Empty the Bench

Hannah Karp had a great post at the Wall Street Journal this week on athlete posses. Those entourages have gotten a bad reputation, but sometimes they actually play a vital role in an athlete’s day-to-day success. Take Ron Artest’s personal assistant for instance:

Mr. Artest’s personal assistant, who grew up with him in the projects but is paid by Mr. Artest’s management company, fields late-night requests for organic cookies, is developing Mr. Artest’s line of athletic wear and was asked recently to remove what Mr. Artest thought were giant snake eggs in his backyard. They turned out to be mushrooms.