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Steve Nash named to 8th NBA All-Star Game
February 10
Arizona Republic
 
"Go figure with NBA coaches. A year ago, Western Conference coaches passed on Steve Nash in the All-Star voting when he was playing for a sub-.500 Suns team but was leading the NBA in assists and shooting better than any NBA guard. This year, the same formula made Nash an All-Star for the eighth time in his career. Nash, 38, will become the oldest point guard to play in the NBA All-Star Game after being named a reserve for the Feb.26 game in Orlando. "I had one scholarship offer and had a lot of ups and downs in the league," Nash said before the reserves were announced Thursday. "So I never want, at any stage of my career, to be unappreciative of the All-Star Game. In some ways, I'd"
Steve Nash still going strong with 38th birthday Tuesday
February 7
Arizona Republic
 
"If there was anyone Suns guard Steve Nash could look at as the model for what he could do as a 38-year-old NBA point guard, it would be Utah legend John Stockton. But growing up in British Columbia, few NBA games were available to watch for Nash, to the point that he did not know about Stockton when he was named to the 1992 dream team. Nash turns 38 on Tuesday and leads the NBA in assists per game and has the best shooting percentage of any guard. Nobody has played the position like Nash at his age since Stockton, who average 12.6 points and 8.6 assists when he was 38 and helped Utah win a playoff series."
Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash breaks franchise career assists record
February 2
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns point guard Steve Nash set the franchise career assists record Wednesday night in New Orleans on a night that has been more about his scoring. Nash needed seven assists entering Wednesday night to pass Kevin Johnson's franchise record of 6,518 assists but only had two at halftime because New Orleans' defense turned him into a shooter. Nash, who sat out Monday's game with a thigh bruise, scored 19 points in the first half but dished assists on the first three Suns possessions of the second half."
Steve Nash leads Phoenix Suns over New Orleans Hornets
February 2
Arizona Republic
 
"Six-thousand, five-hundred and twenty-two assists for the Suns later, Steve Nash's night was put on ice. The glory of the Suns laid on a training table with ice packs here and there, but not on the hot hands that torched New Orleans on a landmark Wednesday night. If Monday's absence to a thigh bruise was a reminder that Nash's 38th birthday is Tuesday, Nash's 30-point, 10-assist, one-turnover game was a reminder of his age-defying magnificence in a 120-103 Suns win at a half-empty New Orleans Arena."
Mavs blow out the Nash-less Suns
January 31
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
 
"Rick Carlisle didn't get too carried away with Monday's 122-99 win over the Phoenix Suns. Sure, the Dallas Mavericks shot a spectacular 55.2 percent from the field and tallied a season high in points. But when the Mavs found out that a left thigh contusion would keep Suns point guard Steve Nash on the sidelines, the Mavs knew that was a huge advantage in their favor. The Mavs used that advantage to their advantage en route to pounding the Suns, 122-99, before 13,132 at US Airways Center. "We caught a break with Nash not playing,'' Carlisle, the Mavs' coach, said. "I don't think you can overlook that as a big factor in the game, but we played."
Suns' Steve Nash (thigh) questionable vs. Mavericks
January 30
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns point guard Steve Nash healed from one thigh bruise and resumed a stretch of greatness two weeks ago. Nash will have to heal from another one to have a moment of greatness Monday. On the final play of Saturday night's 86-84 victory against Memphis, Grizzlies center Marc Gasol put a knee into Nash's left thigh while setting a screen on him. It might be enough to delay Nash from getting the seven assists he needs to break Kevin Johnson's career franchise assists record. Nash collapsed to the floor and limped off Saturday night. On Sunday, a day off for the Suns, Nash remained questionable for Monday's game against Dallas, an apropos opponent for a landmark Nash moment. Mavericks owner"
Suns' offense suffers without Steve Nash on floor
January 29
Arizona Republic
 
"When the Suns flirt with all-time offensive lows, the number of problems starts catching up with the number of points. But one consistent thing that coach Alvin Gentry feels is undermining the offense from finding any rhythm is the drop-off when Steve Nash leaves the game. It is not as pronounced in numbers this season because the team has been outscored with Nash on the floor too, albeit at a lesser rate. Gentry tweaked the rotation Saturday night against Memphis, taking Nash out sooner so that he could return and play with the second unit some. Nash had been playing all or nearly all of first quarters but he left with the Suns leading 16-9 seven minutes into the game and returned nine"
Kevin Johnson saw big-time potential in Suns' Steve Nash
January 29
Arizona Republic
 
