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I-Hate-Hulse · 03-02-2006, 10:51 PM

In a strange perversion of the Body for Life "the free day" concept, a NBA player's wife has granted him the right of one night a year with another woman....

Masha Lopatova, a former Russian pop star who has been married to the Jazz forward for nearly six years, understands the temptation NBA players are faced with as they travel around the country for seven months a year. And she believes that forbidding something only makes it more tempting. That's why, she revealed in a story in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, she allows Kirilenko an "allowance" of one night per year with another woman.
"What's forbidden is always desirable. And athletes, particularly men, are susceptible to all the things they are offered," Lopatova said before the Jazz's loss to Charlotte on Wednesday. "It's the same way raising children - If I tell my child, 'No pizza, no pizza, no pizza,' what does he want more than anything? Pizza.

http://sltrib.com/sports/ci_3561131

For reference sake, here's a picture of the wife:

Man... all I got for my birthday from my g/f was a 30GB iPod!

03-02-2006, 10:51 PM	#1
I-Hate-Hulse Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sector 7-G Exp:	Wife gives NBA Husband 1 "Free Night" a Year.... In a strange perversion of the Body for Life "the free day" concept, a NBA player's wife has granted him the right of one night a year with another woman.... Masha Lopatova, a former Russian pop star who has been married to the Jazz forward for nearly six years, understands the temptation NBA players are faced with as they travel around the country for seven months a year. And she believes that forbidding something only makes it more tempting. That's why, she revealed in a story in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, she allows Kirilenko an "allowance" of one night per year with another woman. "What's forbidden is always desirable. And athletes, particularly men, are susceptible to all the things they are offered," Lopatova said before the Jazz's loss to Charlotte on Wednesday. "It's the same way raising children - If I tell my child, 'No pizza, no pizza, no pizza,' what does he want more than anything? Pizza. http://sltrib.com/sports/ci_3561131 For reference sake, here's a picture of the wife: Man... all I got for my birthday from my g/f was a 30GB iPod!