Random thought: Free Steve Nash

Watching Steve Nash--the symbol of all that is good and holy in a basketball offense--play with Vince Carter on the Suns was possibly the worst part of last year's wonderful basketball season. (Other contenders: Z-Bo not making the finals, and thus not forcing announcers of nationally televised games to uncomfortably discuss the fact that he needed to appear in a court that month, not just on one; the 24-stretch where every mention of basketball on a sports show required showing Rondo's injury; the realization that Tim Duncan can no longer single-handedly defend two good big men by himself; Steve Nash not making the playoffs.)

The one thing we can hope for is that the least alike pairing in the NBA (Nash works hard, passes first, rises to the moment, and once played with one eye swollen shut; Carter doesn't, doesn't, doesn't, and falls down if you blow on him) will be split up once Suns ownership realizes that this team isn't going anywhere. Ideally, they would trade Nash to a contender, but I would settle for somehow getting rid of Vince Carter, so that I was at least able to root for an underdog team with likable players and a good work ethic.