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October 29, 2015
Jewelry Store Locks Doors at Sight of NBA Player: After signing a $44-million contract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks, 24-year-old NBA player John Henson wanted to buy his first Rolex watch so he called Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, to see what time they closed. They called 911 and claimed the call was suspicious, then locked their doors. He went back three days later. They saw him and locked their doors again. "I don't want them to see me out there," a worker said during a 911 call. "We're pretending like we're closed."
posted by rcade to basketball at 11:31 AM - 9 comments
"They just didn't sound like legitimate customers," a worker told the dispatcher.You know, not articulate.
posted by Etrigan at 01:00 PM on October 29, 2015
I was going to say that this seems like a great way to screw yourself out of a big sale, but on reflection it probably means no Bucks player will ever shop at that store again (and rightfully so).
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:09 PM on October 29, 2015
Can't lie, the first thing that comes to mind...
posted by grum@work at 01:20 PM on October 29, 2015
it probably means no Bucks player will ever shop at that store again
Buy anything, probably not. But I hope the team rents a broken-down looking bus and just piles out in the parking lot one morning.
posted by yerfatma at 01:51 PM on October 29, 2015
But I hope the team rents a broken-down looking bus and just piles out in the parking lot one morning.
Or finds the nearest public park and has a free Come Meet Your Bucks Picnic. Really paralyze those poor clerks, all those people in their nice Rolexy neighborhood.
posted by Etrigan at 01:58 PM on October 29, 2015
it probably means no Bucks player will ever shop at that store again
Judging by their reaction, they've haven't seen one since Frank Brickowski and Danny Schayes left town.
posted by tron7 at 02:26 PM on October 29, 2015
Long an unpopular outpost for athletes of color. Kareem wasn't the first to want out, nor the last.
(Alcindor/Kareem's title winning Bucks team was one of the most frightening forces of nature I ever saw).
posted by beaverboard at 03:17 PM on October 29, 2015
they've haven't seen one since Frank Brickowski
One of my favorite players in NBA Live '95, I used to torture my roomate with Brickowski down low and a sharpshooter out at the line . . . Brad Lohaus. Needless to say, my roomate wasn't great at video games.
posted by yerfatma at 03:30 PM on October 29, 2015
"After my officer informed the Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers employee that it was a Milwaukee Buck, the employee came to the front door and let them in." The worker asked the officers to stay but they refused and left, according to the police statement.
This is the part where I look to see if I'm on the Onion's website.