Why???: Trent Williams' $150K Gorilla Chain

If you're not familiar with Trent Williams, he was a stand out offensive lineman at Oklahoma and the 4th overall pick in the NFL draft last season. Anyway, with the NFL lockout on the horizon, here's what Trent decided to spend his money on. Awesome.

My first thought when I saw this was "Damn, that chain is ugly as fuck." My 2nd thought was "They should've never gave you niggas money!" My 3rd and final thought was about Sam Bradford. Yes, #1 pick in the 2010 Draft, highest paid player from the 2010 Draft, offensive rookie of the year, and former teammate of Williams' at Oklahoma, Sam Bradford. I thought back to the interview NBC ran right before the Week 17 Rams-Seahawks game. In that interview Al Michaels asked Bradford what was his biggest purchase since becoming a multi-millionaire. His answer: a ping-pong table. Not a car, not a mansion, not a $150,000 gorilla chain, a ping-pong table.

Of course since that interview aired Bradford could've gone out and bought a bunch of junk he doesn't need (or had a briefcase of cocaine brought to his home and went on 36 hour drug bender with pornstars), but something tells me he didn't. And it's not a black or white thing, it's a mentality thing. Bradford's mentality isn't to blow through his cash buying all the things he's ever dreamed of. Yes, Bradford probably comes from a more well off family than Williams does, and doesn't have the burden of family members coming out of the woodwork asking for seed money for record labels and down payments on cars, but that even more reason Williams shouldn't blow money so unwisely.

Think about it, if you're some kin to Williams, and you saw he bought $150,000 worth of depreciating junk, wouldn't you feel more comfortable asking him for money? Spending that much money on something as useless as a diamond encrusted gorilla chain screams "I got money and I'm ready to give it away" to greedy, opportunistic family members. Buying a ping-pong table screams "I'm not interested in giving away my money."

Now, I'm not saying Trent Williams is a bad kid, hell for all I know he could own a portion of the company who made his chain. All I'm saying is that in a world of uncertainties and in a league that's unpromised (lockout pending, no guaranteed contracts), Williams is doing himself an injustice by buying this chain.

...Oh, and also that that chain is ugly as fuck.