I've been looking for a local angle so I could write about my favorite thing that's happened in 2010—the NBA`'s Los Suns.

The only angle I have is this: Washington State Democratic Party Chair Dwight Pelz—a huge NBA fan—was making jokes at a Belltown sports bar on Monday night while watching Game One of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio Spurs about how the refs should start checking everybody's papers.

The joke was a dig at the recent legislation passed in Arizona that gives law enforcement the power to racially profile in a reactionary effort to arrest illegal immigrants.

Even though I'm a giant Steve Nash fan, thanks to Arizona's 1933-era law, it's hard to root for the Suns.

That was until the very next night, Tuesday night, when Phoenix owner Robert Sarver—with the approval of his players—decided to outfit the Suns in "Los Suns" jerseys for Wednesday's game on Cinco de Mayo.

And the protest came with great quotes from players like Nash:

"We have a lot of love for our Latino fans, we have Latino players on both teams, and unfortunately that's the group that's targeted by this bill, and that's a shame."

The NBA strongly backed the move—they even shifted to a camera shot of an Al Sharpton-doing-Selma-to-Montgomery-march (Sharpton was wearing a Nash Los Suns jersey)—during last night's game, which Phoenix won 110-102.

I liked San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's thoughts best. After lamenting the Arizona law, he said: "The reaction is important too, and this reaction—I agree with Mr. Sarver."

Phoenix's 1960s-style political stand is exciting (when's the last time we had a Muhammad Ali or Tommie Smith on the scene.)

The NBA is synonymous with American cities. With its diverse fan base—and its 30 franchises based in America's cities alongside the nation's music clubs, apartment buildings, transit stops, bike lanes, recording studios, app startups, and P-Patches that make up America's Blue voting bloc—the NBA couldn't help but object to Arizona law.

The NBA's Arizona franchise was the perfect platform for showcasing America's reaction to the awful law.