Delonte West: Male Model, Shrimp Enthusiast

From today's Herald:

Celtics guard [Delonte West] is one of several professional athletes, including two members of the Chicago Bears, featured in a food article in the latest edition of GQ.

West was asked to be a celebrity taster last November at a local restaurant as part of the piece. His picture in the feature is significantly smaller than that of the other athletes.

“It’s a nice way to jump off my modeling career - I have to start small,” [Delonte West] said. “My agent set it up for me. Both of the dishes I tasted were pasta and shrimp.”

Delonte's quote makes pretty much no sense at all, although my allegiance to the elfantine young guard forces me to accept his logic as sound. Not since Dwayne Schintzius left the Celtics to become a male model in Lithuania has such an unattractive Celtic ventured into the dangerous waters of modeling. Usually we leave endeavors such as these to our oft-injured sharpshooting dreamboat Wally Szczerbiak, but that won't stop Delonte from swan-diving in without hesitation.

I admit, I am a sucker for Celtics advertising. I woke up this morning on my Bernie and Phil's Tommy Heinsohn edition Sealy Posturepedic and drove to work in my Big Al Jefferson Limited Edition Silverado while wearing my Paul Pierce Nike Second Coming white warm up suit.So clearly, whatever Delonte West models, I will buy.

Nevertheless, Delonte's modeling career seems especially bleak considering that his appearance in GQ doesn't really appear to have anything to do with modeling in the first place. I mean, eating two shrimp and pasta dishes (so much for variety) isn't exactly walking down the runway in Milan. In fact, common knowledge says that eating in the first place is incompatible with fashion stardom. And we know Delonte loves to eat (see: Popeye's Chicken) Add to that the fact that GQ has apparently shrunk West's headshot to be smaller in size than two members of the stunningly ugly Chicago Bears...and West would not sem to be in position to launch a second career in front of the camera.

I, for one, applaud West's agent for setting up this exciting photo op for Delonte. Considering his ongoing psychotic girlfriend woes, Delonte needed a little break from the bad press. Modeling career or no modeling career, the ladies needed a sign that Delonte was back on the scene, and can't no crazy suicidal bitty gone hold him down. Not to mention shrimp is a known aphrodesiac. Mothers, lock up your daughters!