Disclaimer: First off, before I even delve into the complex subject of Sasha Vujacic/European doucheyness/xenophobia/homosexuality I want it to be known that whether Sasha is gay/peculiarly European it makes no difference to me, nor should it to you, for we are all god's children--even Europeans and especially Slovenians.
Just off the top of your head make a list of controversial/polarizing players in the NBA mine goes something like this: Allen Iverson, Dennis Rodman, Tim Hardaway, Latrell Sprewell, Ron Artest, Kobe Bryant, Rasheed Wallace and Sasha Vujacic? Yes, Sasha Vujacic. Hell, Sasha is even polarizing among Laker fans. Up until this season and more specifically the playoffs Sasha was one of my favorite Lakers. No one in the league is like Sasha. You could say I was charmed by his boyish good looks and charm, his Andrew W.K. like hair and beard, his manscaped eyebrows, his European tennis player/Argentinian basketball player head band, his lack of conscience in shot selection, and his pesky yet completely ineffective defensive efforts. Although I still enjoy many of these aspects of the being we call Sasha, what I really do not enjoy is his 26.4 FG% in this years playoffs. This field goal % has magically taken all of his other likable traits (pros) and transformed them into cons. These now apparent cons have forced me to view Sasha in a different light. For a good three years I gave Sasha, and the Lakers, a free pass as to why Sasha was the way he is, but I can no longer accept the enigma that is Sasha Vujacic. I must quench this thirst and figure out why Sasha Vujacic is this way. Is he just a douchey generic European that, us Americans, just can't understand? Does he have some sort of autism where he cannot effectively communicate with the outside world, which also limits his ability to filter his shot selection? or to quote my mother is he just "metro-gay?" (which there is nothing wrong with to me or my mother who considers my brother "metro-gay")
Nevertheless, with all these questions posed, I still enjoy Sasha, so much so, that I actually checked out his new website, http://sashavujacic18.com/ something I rarely do for any professional athlete. While perusing over the site I was enamored by how completely silly it was. So silly that I actually started to question if the site was a joke, but rest assured I did the necessary research and this is actually his official site. The site itself is incredibly professional in appearance, however, the content of the site is hilarious. I dare not go into detail and ruin the precious nuggets of comedic gold that await you in your quest of mining Sasha's site. I do, however, strongly recommend checking out the PHOTO and VIDEO sections. Below are a few of my favorite photos taken from the site:
After looking over the complete site I couldn't help but believe that there was something more to Sasha's happy go lucky European feel. Something that I need to address, which I will do in Sasha Vujacic Part 2: The Man, The Myth, The Giant European Douche Who I Still Adore.
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