Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011 at 3:46 pm  |  53 responses

Steve Nash’s Future Uncertain

by Sam Riches/ @sam_riches

At 37 years young, Steve Nash is still one of the premier point guards in the League. By his own account, he believes he has at least three years of high-level basketball left.

Nash’s play-making ability, dead-eye shooting and locker room presence are coveted assets and with an aged Phoenix Sun’s squad inevitably heading towards the rebuilding stage, the crafty Canadian is constantly rumored to be on the move.

With the Draft set for tomorrow night, rumors are now surfacing that Nash could be sent to Minnesota for a package that includes the number two pick. Phoenix has adamantly denied these allegations.

Other rumored destinations have included the Knicks, Lakers, Mavericks and the Raptors.

For his part, the two-time MVP is saying that he wants to remain with the Suns but doesn’t deny the possibility of being traded.

From the Times Colonist:

“’Given I feel a loyalty to the team [Suns] and community of Phoenix. That’s all I’m thinking about at the moment. I don’t plan on leaving. I have plans of getting them [Suns] back into the playoffs and again contending for a championship. But Toronto would be amazing…and to be at home in Canada. To [hypothetically] be part of their [Raptors] future success would be great.’”

Nash is under contract for one more season at $11.7 million and unless he suddenly changes his mind about wanting to remain with Phoenix, the most likely scenario is that he will be a member of the Suns until he hits free agency.

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  • http://airtsinelas21.blogspot.com Roy

    Free Steve Nash!

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    @ afra33 – Don’t forget how STEVE NASH himself feels about other teams; as bad as Toronto are Steve would love to be playing in Canada, New York is his off-season home and that has a lot of appeal. Whether Amare and D’Antoni want to go down that route again I wouldn’t think so.
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    I want Steve Nash to keep playing at a high level for ages. I don’t know who my favourite player could possibly be after he is gone….

  • Kyle

    @Ronald: Definitely Cuban learned a lot. He proved that when you stick by your main players, you win it all eventually.

    Nick Van Exel said it best when they traded him for I believe Antoine Walker. He said, we had great team chemistry, and it takes a few years. This was the season after they lost to the Spurs when Dirk injured himself, and only played in one game. It also was the worst year Dallas had throughout this run at the playoffs(they got bounced quickly by the Kings.) Adding Walker and Jamison, hurt Nash’s game and Dirk’s game. This led to Nash being undervalued by all but one team with a bunch of up and coming fast players perfect for the run and gun system.

    I still think he gave too much money to Haywood, but Cuban has that kind of money. With a new cap, he’s going to have to get creative if he wants to sign Tyson Chandler(and will have to overpay big time.) Butler may sign a one year deal for reasonable money coming off a pretty major injury to prove himself, but no way can they resign everyone. Stevensen is most important, cause he has Dirk’s back. And he’s the crazy guy you want on your team.

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