Steve Nash’s time with the Phoenix Suns may be up. As one analyst puts it, the sun may be setting on Nash’s storied career in Phoenix. This doesn’t mean that Nash will be done playing basketball for good. Though he’s been in the league for 13 seasons, I fully believe he’s got two maybe three more seasons in him — back  problems and all. The guy can still play, and he proved that  this season, even as his team began to crumble around him.

Steve Nash may no longer be a Phoenix Sun after this season.

First, his new coach Terry Porter was fired. Then his best friend, Raja Bell, gets traded. THEN, Boris Diaw is let go. Every decision that Steve Kerr has made as a GM has apparently done more bad than good for the setting Suns, who failed to make the playoffs for the first time in  nine seasons.

Yet, despite all of that, Steve Nash still wants to remain in Phoenix.
It kind of makes you wonder what Kerr will do next. Letting Nash go would be a mistake, in my opinion. But it’s not up to me. Unfortunately, it’s not really up to Nash either.

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In case you missed the Houston Rockets vs Phoenix Suns game, there was a whole lot of pushing and shoving going on. On a screen, Phoenix’ Matt Barnes pushes (elbows?) Rafer Alston, who isn’t pleased about it, to start the whole thing. Steve Nash then pushes Rafer and then everyone gets involved - including Shaq pushing TMac to the ground.

I’m sure some kind of fines/suspensions will be forthcoming …

This weekend, the wildly anticipated NBA playoffs began. And while there were some great games, for me, the lasting image is half-Kobe-half-Shaq lecturing me on fear. Though the commercials have been around for a while now, they’ve received heavy rotation during the playoffs. I actually thought the commercials were pretty neat, if a bit unsettling. I was especially impressed how they managed to sync up the speech from each player to create an odd stereo effect. I was noting this when my friend brought their eyes to my attention. They blink at the same time! Ahhhhhh! Don’t believe me, check for yourself.

Now, some unanswered questions. Firstly, why didn’t you believe me? And were these blinks choreographed? Was there some sort of blinking coach on set, yelling “Blink,” at designated intervals? If these blinks weren’t scripted, then is there some sort of natural blink response during pauses?

The rest of the ads in the series feature more creepy synchronized blinking. Also, be on the look out for the amalgamated word “Bordan” in the LeBron/KG commercial.