Wait, that can’t be right. Let’s make sure:
Oh, OK. Edens, the daughter of Bucks owner Wesley Edens, is 19 years old and was 18 last year, when she represented Milwaukee as it took the No. 2 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. Sheridan has been covering the NBA for almost 30 years.
Her name is Becky, she is fantastic looking, and she was supposed to have been onstage instead of the 74-year-old Mr. Taylor as the T-Wolves won the top pick in the 2015 NBA draft.
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The bulk of the column is a discussion of a rule change that prevented relatives of owners from representing their teams. Fine. But that introduction, which later referenced “trophy wives or trophy daughters or even trophies,” was skin-crawling in its objectification of women.
Then you get to the end. And like anyone who has taken a lot of journalism classes, Sheridan knew he had to wrap back to his opener with the closer:
And Edens? She’s not having it.
Hinkie? He’ll be the one with the stockpile of Larry O’Brien trophies. And his legacy will last longer than our memories of the comely Ms. Edens and the equally lovely Mrs. Taylor.
Sheridan did apologize after Edens’ call-out.
