indilakeshow wrote:Okay, maybe not ruin but...
According the the wiretap, Nash is unlikely to come back for the rest of the season. His last game was the game that disqualified him from the medical retire provision which would have allowed the Lakers to release his salary from their payroll and not have it hit their cap.
Granted--it was a bit of a long shot for the Lakers to get the provision since an NBA doctor has to rule that Nash can't play, but its getting incredibly difficult to defend Nash at this point. I was a Nash apologist, but after this its damn near impossible to defend him and his decision to keep trying.
Are there any Nash apologists left?

i think your misunderstanding of the situation is giving a grossly unfair take on Nash.
first and foremost, medical retirement is not a choice. Nash can't just choose to have doctors rule him unable to continue to play. doctors cleared him to play at the time so how are we as fans even discussing that he should have been looking at medical retirement instead?
next, with medical retirement nash could've had his pie and ate it too by not playing and getting paid. now if he wants to get paid he has to play. damn that nash for not just running off with a bunch of money.
lastly, the guy has a guaranteed contract and just not bother anymore but the reason he's not playing isn't because he's lazy or unmotivated or trying to steal checks. he's been hurt and he's trying his best to play the game he loves, why have a problem with that?
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