Updates on Nash's decrepit oldness
With the regular season set to tip off in less than a week, some of Nash's teammates are starting to wonder when, or even if, they'll have the full services of the surefire Hall of Famer in their lineup this season.
Nash is admittedly having to teach himself to adjust to life as the oldest player in the NBA.
"It's a different stage in my career," Nash said. "I used to be able to get out, run up and down and feel like a world-beater every day, and now I have to try and get myself into some sort of form to try and execute for my team. It's a different frame of mind. It's a different challenge, but like I said, I'm up for it. I'm positive about it, I feel optimistic, I'm inspired by my teammates and I'm going to keep pushing through."
Pau Gasol followed this week, saying he was "concerned" about Nash after the point guard played only 15 minutes in the Lakers' win over the Utah Jazz, sitting out the second half because of a neck injury.
"Steve hasn't been able to complete a practice yet, so that's the bigger issue," Gasol said of Nash, who is averaging just 3.5 points and 3.5 assists in 16.7 minutes per game in the preseason
My initial thought was why should we drag the corpse of Steve Nash along for a season, but then I started thinking about how the corpse of Bill Walton was able to do basically nothing for the Celtics for a year and then made a last rally in the playoffs to win a Chip. Are we winning a chip this year? I highly doubt we sniff that level of competitiveness, but considering he's basically a player coach and if we do get the kind of development from Young, Johnson, and Farmar that propels us into the playoffs it would be great to watch Steve try to leave the world with a last impression of his ability and lay down the Nashty one more time for the road at a high level after resting all year.
plus we can't cut him til next season realistically, but I do wonder if he'll retire if this string of injuries keeps coming. I keep waiting for "DNP adult diaper rash"
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