Steve Nash is the NBA’s Wayne Gretzky
The similarities are downright spooky.
On defense, Gretzky was a putz with a random quick stick turnover.
On defense, Nash is a putz with a random quick kick.
On offense, Gretzky was a lighting bolt in the Oak Trees — zipping and zapping opposing defenses with both crafty assists and indefensible individual scoring.
On offense, Nash is a Maestro in man shorts — making a mockery of defensive lanes and 3-point arcs without a whisper of conscience.
Without Gretzky, the Oilers, Kings and NHL were dead.
Without Nash, the Mavs, Suns and the spirit of John Stockton were dead.
Facing Nash or Gretzky, what do you do?
Despite your skill, Nash and Gretzky will beat you down and win this playoff game, Big Man.
If you do lose, your kids go to school the next day with brown paper bags on their heads.
If you do lose, your trophy wife spends the day learning squat-thrusts from the 17-year-old pool boy.
WTF do you do to keep from losing?
Anything. Damn near anything.
If it were Barry Bonds, you walk him and pitch to Ray Durham or Moises Alou.
If it were Shaquille O’Neal, you double team him, hack him and force him to shoot freebies from 15-feet.
If it were Nancy Kerrigan, you get some Tool to club her in the leg with a tire iron.
If it is Nash or Gretzky, you beat them up.
With tape on his nose and sadness in his groin from martial arts encounters earlier in this series, Nash took the court Monday.
With the game decided and series squared, bench player and league veteran Robert Horry made a third attempt to Crunch the Canadian.
Weak. Booo, even. (video below)
If such a cheap-shot play is away from the ball, or no serious attempt is made at the ball, the offender must sit 1 game.
Hard fouls are part of the playoff game. Cheap shots such as Horry vs. Nash and Davis vs. Fisher (see below post) in the final minute are not.
Had the fragile Nash been injured and missed the rest of the playoffs, Horry would get at least 5 games. Perhaps the rest of the postseason. Nash out is bad NBA business.
Had Gretzky been lost in the second round of the playoff to an Enforcer, the same would apply. Gretzky out has proven to be NBA fratricide.
At the time of this posting, no word had trickled down from the NBA office on Horry.
Further, The Great One has no comment.
Yet.
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