Friday Night Videos

Folks who complain that the San Antonio Spurs are boring need to take off the blinders. I mean, the Spurs have a point guard who raps... in French. How many other teams can boast that, eh? As expected, kiosks full of Spurs championship swag have appeared on pretty much every street corner from San Antonio to Austin, and today's paper was filled with ads from every major retailer within 50 miles hyping all the Spurs gear they had for sale. No surprises there. What shocked the heck out of me this afternoon was finding a big bin full of Tony Parker's debut rap CD in the local HEB grocery store, amidst all the other Spurs stuff. And it looked like they were selling briskly as well. Oh, the miracles a championship can work.

So today's video is a Tony Parker joint, featuring a bunch of the other Spurs along for the ride. I've watched it several times already, and still can't decide if it's a train wreck or sheer genius. All those French lyrics muddle things, you know? But there is one unintentional bit of outright hilarity here--the Spurs trying to strike dangerous, tough-guy, gangsta poses. Doesn't work. Their choir boy image is too strong. But none fails as badly as Tony Parker himself at being badazz. I'm sorry, but anyone ever listed as one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" automatically forgoes any street cred they ever hoped to have.



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