at the door, I opened it and 3 guys with guns were there, they cracked me in the head a few times knocking me unconcious. They then robbed me of everything I had– my watch– money– everything! Somehow they got me to the car and dropped me off in the street. That’s what happened.”

Our reaction? Perhaps they need to check out Walker’s brain function a little more closely. Because whatever it was that cracked his orbital bone also might have functioned as the equivalent of a lobotomy.

Think about it. Three gun-wielding thugs walk through the lobby and, somehow knowing the number of Walker’s room, show up there, knock on the door, and pistol whip him when he opens it. Then, after ransacking the room, they drag his unconscious body out of the hotel without being detected and leave it in the street.

Also, and as our buddy Jason Whitlock has pointed out via e-mail since we initially posted this item, there are surveillance cameras everywhere in Vegas. So if Javon was staying at the swankiest hotel or at the Motel 6 at 707 Fremont Avenue, chances are that there’s footage somewhere of the marauding gang of thugs who accosted Walker at his room and dragged his unconscious body to their car. The likely absence of such video evidence will blow his story out of the water.

As we suggested during our Tuesday night visit with Todd Wright on Sporting News Radio, maybe the crooks put Brandon Marshall’s McDonald’s bag over Walker’s head so that Javon wouldn’t know where they were taking him.

If Walker’s story is true (and we’re certain that it isn’t), it’s surely not a random act. Robbers just want the loot — they feel no need to disrespect the victim if doing so enhances the possibility of being caught.

Given this lame-ass explanation, we’ve concluded that any and all jokes about the situation are fair game. And so we present Taco Bill’s Pic of the Day, crafted in honor of the Walker incident.

UPDATE: Then again, maybe it was a pack of land sharks.

[BallHawk]

Just when you think he can't get any dumber.....

[RashanGary]

Just when you think he can't get any dumber.....

He and the Raiders deserve each other.

[SkinBasket]

Just when you think he can't get any dumber.....

Oh lordy lordy lordy!!! Don't go jumpin' to no conclusions now ya'll!

[KYPack]

I've refrained from comment. I was guilty of making a major jump to a wrong conclusion in the Sean Taylor case. That had all the earmarks of a retribution shooting to me, but it turns out Sean just got jumped by lunkheads. So I don't wanna cast any stones 'til i can see what I'm throwing 'em at.

The Walker incident is obviously one in which 'ol Javon used some piss-poor judgement, but this latest bullshit story he has told about what happened (3 masked men, why not 3 wise men?), makes me wonder.

What in the hell really did happen? Most of the events in this case took place in a very public club and some in the back alley's of Vegas. Most of the real story will come out. I've got the feeling we've still only heard a part of this tale, & it will be VERY interesting when the whole story comes out.

[Zool]

(3 masked men, why not 3 wise men?)

And a li'l drummer boy.

[Scott Campbell]

CHAMPAGNE SPRAYING PRECEDED DARRENT WILLIAMS MURDER
Posted by Mike Florio on June 17, 2008, 1:02 p.m.

Maybe it’s a function of things being fairly slow right now in NFL circles. Regardless, the Javon Walker situation has created a major buzz on the Internet.

Then again, how often does a high-profile receiver turn up knocked out cold in the street after a weekend of spraying expensive champagne at one or more night clubs?

There are completely unfounded rumors (we repeat . . . completely unfounded rumors) that the incident started with a champagne bidding war between Walker and Floyd Mayweather, and that a member of Mayweather’s entourage later stumbled upon Walker and proceeded to beat him into a pulp.

Regardless, strong similarities exist between Walker’s most recent incident and the circumstances that preceded the shooting death of Darrent Williams. Here’s a quote from an August 11, 2007 AP item regarding an interview of Walker aired by HBO’s Real Sports: “[A]nother Broncos receiver, Brandon Marshall, and his cousin were partying with Williams’ group that night and began spraying champagne around, ’some of which hit a club patron and his friend, who confronted Williams and his entourage.’ Those men flashed gang signs and were escorted out of the club, said members of a rap group from Williams’ hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, who were with him that night.”

Apart from the question of whether the more recent champagne spraying and the subsequent cold-cocking are in any way related, we’d like to think that Walker would have sworn off champagne spraying given its role in the chain of events that resulted in Darrent Williams dying in Javon Walker’s arms.

When Walker explained to Andrea Kremer of Real Sports the reason for keeping his bloody shirt from that night, Walker said, “It’s just something that reminds me every day of what could happen and this is what happened to my friend.”

Maybe it takes a second bloody shirt to help Walker realize that nothing good ever comes from spraying champagne (or any other beverage) onto a group of people that might not necessarily want to be sprayed with it.

UPDATE: There’s really nothing to say about the following YouTube clip, which purports to be footage of Walker spraying the crowd with champagne at the Body English club.

[Scott Campbell]

I found this comment pretty funny:

Traditionally, I’ve found that alcohol works better in hot chicks than on hot chicks.

[Bossman641]

I'll stop now. But all I'm saying is that what you're asking of Javon - don't wear jewelry, don't go out an party in public when you're a well-known football player, don't spend lavishly - that's unreasonable. None of those things are wrong or offensive. The champagne thing - IF it's true - maybe is mildly offensive at MOST when you're at a club full of drunks. Jeez, it's not even as bad as throwing a drink at somebody, which is deliberately provocative.

I don't think anybody is saying not to go out, or not to wear jewelry. I think most people are surprised that he did not have a security guard or a posse with him given the fact that he was wearing flashy jewelry and flaunting his wealth. If I had just signed a huge new contract, I'd most definitely live it up. I wouldn't not drink, I wouldn't hole up in a mansion somewhere. I'd go out and have fun but I would have some people there watchin my back.

Did he deserve to get robbed and beaten? No. Is it surprising given the circumstances? No.

[Scott Campbell]

NO one was being degraded.

Tyrone, you're being an arrogant pompous ass if you are now speaking on behalf of every one of those "sprayees" at that club. Don't you think you're a little full of yourself - even for you? I understand that you are hip to the Vegas club scene. Congratulations already - I am duly impressed.

[Scott Campbell]

Did he deserve to get robbed and beaten? No. Is it surprising given the circumstances? No.

Agreed. But the story smells pretty fishy to me, and should provide plenty more offseason entertainment before it all blows over.

In keeping with the Vegas theme, I'll bet Javon's stupidity played a major role in what happened. Of course, I could be wrong......

[Bossman641]

Did he deserve to get robbed and beaten? No. Is it surprising given the circumstances? No.

Agreed. But the story smells pretty fishy to me, and should provide plenty more offseason entertainment before it all blows over.

In keeping with the Vegas theme, I'll bet Javon's stupidity played a major role in what happened. Of course, I could be wrong......

His story sounds very fishy to me as well. I'm sure we will find out a lot more in the next few days.

[The Leaper]

Justin,

Have you been to a club in vegas? From your post, doesn't sound like it.

NO one was being degraded.

Considering how you are quick to jump people's shit about being "premature", I think it is equally premature to suggest that it is a fact that no one felt degraded.

How the hell do you know that? There certainly is a possibility that Walker's action did piss someone off...unless you were there, you don't know. It could've pissed someone off even if that had nothing at all to do with his mugging.

Many people going clubbing in their best outfits don't like being sprayed down with sticky champaign and having to pay for a steep dry cleaning bill afterward.

[The Leaper]

I'll say this, the jewelry and cash JWalk was sportin ain't all that for vegas.

It isn't...until you consider where he was found. To go wandering off on your own outside a casino in Vegas with that kind of loot on you is quite unusual and not too bright.