Bold Prediction: Steve Nash Will End Up In New York This Summer
All the ducks are in a row. Steve Nash spends his off-seasons in the Big Apple, Mike D’Antoni is one of his best friends and the Suns are about to implode. Although the two-time MVP isn’t an unrestricted free agent until next season, I’d bet money that Nash ends up in NYC this summer.
According to the New York Post, Nash is unhappy in Phoenix. And who wouldn’t be? After driving D’Antoni out of town and tearing apart a perennial Finals contender, Nash is 35 years old with two MVP trophies but no rings. Realizing that time is of the essence, I’m glad that the usually selfless Nash is finally advocating for himself.
At the opening of his Vancouver health club, Suns point guard Steve Nash said he will meet with agent Bill Duffy next week to discuss his future. Whether that be a contract extension, trade demand or agreement to a waive him that would save the Suns $5 million of his $13 million guarantee.
“In a lot of ways it’d be amazing,” Nash told The Post recently. “But it’s not simple. A lot of stuff has to go right for me to be in New York.”
While the consumate professional isn’t going to come out and say it, I truly believe that super agent Duffy will find a way to land Nash in a Knicks uniform this summer – perhaps even in a sign-and-trade for Nate Robinson.
What do you think?
July 4th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
LFan says:
This’d be as cool as hearing about who won the 4 rings shirts would be.
July 4th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Dime Magazine says:
Haha. Monday!
July 4th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
JL says:
Nash on the squad would help with recruitment…
Back to the lottery for Phoenix for about the next decade…They would want to get good value for Amare when they trade him! Drafting Tyler Griffin – y’all deserve what you get punks!
July 4th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
tp says:
ohhh please let me win please let me win…
July 4th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
LFan says:
Cool.
As far as this deal…it has to happen. JL is on the money, this and the Amare trade can be the final moves to sending Phoenix back to the lottery and Kerr back to TNT where they belong.
That’s what those punk ass Suns fans get for talking all that smack bout the Lakers back in the day.
July 4th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
dk says:
@ Aaron
Yeah, great prediction Nostradamus. Is the world gonna end in 2012?
July 4th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
JL says:
@ LFan
Suns fans – Zero ‘chips & still they talked all that s@#t…Must have been too much sun out there in the desert, where are they now? Probably down @ the Mercury game trying to recruit Dianna Taurasi!
Hope they enjoy the view from the bottom of the pacific div…
July 4th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
sh!tfaced says:
getting steve nash always happens after trying jason kidd
July 4th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Rizwan says:
@JL
None of the Suns fans including me talked s@#t…I’m a suns fan, we only said s@#t when we were screwed!! There are numerous instances of this. Now we only talk s@#t at our own management.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Rizwan says:
@JL
By the way bottom of pacific div is reserved for clips or GSW. Take your pick.
Now shut the f@#k up.
July 4th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
dk says:
Do you guys realize how sick the lakers are gonna be if they pick up Nate Robinson?!
July 4th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
LFan says:
“Must have been too much sun out there in the desert, where are they now? Probably down @ the Mercury game trying to recruit Dianna Taurasi!”
LMAO.
Too true.
July 4th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Dagomar says:
Nash wouldn’t want to stay in Pheonix cause the Suns suck. So he’d sign in New York, even though the Knicks are probably even worse? Doesn’t make much sense to me, unless he really is sure that the Knicks land Bron in 2010 . . . .
July 4th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Ansonious says:
Yeah and I’m sure the knicks are what you call a contending team. That’s funny but that’s bad news for me god damit when are the Suns going to give me a reason to look forward to this season f***!
July 4th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Mac22 says:
Anybody hear what happened to steve mcnair. Murdered…
July 4th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
dk says:
@14 The Lakers are accepting new fan applications next week or I can get you in the VIP fan club, send me 75 bucks.
