Toronto Raptors Speak Zulu
Thatha O.G. Anunoby thatha!
Thatha Norman Powell thatha!
Thatha Pascal Siakam thatha!
Thatha Terence Davis II thatha!
Take this, is thatha in Zulu, a language spoken mainly in South Africa. You say it like tally. Anunoby, Powell, Siakam and Davis are basketball players for Toronto Raptors. Thatha (take this). Team mates are giving them the ball on the sly, so that they can do some banking: approved baskets. Whoosh!
That is what I like best about the team and I’m no expert in the NBA sport, because my umbilical cord is buried in Africa and soccer reigns in the continent. Small boys play it before they are knee high.
I’m a soccer brat. There are army brats, cricket brats, rugby brats, hockey brats and basketball brats. South America also has a lot of soccer brats with Brazil being feared the world over. I’m no basketball brat but I know mind games when I see them.
That is why I say, ‘thatha VanVleet thatha’ because on the surface, the ball is supposed to go into the basket, but Pat McCaw tweaks it and sends it to VanVleet who has a better chance of scoring.
What is the big deal? They have to pass the ball. True true, but it is the how they do it, a twist of the wrist and the ball snakes a narrow passage reaching its destination at the wink of eye. Bham! He scores.
Thatha Serge Ibaka thatha. Kyle Lowry sends a coded message to Ibaka who welcomes it. He ducks to avoid the other team’s intrusion and deposits it in the basket.
Look at it this way. The person with the ball was looking at one player but sends it to somenone to his left. Thatha! Fooled you didn’t he?
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
Thatha Norman Powell thatha!
Thatha Pascal Siakam thatha!
Thatha Terence Davis II thatha!
Take this, is thatha in Zulu, a language spoken mainly in South Africa. You say it like tally. Anunoby, Powell, Siakam and Davis are basketball players for Toronto Raptors. Thatha (take this). Team mates are giving them the ball on the sly, so that they can do some banking: approved baskets. Whoosh!
That is what I like best about the team and I’m no expert in the NBA sport, because my umbilical cord is buried in Africa and soccer reigns in the continent. Small boys play it before they are knee high.
I’m a soccer brat. There are army brats, cricket brats, rugby brats, hockey brats and basketball brats. South America also has a lot of soccer brats with Brazil being feared the world over. I’m no basketball brat but I know mind games when I see them.
That is why I say, ‘thatha VanVleet thatha’ because on the surface, the ball is supposed to go into the basket, but Pat McCaw tweaks it and sends it to VanVleet who has a better chance of scoring.
What is the big deal? They have to pass the ball. True true, but it is the how they do it, a twist of the wrist and the ball snakes a narrow passage reaching its destination at the wink of eye. Bham! He scores.
Thatha Serge Ibaka thatha. Kyle Lowry sends a coded message to Ibaka who welcomes it. He ducks to avoid the other team’s intrusion and deposits it in the basket.
Look at it this way. The person with the ball was looking at one player but sends it to somenone to his left. Thatha! Fooled you didn’t he?
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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