Oh Canada!

Now who would have thought that I would be blogging about Canada? What does our neighbor to the North have to do with Basketball? Well, my friend, you are in luck...follow my lead...er, ramble. Three words for you. Doctor James Naismith. Born in Canada, creator of the great sport we all know and love. I am sure he never thought that his game with two peach baskets and a soccer ball would ever have metamorphosis into the bling blinging, three point raining, cross over dribbling, tomahawk jamming, 360 spinning, last second swishing and gansta slapping rejections it is today.

Up until this post, the only thing I had to say about Canada was, "You think I'm sloooow because I am from Canada, eh?" Screw hockey, American's can't follow the puck. Anyone remember when Fox tried to make the puck glowing, back in the day to so we could? Pathetic. Screw all the actors from Canada (maybe except Pam Anderson, but even she is getting old now). The beer ain't all that, like me and my buds are gonna grab an ice cold Molson's or Labatt Blue? I'll pass. I'll take a Bud Light or Bud Heavy any day of the week. Well then, what is the best export out of Canada? Answer is simple, my dog Steve Nash. Plays the game like it should be played. A point guard that passes, shoots well from the field and from the line and had a good assist-to-turnover ration. Clutch player, tough player, assist master and mad athlete to boot. Dude could easily play professional soccer (joga bonito) if he so desired, but lucky for us, he plays basketball. Lucky for me, he is on my fantasy basketball team. I once dissed Don Nelson for saying he could build a team around Nash. His first few years in the L, out of Santa Clara, I never saw it coming. Oh how he proved me wrong. Now only if that one corrupt ref hadn't rigged the Western Conference finals, and the Suns had won the Championship, Nelly probably would have had his statement validated. I guess Nash did get back to back MVP's.

Like Curtis Blow so eloquently rapped, "Basketball is my favorite sport..." Instead of dissing the Canadians for everything from currency conversion to their lack of cuisine, let's thank them for the sport we all can't live without.