What did Sapp say?

During NFL Live today, Warren Sapp offered the following while praising Brett Favre: "pressure only busts a pipe, and I think he's not made of PCP."

PCP is the abbreviation for phencyclidine, a dissociative drug. Sapp was looking for PVC, which is the abbreviation for the common thermoplastic polymer polyvinyl chloride.

However, it's hard to bust on Sapp too much for a simple slip of the tongue like this one. On the other hand, the idea that LBJ or Kobe taking the massive money being talked about from a team in Europe will automatically lead to David Stern opening up a European NBA division is ludicrous in a much more offensive fashion. At this point, I'm not sure who I first heard this idea from (I think it was someone on ATH or PTI). But, that's neither here nor there.

The problem with that thought is that I seriously doubt LeBron James wants to play in Greece (over NY) if the money is the same. So, unless Stern is going to allow the European teams to circumvent the salary structure associated with the rest of the NBA, James isn't going to reside on the other side of the Atlantic while playing in the NBA. I don't always know what Stern is thinking, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to shift the power in the NBA to Europe by allowing European squads in his league to pay free agents whatever they want. Stern won't allow it and neither will the North American owners.

If Stern thinks Kobe and LeBron (and others stars) might actually leave the NBA, he might have to rethink the current salary structure in the game - which wouldn't be a bad idea, if you ask me. Or, is it possible that Kobe and LeBron are posturing and are just using the prospect of a big European deal to get more money in the NBA?