Steve Nash. If you saw him Sunday night in the Phoenix - San Antonio NBA playoff game you had to be pretty impressed. Second half, he took a shot just above the eye from Tim Duncan. The blood flowed, he left the game, took 6 stitches over the eye and came back. He came back and he played. No, he more than played. He paced the Suns to a win and a 4 game series sweep. Phoenix wasn't supposed to win this series, let alone sweep it.
Nash says he couldn't see in the fourth quarter. The injured eye was closed shut. That's critical for a guy like Nash because he's all about vision. Still, with half his normal eye sight he came back with 10 points and 5 assists.
They say Einstien could see light. Ted Williams could see the seams on a 100 mile an hour fast ball. Motzart didn't just write notes, he could see the notes. Gretzky knew where his teammates were going be before they did. Vision, anticipation. Their world moves in slow motion. They see things we can't. That's how Steve Nash plays basketball.
Every now and then you're lucky enough to work with someone like Nash. They don't just see the forrest they see every tree. The get it. They see the big picture. They make the people around them better. They take as much pleasure from your success as their success. They're team players in the truest sense of the word.
When some people hear the old line..."There's no "I" in team", they'll think to themselves...maybe so but there is a "m-e". We've all seen that attitude.
Someone once said about Nash..."How much money you think he's made for his tammates?" Players who have left Phoenix with big reputations which they parlay into fat contracts. Problem is once Nash isn't around dishing them the ball....not so good anymore.
Nash amazes me. He's special. I would love to be able to do what he does. But hey...I'm a 6-1 white guy from Canada who can't jump. Wait a minute, Nash is a 6-1 white guy from Canada who can't jump! Okay...I know they have him listed at 6-3...but if Nash is 6-3...then I'm built like Hugh Jackman. Okay...let him be 6-3. Call me Wolverine...I've been called a wolverine before....and...other 4 legged animals.
You do not win the NBA MVP 2 years in a row (and almost 3 in a row, losing to Nowitzki) without being an amazing team player.
On top of that, Nash is actively involved in charity and humanitarian work, has an Order of Canada honor and is a proud Canadian...What's not to like!
I have always loved Steve Nash... and decidedly not in a manly way. But also in a admiring way. He's the reason I watch b'ball. When he retires, he's the reason the I won't watch. Not, god willing, that retirement is at hand!
Cricket Girl: He signed a 2 year contract extension. His body is pretty beat up. He probably wont last mught longer he's given us a hell of a ride.
He's 6'3"??? I'm not a basketball fan by any stretch of the imagination but I just happened upon the game while looking for something on the Food Network or HGTV.
My first thought was "who's the skinny little runt?" He looked all of 5'2" out there with all those giants.