"Kevin Johnson and Steve Nash were not just ships passing in the night. For two years in the late 1990s, the point guards were Suns teammates, passing to help win games. Few could have predicted that Nash would one day break Johnson's Suns record for career assists (6,518), but Nash can do so if he records seven assists at home Monday night against his old team, Dallas. Nash played sparingly as a rookie and remained a reserve the next year because of Johnson and Jason Kidd. Johnson saw big-time potential in Nash, a 1996 first-round pick with whom Johnson shared his final full two seasons with the Suns. "You're as good as anyone I've played against," Nash said Johnson told him at the time."
Steve Nash on verge of team's career assists record
January 28
Arizona Republic
 
"Nobody in the 43-year history of the Suns has passed like Steve Nash, and now it will be reflected in the numbers. The spotlight has swung off the Suns amid their decline, but Nash is coming out of the darkness for yet another landmark moment -- surpassing Kevin Johnson's franchise career assists record. Nash has 6,506 career assists with the Suns entering Saturday's game vs. Memphis, putting him 13 away from breaking Johnson's record of 6,518. Johnson mentored Nash when he entered the NBA, spending two years as teammates before Johnson retired and Nash was traded to Dallas. Since his return to Phoenix, Nash has captured five NBA assists titles and is on his way to a sixth just as he will"
It's time for the Phoenix Suns to trade Steve Nash
January 26
Arizona Republic
 columnist Dan Bickley
"The good times are gone. Empty seats weep silently. And after all these wonderful years of service, Steve Nash suddenly has become a liability. The Suns must trade him soon, before he can turn a flawed, talent-deprived team into something mediocre. No one wanted it to end this way. But after three successive home losses to Cleveland, New Jersey and Toronto, it's time to face the sobering truth. Marquee free agents won't be coming to Phoenix any time soon. The only way to spawn another contending team is through luck of the draft. And the only foreseeable reward for this awful season in progress is a place inside the NBA lottery, where the right number of ping pong balls could lead the Suns"
What if Steve Nash had played with the Toronto Raptors?
January 25
Toronto Star
 
"Forget about the marketing dream it would have been with tickets bought and jerseys sold, the thought of Steve Nash ever pulling on a Raptors uniform would have made fans delirious; adding a two-time NBA MVP has a way of bestowing legitimacy on a franchise like little else does. But, alas, not only has that ship sailed, it never even got to the dock, despite the best wishes of everyone connected with the franchise. A confluence of events — the relative merits of teams in Toronto and Phoenix, the vagaries of the NBA's salary cap and collective bargaining agreement and the lack of assets necessary to acquire a player of Nash's calibre — combined to insure the best basketball player ever"
Suns' Steve Nash could be answer to NY Knicks point guard troubles
January 19
New York Daily News
 
"Steve Nash could be the answer to the Knicks point guard troubles. That is, if they're willing to wait until next season to get him and Nash wants to play out his final years chasing a title in New York. Nash refused to discuss his pending free agency but he reiterated his fondness for New York City and Madison Square Garden. "It's no secret," Nash said after scoring 26 points with 11 assists in the Suns 91-88 victory over the Knicks on Wednesday. "This is the basketball capital of the world. I live here in the summer. I have a lot of friends here. My former coach (Mike D'Antoni) and teammate (Amar'e Stoudemire) play here so it's a homecoming in some ways for me. It's always fun to play"
Steve Nash, Grant Hill sitting out tonight for Suns
January 13
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns co-captains Steve Nash and Grant Hill will not play in tonight's home game against New Jersey due to injuries suffered in Thursday night's loss to Cleveland. Nash took a shot to his right thigh during the game and still returned to play 35 minutes but is being held out tonight because of the soreness and an issue with his chronic back issues. Hill left Thursday night's game early because of soreness in his right knee, which underwent offseason surgery in September, and will not play tonight because of the knee and a groin issue."
Cavaliers rookie Kyrie Irving shows old guard how it's done with victory over Suns
January 13
Cleveland Plain Dealer
 
"Kyrie Irving was 4 years old when Steve Nash -- arguably the greatest point guard of his generation -- made his NBA debut in 1996. The Cavaliers rookie grew up watching this wisp of a man, all 195 pounds of him, win a pair of NBA Most Valuable Player awards by leading Phoenix fast breaks and finessing balls into passing lanes the size of mouse holes. Irving called the opportunity to play against Nash "an honor" before."
Steve Nash's 17 assists lift Suns to rout of Bucks
January 9
Arizona Republic
 
