CLEVELAND CAVS DAMON JONES ON WHY HE DOESN'T PURSUE WOMEN & BEING A NBA FASHION MENTOR

Cleveland Cavaliers player Damon Jones takes the word 'overconfident' to another level. Mr. Jones has no problem whatsoever expressing out loud just why he doesn't have to lay game on any female for any reason. Why? I'll let him tell it....

'Not only am I the most attractive player in Cleveland, I am the most attractive player in the NBA. If I decide to go out to dinner or a club after a game, you'll never see Damon Jones running behind any women. I don't have to. Women choose. If a woman is interested in Damon Jones, she's going to have to pursue me or we will never meet. I don't have to pursue any woman. I have what every woman wants. I'm attractive, I'm charismatic, I'm rich. I'm every woman's dream.'

...AND THEN YOU WOKE UP! THEREFORE AND THUS AND SUCH: NIGGER PLEASE!

He's even more cockier when it comes to his fashion sense. Jones proudly prides himself as the NBA's one and only fashion mentor to his fellow NBA comrades who seek his advice on what's kosher in the b-ball world of fashion. He is even taking credit for Dwyane Wade being named GQ magazine's 2006 'Best Dressed Player in the NBA.'

"D-Wade was a sweat suit and jeans type of guy. I think my flair kind of propelled him to what he is off the basketball floor. A lot of guys say they don't like it. It doesn't look good. Now I'm starting to see a lot of guys taking on my style. What sets guys apart and puts me way ahead of everybody else is my great shirt and tie combinations. The biggest fashion mistake is trying to reach my level. That cannot and will not happen. No one will ever be able to put clothes on the way I do.'

Oh, really now? Well, can anyone explain to me why GQ mag selected D-Wade over D. Jones?

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DAMON JONES SELECTION OF THE NBA's FIVE OTHER BEST DRESSERS:

1. Juwan Howard: "He has his own style. He's very clean-cut. He doesn't do a lot of color. His accessories are terrific."

2. Cuttino Mobley: "He has the European/businessman look that's great for him."

3. Michael Finley: "He has been a great dresser; very classy."

4. LeBron James: "For a guy who is 21 years old, he has a sense of style."

5. Shaquille O'Neal: "He is at such a big disadvantage because it's hard for him to find a lot of stuff. Because of his size, he has to have everything tailor-made."

DAMON JONES FASHION FAUX PAS:

1. Wearing white before Easter

2. Wearing linen other than in the summer

3. Wearing belts and shoes that don't match

4. Wearing oversized clothes

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RUMOR OR REAL: JERMAINE DUPRI NOT TOO KEEN ON JANET JOINING HER FAMILY ON NEW WORLD TOUR.

The bolded text in the following next paragraph is from the New York Post's Page Six gossip column. I'm having a hard time believing its contents for a couple of reasons: 1. Janet and Jermaine Dupri aren't engaged unless someone forgot to email me the official memo! 2. JD would never ask Janet, nor would she ever agree, to disassociate herself from Michael, bad press or not.

Ever member of the Jackson family - Michael included - is trying to put together a 40-city world tour. Except, that is, for Janet Jackson. A music industry insider told Page Six, "Janet said she would be willing to participate in a few select shows next year, but [her fiancé?] Jermaine Dupri is holding her out of it. He wants Janet to go back in the studio and record another album, and he's also wary of having her be associated with Michael because he's gotten such bad press and is just freaky."

As previously reported, Jermaine Jackson confirmed a reunion tour during an interview last week with the BBC in London. At the time, Jermaine said his sisters and brothers, including Michael, are in the planning stages of a 40-city world tour. "Michael will be involved. He has to be...He is a Jackson. He was at the meetings," the singer/guitarist said. "We feel we have to do it one more time. We owe that to the fans and to the public." The group has not performed live together since the 1984 Victory tour, which took place in the wake of MJ's mega-platinum solo album, Thriller. The band, which officially broke up in 1990, released a final album in 1989, 2300 Jackson Street, which only featured Michael on the title track. Jermaine also stated that there might be some new songs to go along with the tour, saying the band is "in the studio at the moment."

The Jackson 5 featured the five eldest Jackson sons: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael. Beginning in the late 1960s and through the mid-'70s, they scored a series of huge hits for Motown, including I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save and I'll Be There, mostly propelled by preternaturally talented pre-teen Michael's thrilling falsetto vocals and stunning dance moves. The group later added brother Randy to the mix and was renamed the Jacksons.

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KIMORA JUST HAPPENS TO BE DATING 'THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLACK MAN ALIVE.'

Two-time Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou has been named crowned as the 'Most Beautiful Black Man Alive' by TV One's TV One Access. The Blood Diamond star and beau of Kimora Lee Simmons ranked No. 1 on a list that included Denzel Washington at No. 2, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at No. 3, Boris Kodjoe at No. 4 and Will Smith at No. 5. “It certainly wasn’t easy selecting this handful of men out of the millions of beautiful brothers out there,” Monique Chenault, senior producer of TV One Access said, “but someone had to do it. Our countdown wonderfully reflects all the beautiful shades that the sexiest black men represent.” A special announcing the beautiful black men premiered recently on TV One with Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson and co-host Jamal Munnerlyn counting down the brothers one by one.

British actor Idris Elba came in at No. 6 while Dirty Sexy Money star Blair Underwood took 7th place. Rounding off the list in eighth place was Private Practice actor Taye Diggs, rapper L.L. Cool J in ninth and finally, Crimnal Minds actor Shemar Moore at No. 10.

The 'Most Beautiful Black Man Alive' list honors for not only appealing to the ladies, but for having proven themselves to be great men off-the-screen, in their every day life.

*sidenote*: FYI, FAMUDiva, Lamman Rucker did not make the list! Sorry.* end sidenote*

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