And out from the ashes rose...Steve Nash!

Said to live for 500 or 1461 years (depending on the source), the phoenix is a godly basketball player with beautiful purple and orange plumage. At the end of its life-cycle the phoenix builds itself a nest of basketball floorboards from an NBA arena that it then ignites; both nest and man burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix arises. The new phoenix is destined to live, usually, as long as the old one. In some cases of mythology, however, this is not true.The new phoenix embalms the ashes of the old phoenix in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the city of the sun. The man was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible — a symbol of fire and obvious divinity. Sweat from a phoenix can cure cancer.