"The Suns lost 13 games at US Airways Center in 2011. The first 11 cost the Suns a chance at challenging for a playoff spot. The final two gave Suns fans great trepidation that they would be denied a postseason again this season. Once the calendar turned, the Suns' hopes have too. The Suns won consecutive games and got to .500 this season for the first time with a visit from their most reliable victim, the Milwaukee Bucks, in a 109-93 romp Sunday night. The Suns (4-4) matched a franchise record for consecutive home wins against an opponent, stopping the Bucks for a 24th consecutive time in Phoenix, including all 19 at US Airways Center. It was a victory that followed the same pattern as"
Mavericks' first NBA title 'kind of sweet' for Steve Nash
January 5
Arizona Republic
 
"In his eighth year back with the Suns, point guard Steve Nash has played more seasons since leaving Dallas than he did during his six-season run with the Mavericks. Nash has won two Most Valuable Player awards and has been to two Western Conference finals, defining his career as a Sun. But he also never will be severed from Dallas, where he still is cheered and probed for feelings about Dallas' championship. "To see Dirk (Nowitzki) and Jason (Kidd) win a title is exciting, one, but two, especially the both of them have been with this franchise a long time," Nash said. "Jason in two parts and Dirk from Day 1. To see guys who mean a lot to the community and mean a lot to a franchise over the"
Steve Nash on title for Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Kidd: 'I was excited for them'
January 5
Dallas Morning News
 
"Steve Nash got a vicarious thrill when the Mavericks won the championship. But he never felt like he missed out on anything. Hard to believe the former Maverick is in his eighth season with Phoenix after joining the Suns in the summer of 2004 as a free agent that the Mavericks elected not to re-sign. When Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks to the title last summer, it made Nash proud. "It was amazing, to see Dirk and Jason (Kidd) win a title,'' Nash said. "Both of them have been with this franchise a long time, Jason in two parts and Dirk from Day One. So to see guys who have meant a lot to the community and meant a lot to the franchise over the years kind of turn the corner and win a"
Steve Nash nursing a bruised rib
January 2
Arizona Republic
 
"Believe it or not, there was a time when this Suns season was starting to go well -- in the season opener. After a sluggish first half against New Orleans, the Suns took command with 18 points in the first six minutes of the second half as Steve Nash made his first four shots. It also might have been their worst stretch thus far. During that span, Nash fouled Greivis Vasquez on a 3-point play and took a Vasquez shoulder into his ribs as he jumped into Vasquez. Shortly thereafter, Nash grimaced and asked out of the game. A week later, Nash still is not right, and his 7-for-29 shooting since that game reflects the pain he has endured from the bruised rib. Nash said it improves nightly with"
Suns veteran Steve Nash: 'We can be a good team'
December 26
Arizona Republic
 
"Steve Nash is frozen in body and thought near the US Airways Center security office, a frigid section in the underbelly of his basketball home for the past 7½ years. Nash is attached in both contract and heart to the arena and the Suns, although lately that could feel like putting your tongue on a frozen pole, considering the icy predictions by some observers for this season. As he protects his body with a coat and scarf, Nash tries to profess his loyalty but remains warm to any passer-by. "Steve, so few guys in your category, pal!" a Bob Seger concert roadie interjects. "Thank you," Nash said. "It's been a pleasure watching you." "Appreciate it, thanks," Nash said. "Have a good year.""
After Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns' lineup a mystery
December 19
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns coach Alvin Gentry is set on having his two-time Most Valuable Player, face of the franchise and consummate playmaker start at point guard. Beyond Steve Nash at the close of starting lineup introductions, the rest of the Suns starters have yet to be named with a week remaining until opening night. Grant Hill would remain the starting small forward but he has missed practice time with a sore right knee and would be replaced by Josh Childress if he is not ready. The off-guard spot is a battle between Jared Dudley and Shannon Brown, although Dudley has been the star of training camp."
Steve Nash reports for duty
December 2
Arizona Republic
 
"Steve Nash worked out at US Airways Center on Thursday. It is hardly news for any other December, but this one is the starting point for a Suns season. Nash, Robin Lopez and Zabian Dowdell were the first Suns through the door when US Airways Center was opened to players for the first time since the NBA lockout began July 1. On Friday, Grant Hill, Channing Frye, Hakim Warrick, Josh Childress, Markieff Morris and Garret Siler are expected to join them. Unlike most people, Nash believes the Suns are a playoff team after missing the postseason last season at 40-42. Their roster and rotation likely will look largely the same as the front office keeps salary space in tact to pursue at least one"
Steve Nash planning charity game in California
November 26
Arizona Republic
 
