Letters to the Editor
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Canucks on bball
Jesus, you Canucks should just refrain from commenting on basketball; I avoid saying anything about your sport, with the toothless yahoos, the glove tossing and the haymakers and the puck that no one can follow on TV. Even the most cursory glance at the NBA, especially during the playoffs, shows what everyone has known since at least the late 80s Pistons -- defense wins championships. And just as I'm sure there are plays and strategy in hockey (though it remains mostly invisible to me and often seems like a rugby scrum on ice), basketball is an ever evolving series of set plays, defensive adjustments, and offensive counter-adjustments (the league is largely one of matchups and adjustments to offensive and defensive schemes). Not so many dunks, especially during the playoffs. I find it all beautiful and often impossibly graceful, though I can also appreciate the speed and grace of hockey, even if I find the messy way people score (flailing with pucks accidently careening off skates and such) a little deflating.