Enough with the Jesus credits, Mike

Let me begin this post with a disclaimer: Michael Redd is the man.

But does he need to begin every single postgame interview by crediting his performance to Jesus' intervention? First of all it makes no sense. You think the big man upstairs is like "Ok, what's on the agenda? I've got that disease problem in Africa; the Iraq mess is getting out of control... oh, shit... does anybody know what time the Bucks game starts tonight?" I mean, come on now.

Second, its starting to sound like a product endorsement. In last night's interview Jon McGlocklin asked him an opening question about the game and Redd started to answer it. Then, you could almost see him thinking "Whoops, didn't get in my Jesus endorsement." So he sort of recited his standard "All credit goes to..." line, but in a strictly pro forma manner. In fact, if he were Catholic I would have swore a priest told him to do it as part of penance. ("Alright Michael, I want you to say 30 Hail Marys, 10 Our Fathers, and mix in at least 5 Jesus endorsements. Ok? Go now and sin no more.") That's how unconvincing his delivery was.

Plus, it does nothing to advance religion... it just makes everyone listening, including poor McGlocklin, extremely uncomfortable. So, how about a moratorium Mike? Jesus will still get his props, but in more appropriate venues.