July 4th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
redstorm11 says:
knicks could make playoffs in the east, outside of cavs, magic and boston, no1 is a sure thing, the nets got no1 except for harris, miami depends on wades health, philly depends on brand being healthy and whos running point, detroit is going nowhere and so are the pacers and bucks, wizards depend on arenas health, bobcats are coached by larry brown ,the hawks are the hawks, only teams that could take it to next level are the bulls and raptors. now compare that to the west. so yea knicks are considered contenders when compared to the suns
July 4th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
wanabballer says:
alright, i’ll be the first to admit… i miss the raw Amare – back when he just dunked on people. times we simple then! now he is just over rated…
Yeah i am a Suns fan – but damn… we lost Rondo, Deng, and to a certain point Rudy Fernandez…
But once we hired Kerr – I knew it was over… trying to mold an offensive team into a defensive time?!? not going to happen.
And about the Lakers… i mean who doesn’t love to hate them? After getting abused by Shaq so many times, we had to talk sh*t when we had the chance – i knew they weren’t going to last. I mean Nash had a small window when we signed him…
July 4th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
spaynter5 says:
@ JL
“Suns fans – Zero ‘chips & still they talked all that s@#t…Must have been too much sun out there in the desert, where are they now? Probably down @ the Mercury game trying to recruit Dianna Taurasi!
Hope they enjoy the view from the bottom of the pacific div…”
Hell naw they aint at the mercury game trying to recruit her.
Kerr’s down at the cop shop bailing her ass out talkin bout “come on Diana you don’t make enough $$ to make bail…you owe me…PLEEEASE…you can have tyler griffin’s spot…you’d rather sit in jail?…sh*t.”
July 5th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Heckler...formerly 'Yallallreadyknow' says:
knicks dont need no steve nash. what good is his 35yr old ass gonna be in the garden? lord knows he cant defend anyone. my daughter could drop buckets on his bitch ass.
after watching phoenix fail time and time again, why the hell would donnie walsh want to bring the same main ingredients of nash and d’antoni to ny?
mike d’antoni sucks. one of the leagues worst coaches. and nash will be old as fuck. ny would have no use for either of them
July 5th, 2009 at 4:51 am
Jason says:
Steve Nash in a Knicks uniform would be amazing!
July 5th, 2009 at 8:28 am
Kingsley says:
Well, if he is really so desperate for a ring, he can always pull a Payton and sign for the veteran minimum in LAL or CAV
July 5th, 2009 at 9:37 am
JL says:
@ spaynter5
Haha what can I say, its all reality now…Tyler Griffins spot or stay in jail – BOOM!
But seriously what the @#$% was Kerr thinking, he still had a stud in P Mills & passed on him, lost cause!
July 5th, 2009 at 9:48 am
JL says:
@ Rizwan
Dude you must have the shortest memory or don’t associate with too many other Suns fans…There was plenty of @#$% directed LA’s way – hurry up & trade away Amare & your only chance of being a plus .500 franchise…Enjoy Kerr’s incompetency FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DIVISION!
How about I shut the @#$% up next time suns make it outta the first round – deal?
July 5th, 2009 at 10:42 am
QQ says:
Oh, this is a really good articl…
Oh wait? This is the same guy who wrote ‘Somebody should sign Gerald Green’?
Never mind.
July 5th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Rizwan says:
@GQ
Your are on the money, dude!!
@JL
Hold on, you didnt mention LA before, now all of a sudden it is about LA? You just said Suns fans talked s@#t. We talked s@#t cuz we had to deal with a lot of s@#t. Sure I heard some people rant on LA at Suns games, but there is a thing called rivalry.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Big V says:
Better be for short money. Not really down with overpaying a 35 yr old PG that doesn’t play defense. I’d love him on the team, but don’t think he should get paid too much.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
superfreak says:
not impossible, inevitable.
July 5th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
ProphetGK says:
Nash this year… Bosh in free agency or maybe even a trade:|… I wonder where LeBron will be in 2010?
P.S. KNICKS!!!!!!!!