"The first game Steve Nash plays in December might be in Berkeley. Nash and Jason Kidd are planning to stage a star-studded Dec. 10 charity game at University of California-Berkeley, Kidd's college, to benefit each player's youth foundation. "Excited to go back to the Bay Area with Jason to play for the fans and raise money for the children our foundations benefit," Nash said. "We go way back to college so to see the distance we've both come and to take it back to those days will be a lot of fun and for a good cause." Yahoo! writer Marc Spears tweeted today that the rosters will include Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Stephen Curry, David Lee, DeMar DeRozan, Corey Maggette, Trevor Ariza, Ricky"
Phoenix Suns star Steve Nash calls owners, players 'selfish'
November 3
Arizona Republic
 
"It is hard for most Suns fans to muster some dislike for Steve Nash, but the NBA lockout puts all owners and players on the public's bad side. Nash gets it. Fans have his sympathy. He even thinks they are right. However, Nash would like fans to understand that the players' selfishness comes with a point. "You have two wealthy sides arguing over percentage points," Nash said. "It's hard for fans to understand that this is a business. I don't blame them. If I were in their shoes, I'd be critical, frustrated or even angry. You just want to see the game you love. Both sides are arguing for inevitably selfish reasons, but also for what's right when they are gone. It's a big mess.""
Nash, Hill open up on owners' hypocrisy
October 26
Foxsports.com
 columnist Jason Whitlock
"As the NBA moves closer to the cancellation of more games and more lost momentum from its spectacular 2010-11 campaign, it is time for me to move beyond my criticism of Derek Fisher and Billy Hunter, the leaders of the players association. I'm on their side. I want to help them frame a public message that exposes the hypocrisy of the owners who have locked the players out. In this protracted labor dispute, a group of largely conservative, right-wing billionaires are betraying the values and principles they allegedly hold dear: fix your own problems, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, quit looking for handouts. The NBA is a $3-billion industry. It has global reach. The lack of"
Steve Nash wants bigger involvement with national hoops team
September 15
Globe and Mail
 
""This is my country, and this is my program that I spent 13 years in, and I'd like to be a bigger part of it." The declaration by a multimillion-dollar NBA all-star point guard, Steve Nash, sounds sincere and convincing. But as Canada's men's team sits on the Olympic sidelines for the third consecutive Summer Games, it's time to reassess the system that produces would-be Olympians. "I wanted to consider playing this summer. But the truth is I was rehabbing an injury all summer and couldn't have played regardless," Nash said Tuesday as he pressed the buzzer at Toronto's stock exchange to kick off trading. The spectacle was planned for the launch of a new "functional beverage" called Liquid"
Steve Nash and the rebuilding question
July 26
ESPN.com
 
"If you're not contending, then you're rebuilding. Many front office execs in sports accept this maxim as an article of faith. Once the championship window closes for a team, the theory goes, it's best to blow things up, particularly in basketball, where a salary cap generally prevents a team from adding high-dollar talent to bolster an imperfect roster. Whereas the Yankees and Red Sox can erase personnel mistakes by signing a couple of All-Stars, NBA organizations don't have that kind of flexibility -- not in the last collective bargaining agreement and certainly not in the next one. But rebuilding is painful, and like many painful exercises, it's prone to procrastination. We tend to put"
Calling Steve Nash, Canada needs you!
July 20
Toronto Sun
 
"Canadian hoops star Steve Nash recently told the Arizona Republic he'd "love to play overseas" if NBA players are locked out this fall. Sadly, that doesn't include playing for Team Canada. And I don't get that. Nash has turned his back on the national team, yet the media and Canadian basketball fans seem to be okay with it. Yes, he's put in his time with the Team Canada in years past — at the 2000 Sydney Olympics he led Canada to a solid seventh-place finish. And, yes, he was miffed when Jay Triano was let go as the national team coach in 2005. But if there was ever a perfect time for Captain Canada, as he's ironically still called, to rejoin the program, it's now. Think about it. Both his"
Steve Nash has interest, passport to play overseas
July 17
Arizona Republic
 
