UAAP- Adamson.

Now this here was creative.

Remember the NBA's Phoenix Suns? I mean, the Suns before they were infected by the age virus? Before The Matrix won his ring, Amare took a bite out of the Big Apple, and, well, Pat Burke went to Orlando? Those Suns were dynamic, exciting, helter-skelter, and oh so deadly when the buckets were falling.

The UAAP's version of the Suns could very well be the Adamson Soaring Falcons.

Leo Austria's boys constitute a team which any baller would like to play on. Nearly everyone's got a license to shoot. Everyone's in constant motion. Their fans have a sense of humor. Their coach looks like a savant in blue jeans.

And oh, the Falcons are at the doorstep of their first UAAP Finals Berth since the early 1990s.

With the explosive Alex Nuyles almost playing "point shooting guard", and with defensive dynamo Lionel Manyara manning the paint, and with everyone else from Rodney Brondial, to Roider Cabrera, to Lester Alvarez (who seems to be a fan favorite)ready to chuck up shots at any time, the Falcons look poised to win in the big time- or at least, make a series of a finals matchup against Ateneo.

As with any squad that lives and dies in the perimeter (Phoenix and Orlando in the NBA), Adamson's most potent weapon can also sometimes be their Achilles' Heel. Ironically, the Falcons are also Season 74's number one (statistically) defensive team. It's this paradox of sorts that makes most pundits tend to label the Falcons as a mere flash in the pan, a team that doesn't seem consistent enough to beat an Ateneo, or a savvy FEU team, when it counts.

Whether or not the boys from San Marcelino live past Sunday's do or die match on Sunday (September 18), one thing is for certain- they would've made our UAAP basketball lives just a little more entertaining.

Philosopher Fredreich Nietzsche once said, "One must still have chaos in one's self to give birth to a dancing star."

This Adamson squad is all about high octane, devil-may-care hoops. Dance they have- and dance that shall continue to do.

-MC-