third time was not so charming.

i wrote this the morning after and just never posted it. it's so full of my opinion. i think i've always liked to hear opinions, because they're so free.

3 times i've tried to watch steve nash play the game of basketball on utah jazz's, jazz',jazz'z home court. 3 times i've failed due to the injury and illness of his body. i think he hates utah. i've wanted to see him play because he's what makes me want to watch the nba. i like the suns, but mostly for the reason that he's on their team. i've always been a suns fan, but obviously with steve nash they've been the most exciting to watch in a long time. loved them in the oliver miller years, the rex chapman years, the jason kidd/bo outlaw years, not so much the marbury years, but then the nash/eric piatkowski years have been magical. i love the game of basketball, i wouldn't say i'm the most qualified to be an analyst of the sport, but i could make similar outrageous comments any night of the week like my man, bill walton. steve nash, man, he's got unbelievable court vision and is always running around with a little hop in his step. i loved watching him on the mavericks when he rocked the mini-mullet and made dallas something to talk about again. i liked the mavericks for the first time, but realized that it was mainly because of him when he returned to phoenix. i first attempted to see him play when he was on the mavericks in 2004. no love. 2006 on the suns. no love. 2008 on the suns. no love. only this time he decided to tell shawn marion and grant hill not to play either. i was angry enough to spit, sad enough to cry. my favorite is that those three didn't play, but the jazz kids felt like superstars driving past 38 year old, eric piatkowski. i don't think i'm wrong when i write that eric piatkowski was the most dominate basketballer wearing number 52 in his prime. have you seen the clippers years? spectacular. amare stoudemire had some powerful slam dunks, but i'm pretty sure he only played defense after he scored on the other end. i can understand that, because i've been known to play like that, but then i remembered i'm not getting paid millions of dollars to play pickup games at the smith fieldhouse, i also don't have a shoe contract with nike, but if i did you know my nikes would look fresh and phat. phresh and phat. it was almost like he heard all of his aforesaid teammates would not be dressing out that night and he tried to come up with an excuse or clever lie to get out of playing as well, but it just didn't work. mehmet okur, carlos boozer, cj miles. list of jazz players that made amare look silly on defense. we'll be ok. we just need oliver miller back. glory days. team narwhale is back. watch out. and this is my big brother. he still has hoop dreams. we all believe in you, nick. he's got next. he loves his starter jacket.