Dallas Mavericks analyst says during broadcast that Saskatchewan is named after sasquatches

Utah Jazz forward Trey Lyles is having a decent rookie season, averaging 4.6 points and 3.9 rebounds off the bench, after playing one season at the University of Kentucky. But a more intriguing bit of information from the 20-year-old’s biography is that he’s Canadian-American (and proud of it), having been born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Lyles is actually the first player born in Saskatoon to ever play in the NBA, a nugget that a broadcaster might keep on hand when his or her team plays the Jazz. It’s just the sort of thing to break out after a foul call or during a free throw. Jeff Wade, analyst for Dallas Mavericks broadcasts on Fox Sports Southwest, seized that opportunity during the first quarter of Tuesday’s game against the Jazz.

How did #Saskatchewan get its' name? Here's what one American broadcaster thinks….(Video courtesy TSN) pic.twitter.com/lD1UtouCkb

— Simon Dingley@CBC (@SimonDingleyTV) February 11, 2016

If you couldn’t quite catch the audio, here’s what Wade said after play-by-play Mark Followill made the obligatory mention that Lyles was the first NBA player born in Saskatchewan.

“Wow, that’s an impressive NBA fact right there,” Wade said. “Of course, That region’s known for being home to a lot of sasquatches.”

Congrats Trey Lyles on @NBA success. To broadcaster: SK's a hotbed for Sasquatches just as Utah's a hotbed for jazz. https://t.co/IwgpIzuddw

— Brad Wall (@BradWall306) February 11, 2016

Followill immediately questioned this supposed fact being shared with the audience. But Wade stuck to his guns, even telling Followill to “look it up,” according to CTV News. Hey, you have to sound definitive on television. CTV News also spoke to a sasquatch expert who noted that sasquatch sightings are actually far more common in the Pacific Northwest than Saskatchewan.

Well, now. We may have to get one of Awful Announcing’s Canadian staffers to investigate this further. What do you say, Andrew Bucholtz?

In the meantime, we uncovered a clip that may or may not be actual footage from Saskatchewan. Perhaps it was part of Wade’s research before the Mavs played the Jazz. And to be fair, it’s riveting stuff.

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