# Basketball question - Canadian pass?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-canadian-pass/73084>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-canadian-pass/73084 "2001-07-19T19:12:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-canadian-pass/73084/1 "2001-07-19T19:12:17Z")

</div>

I can’t find this term in any of the searches (and they are really slow, I really tried!), and I don’t remember it from phys ed classes or talking with basketball fans I know.

[Shaq slams new NBA rules](http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2001/07/17/Sports/shaq010717)

Quote from Shaq:

“Let Steve Nash travel a little bit when he makes that **Canadian pass** that he does so well.”  
[bolding mine]

Hanh? What is it? When is it used? Educate me, please.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-canadian-pass/73084/2 "2001-07-19T20:20:49Z")

</div>

Steve Nash is Canadian and thus, when he passes the ball, it is a “Canadian pass”.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-question-canadian-pass/73084/3 "2001-07-19T20:33:50Z")

</div>

Okay.  
Makes sense to me.  
Thanks.