So as you may know, the name of this blog was inspired by the Basketball John song by Robert Lund.  Well, I thought it needed a fresh update as the original is now ten years old.  And with John Stockton no longer with the Jazz, I present to you, Basketball Paul (check on the link above for original lyrics and a sample for you to sing along to):

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
i love the basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

basketball paul
i love the baseketball paul
i love the basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

ladies and gentleman
i would like to tell you
a little story about the first time
that i went to a basketball game at the ESA

well, that famous player guy
he shot the ball into the air
and the really big mansap, he tipped the ball down to the little man
and the little man, he took that basketball
and he was dribbling it back and forth
on the court as fast as he could
and he was dribbling the ball
and passing the ball off to his teammates
and paul could grab rebounds from anywhere
and he grabbed them all and and that man’s name was

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
i love the basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

hey carlos boozer, sing this with me one time

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
i love the basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

hey carlos, that’s pretty good

and then there was this other time
that i went to the ESA
to see the utah jazz and paul millsap do his thing
and paul millsap was passing the ball behind his back
to carlos boozer and through people’s legs to
the ak-47 man
he blocked every shot that he blocked
and he was jumping so high he was blocking shots with his feet
and he was shooting the ball with his head
he grabbed 59 rebounds like, like in one minute
and he broke records all over the time
so everyone in the ESA was going crazy
going crazy for the man they called

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
i got a basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

okay coach has been practicing some more since the last time, he’s been taking lessons, let’s hear you coach…

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
(ok, ok, that’s enough)
i love the basketball (no, stop.  never again.) paul, paul millsap,(who let him back in here? no, really coach, that’s enough) ooo ooo ooooh.

then it was sunday afternoon
(oooohhh)
get him out..

and, and the nba’s all-star game was on
and dirk no whiskey was there
and carlos boozer was there
and lebron james and, and that chow meing guy
and, and then the tv announcer
he took the microphone in his hand
and he said, ladies and gentleman
i want to introduce to you
the best rebounder in all the world,
in all the nba, in all the universe
and the man we’re talking about, yeah!

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
i got a basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

okay memo, almond, deron, sing along here

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
i got a basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

okay, the cottonwood 14th ward relief society, here we go

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
(ahh, everybody singin)
i got a basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

(okay, come on everybody driving in your cars, everybody join in, sing along)

basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
(come on hot rod, err, bolerjack, you got to love it baby, err..)
i got a basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

(okay, okay, if you’re a utah jazz fan, you should be singing now)
basketball paul
i got a basketball paul
(come on governor huntsman, come on gary)
i got a basketball paul, paul millsap, ooo ooo ooooh.

oh man, you guys are great
you’re beautiful
thanks for helping us sing the new basketball paul millsap song
go, fight, win
bye