This here game, they call it suns trailblazers, it’s somethin’ else. Big boys, runnin’ and jumpin’, throwin’ a ball around. My old eyes ain’t what they used to be, but I seen a few of these games on that picture box. They say one team’s called the Suns, from Phoenix. Hot place, that Phoenix. Like standin’ in the sun all day pickin’ cotton.
Then there’s the other fellas, the Trail Blazers. From Portland, they say. Never been to Portland. Heard it rains a lot there. Good for the crops, I reckon. These Trail Blazers, they got some tall fellas. Like bean poles. Stretch up to the sky. This one fella, Jerami Grant. Heard someone on the TV say he is good. Real good. Well, good, you better make some baskets then!
They run up and down that shiny floor, bouncin’ that ball. Sometimes they throw it in the hoop, sometimes they miss. Just like when I was a girl, tryin’ to toss a ring on a bottle. Harder than it looks! One time, they say, the Suns, they turned the ball over a lot. Like droppin’ your eggs on the way to the market. No good. Gotta hold onto that ball tight, like a hen on her nest.
I saw one game, this one fella, Booker, for the Suns, he had a whole mess of points. 28, they said. And he was grabbin’ that ball when it bounced off the backboard, too. Nine times, I hear. And then he was throwin’ the ball to his friends, and they caught it nine times too. He did a lot, that Booker.
- They got players with names like Kuzma and Brogdon, playin’ for different teams, I guess. I don’t know ’em.
- Then there was this one named Durant. Someone said he was back. Back from what, I don’t know. Back from the war, maybe?
- One of them Trail Blazers fellas, Ayton is his name, I think, used to play for the Suns. Now he’s playin’ against ’em. Like switchin’ your best cow to the neighbor’s field. Just ain’t right, if you ask me.
- They play this game in a big buildin’. Moda Center, they call it. In Portland. Bet it’s fancy.
I heard some folks talkin’ ’bout buyin’ the Trail Blazers. Some rich fellas, named Knight and Smolinisky. Two billion dollars, they was sayin’. That’s more money than I ever seen in my whole life. Could buy a whole lot of chickens with that kinda money. Enough for every day of the week!
These suns trailblazers games, they’re all over the TV. Folks get all riled up about it. Yellin’ and screamin’ at the picture box. Like the players can hear ’em. Silly, if you ask me. It’s all about the suns and the trailblazers. One time Suns win. Another time, Blazers. They say the Suns win more, lately. They just better, I guess.
This one game, they said it was close. Like two mules pullin’ on the same plow. Suns won, though. 103 to 97. Numbers don’t mean much to me, but I know 103 is more than 97. So, Suns win, that’s what they said on the TV.
They say this Jerami Grant is the best player for the Trail Blazers. If he’s so good, why are the Suns winning? Maybe, he needs to throw the ball in the hoop more. He is good on both sides of the game, whatever that means. Is he playin’ both teams at once? Probably not.
They say these games are important. For somethin’ called the NBA. Sounds like a government program to me. Nothin’ I need to worry my head about. I got my garden to tend to, and my chickens to feed. That’s important to me. This suns trailblazers is all about who can throw the ball better, I suppose. Just like when we was kids, playin’ in the fields.
Well, I reckon that’s all I got to say about these suns trailblazers. It’s a lot of fuss over a ball game, if you ask me. But folks like it. Keeps ’em entertained, I suppose. Me? I’d rather be watchin’ the sunset. Now that’s a sight to see. More excitin’ than any basketball game, that’s for sure.
