May 12, 2010 – Dr. J-Water
During Game 4 of the Western Conference Semi-Finals match between the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs, Suns point guard Steve Nash sustained a pretty swollen and bruised eye socket. But being the tough Canadian boy that he is, Nash played through the injury even though his eye was virtually swollen shut. The Hoop Docs loved his toughness so much, he inspired this post on the evolution of that injury the following day. Well we weren’t the only ones loving the Nash toughness. It seems his injury has inspired the design of the T-Shirt below by TwoEightNine Designs. Big shout out to Yahoo’s Ball Don’t Lie where we saw this gem: