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NBA action is hussy-tastic
Published: 5/14/2009 9:38 AM
Last Modified: 5/14/2009 9:38 AM

My grandmother used to get so caught up in the heat of the action when watching her granddaughters play elementary school and junior high basketball that she would refer to little girls on the opposing teams as "hussies."
Just to be clear, I checked an Internet dictionary this morning for the definition of the word "hussy."
Here it is:
1 : a lewd or brazen woman.
2 : a saucy or mischievous girl.
This is relevant all over again because the NBA playoffs have been so emotion-charged that my grandmother would fit right in amidst the sparring. NBA action isn't just fantastic. It's hussy-tastic.
Pick a sparring match. Any sparring match.
Carmelo Anthony's gal pal, MTV/VH1 personality LaLa Vazquez, got into it with Mavericks fans at a game in Dallas, sparking a nice bit of "she-said, she said" in regard to who was at fault.
Mavs owner Mark Cuban had a verbal run-in with Kenyon Martin's mother and later apologized.
Big Baby Davis of the Celtics didn't have a run-in, but he had a run-over. After hitting a game-winning shot, he was so enthused that he ran downcourt and bumped into a kid. Guess what? The dad wants an apology and said Davis is a "raging animal with no regard for personal safety." Davis apologized, but it wasn't necessary. He reacted naturally to the biggest shot of his pro career.
Derek Fisher of the Rockets threw a nice pancake block on Luis Scola of the Rockets. The only problem is Fisher plays in the NBA instead of the NFL, so he got a suspension instead of a passing grade from his offensive line coach.
And Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant had a nice little no-punches-thrown confrontation after Bryant elbowed Artest while collecting a rebound. Artest didn't like it, got face-to-face with Bryant to tell him about and got ejected. Give Artest credit for not trying to be friends with Bryant. Opponents tried to be friends with Michael Jordan and he stepped on them on his way to six championship rings.
Should all of these things be viewed as negatives? Just the opposite. The NBA regular season, like Spock from the new Star Trek flick, lacks emotion. But emotions have run high in the NBA playoffs and the fun factor has kicked into a higher gear.
So, take that and like it, you hussies.


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Tulsa World sports writer Jimmie Tramel is a former class president at Locust Grove High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State University with a journalism degree and, while attending college, was sports editor of the Pryor Daily Times. He joined the Tulsa World on Oct. 17, 1989, the same day an earthquake struck the World Series. He is the OSU basketball beat writer and a columnist and feature writer during football season. In 2007, he wrote a book about Oklahoma State football with former Cowboy coach Pat Jones.

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