June 04, 2006

Say It Ain't So, Steve

I just couldn't handle it if this were true - one of my favorite athletes, the one who brought me back to Suns basketball, a low-down, dirty, cheating pig?!? No, No, No!!!

I am going to go with her denial for now ("110% not true")- 'cause I don't want to give up my team. Bad enough they lost the game last night, but to have the guy I thought brought a little stability and class to the team turn out to be just another adolescent with too much cash and too little impulse control would SUCK.

Maybe people are confused because his wife is a cute little Latina and they mistook her for Furtado? Maybe? Please?

UPDATE 6/6: Steve Nash has issued his denial, and says he only met Furtado once, with his wife, when she performed at his charity gig. I would link the denial if I could, but I can't find it online. I am going to believe him on this one.

Because I want to, and because I have no reason not to - all his other off court behavior (at least what I've heard about) seems to be above board and classy.

Posted by Vox at June 4, 2006 06:09 PM | TrackBack | Men , Sports
Comments

You know, you hear rumors... I've heard the same ones about Gonzo, who's not a guy I would think of as a player. I imagine that after a few years' worth of gorgeous women throwing themselves at you, and seeing your teammates take advantage of the opportunities, and thinking about how much of the year you spend on the road away from your wife or girlfriend, and thinking about how you're doing all of this so that your family will be set financially for life, after all of that, a certain moral relativism might set in. Then after you give in a few times, it probably starts to seem normal. I'm not trying to defend it or say that it's acceptable, but I can see how it happens. I'm sure in the context of an NBA locker room, the guys who aren't at the clubs after a game, who don't cheat on their wives, who go to church even when they're on the road -- those guys probably seem like the strange ones.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnny Utah at June 5, 2006 07:57 PM

I imagine you're right, not that it makes me any less irritated when I here about that behavior from these 'role models'.

Working for or against Nash in this one - he just got married like a year ago. So, are people confusing the timeline and attributing something he did prior to his marriage to the time after? Or, is he a real dog who started sniffing around outside the yard right away? Is he just proof that men are pigs? (No, no, no - I'm not bitter at all)

Posted by: Vox at June 5, 2006 09:15 PM

Check that - he's been married almost exactly 1 year. June 11, 2005.

Posted by: Vox at June 5, 2006 09:18 PM

The thing that got me about Barry Bonds in that book about his being a creep was he took up with his girlfriend again less than a year after getting married

Posted by: Anonymous Mike at June 5, 2006 09:33 PM

I don't know if we're pigs, but we can be very weak when it comes to women and sex. It's not an admirable quality, and it's one that very often defies logic. The smart guys, though, take lots of precautionary measures. They take their wives on business whenever possible. They rarely (or like Billy Graham, NEVER) allow themselves to be alone with a woman other than their wife. They don't have drinks with female colleagues. In other words, they avoid "the occasions of sin." When you miss the "occasions" you miss some fun times, but you also miss a lot of temptation...and maybe a lot of sin and heartache.

Posted by: Special Agent Johnny Utah at June 5, 2006 10:44 PM