Steve Nash

In fact, let’s go over their roster:


POINT GUARDS

-Steve Nash:

His minutes and games are supposedly going to be strictly limited, something like 32 and 70 respectively. We’ll see how long that lasts. Nash has steadily improved each of the past three seasons, but, at some point, that trend will reverse itself. He is 34 years old. He’ll have a good season, if healthy. Maybe his best shooting season (which is saying a lot since he’s been over 50 percent his last four with a high of 53 percent) due to more reps with Shaq and Amare and less pressure on him to create all the time. His assists, for certain, will go down, unless Shaq manages to miss half or more of the season and the team tries to emulate it’s run-n-gun days of old (see why this won’t happen down below). 

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My cousin guarantees me that the Suns won’t be trading Steve Nash and that they will be fine with an offseason of working together. I tried to remind him of Shaq’s usual offseason regimen, or the fact that he will be 37 next year, or the fact that Nash is pushing 35, or how D’Antoni looks like he’s out of town, how Nash has never functioned well within a halfcourt set. None of that seemed to deter him though. And he felt confident that if the Suns just added one more piece, they’d be contenders once more (assuming, that they even were contenders this year).

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Trade Steve Nash and Leandro Barbosa to the Nuggets for Allen Iverson and Linas Kleiza.

I remember hearing Kobe haters question what Iverson could have done if he had been the one to play with Shaq instead of Bryant. Well, this would give him his shot. Sure, Shaq’s past his prime, but Amare’s the next big thing. This doesn’t fix the Suns’ defensive shortcomings, but as long as they have Shaq and Amare, those shortcomings will never be fixed. AI gives the Suns a go-to clutch performer who can get his own shot in any and every situation. Something Nash couldn’t do. Plus, Iverson is great at lobs, and would have plenty of opportunities in this offense. Plus, they’d get Kleiza, who could work to spell Grant Hill and could also spread the floor with his outside shooting.

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ave been Eddie Murphy's best film but his performance in the 2002 comedy was a lot better than Steve Nash's work in the first round against the San Antonio Spurs.

Take away Game 1 and Nash was simply nonexistent during the whole series and looked anything but a two-time league MVP. The so-called "great" point guard was exposed and undressed by Tony Parker on defense and looked slow and ordinary against Bruce Bowen on offense. More alarming to the Suns is the way he progressively got worse as the series went along. He looked worn down!

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If I were an NBA GM, I wouldn’t do the Shaq trade. No way. No how. The Suns just don’t know what they are getting into. Sure, I can’t hate on Shaq too much. He did help bring 3 championships to the Lakers, but the Suns don’t realize the baggage (and there’s a ton) that comes with the Big Diesel.

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