"Amid all the misleading, deceptive and ambiguous talk of locked-out NBA players taking their talents to south Europe, it actually is not far-fetched to think Steve Nash could play there instead of Phoenix this year. Nash travels the world like a wave. He is a South African-born, America-residing Canadian with British parents, a Paraguayan ex-wife and a Chinese shoe deal. Only Australia and Antarctica aren't covered. An inquiry into his interest found him dining with ex-Suns teammate Boris Diaw . . . in Paris. "I'd love to play overseas," Nash wrote. "It may be difficult with three kids but I'd love to do it." Besides Nash's worldly nature and interest, what makes the possibility more"
Nash: I'm sticking with Phx.
June 23
New York Post
 
"Steve Nash yesterday downplayed the never-ending rumors of him coming to the Knicks, and the recent reports of him possibly being traded to Minnesota. The Suns point guard may spend his offseasons living in SoHo, but he insists he'll spend this season, and possibly several more, playing in Phoenix. "I have a contract with the Suns. If I were to be moved, I could go anywhere, but I don't even consider that. I feel like I'm going to be in Phoenix this year and hopefully beyond," said Nash, 37, who was in SoHo yesterday to promote his Showdown in Chinatown charity soccer event. Nash deflected questions about signing with the Knicks after his contract expires next summer. "Right now I'm just"
Nash reiterates stance on staying
June 23
Arizona Republic
 
"It was appropriate that Steve Nash had to reiterate his stance on his Suns commitment on the same day his team president, Lon Babby, needed to reiterate the franchise's commitment to him. Babby again stated that the Suns will not be trading Nash, nor have they initiated talks with other teams about such a deal. Meanwhile, Nash was having a "global chat" of a press conference in advance of his charity soccer game in New York today when he received a question about whether he would want to play for Toronto."
Knicks inquired about Steve Nash
June 22
ESPN.com
 
"The Knicks inquired with the Phoenix Suns about the availability of two-time MVP Steve Nash, ESPN colleagues Marc Stein and Chad Ford are reporting in a news story today regarding the Minnesota Timberwolves' efforts to acquire Nash in a deal that would include the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft. I also have been hearing that efforts by the Knicks and other teams to acquire Nash have been falling flat, because the Suns are not presently inclined to move him. But Nash is entering the final year of his contract on a team that needs to begin rebuilding, and logic dictates that there could come a time when the Suns might chance their stance -- especially if Nash decided to press the issue,"
Babby firm on not trading Nash
June 22
Arizona Republic
 
"Another day, another report of Suns-Timberwolves trade talk. Another offseason, another summer of reports that Steve Nash could be traded. Suns President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby had an emphatic response to a Wednesday morning espn.com report that the Suns have discussed trading Nash to Minnesota in a package for the No. 2 pick in Thursday's draft. It came on the heels of denying another espn.com report that the Suns explored sending Marcin Gortat to Minnesota. "We are not trading Marcin Gortat. Period. End of sentence," Babby said Wednesday morning. "We are not trading Steve Nash. Period. Exclamation point.""
Explored: Steve Nash for Wolves' No. 2
June 22
ESPN.com
 
"The Phoenix Suns' general posture has been to rebuff trade inquiries for star guard Steve Nash, but the Suns have had discussions this month with the Minnesota Timberwolves about a deal to send Nash to Minnesota in a package for the No. 2 overall pick in Thursday's draft, according to sources briefed on the talks. The talks, though, haven't advanced beyond the exploratory stage because of what sources described as a "mutual conclusion" by both teams that such a deal would ultimately not work for the Wolves because of Nash's presumed desire to land with an established title contender if he finally leaves the Suns. Sources say that the player Phoenix covets in the draft is Arizona forward"
Suns need to stick with Steve Nash
June 17
Arizona Republic
 columnist Dan Bickley
"Everyone felt something when the Mavericks won the championship. LeBron haters crowed with glee. Cleveland nearly staged a parade. Germany swelled in pride, makers of great automobiles and the best foreign-born player in NBA history. And when Dirk Nowitzki walked back down to the tunnel to savor his first few moments as a champion, a twinge of sadness struck Steve Kerr. He began thinking about Steve Nash. "Steve's celebration would've been exactly like Dirk's," said Kerr, the former Suns general manager. "He would've gone to the locker room for some time alone. It would've been all about the moment and not anything to do with the media. There wouldn't have been any antics. It would've been"
Suns' decision to trade or not trade Steve Nash as much about business as basketball
June 12
Arizona Republic
 columnist Scott Bordow
"Suns President Rick Welts wanted to make one thing clear: He'd talk about the nature of the Phoenix sports market and its fans, but not in reference to a possible trade of point guard Steve Nash. "That's ridiculous," he said. From a basketball standpoint, that can be argued. Nash is 37. The Suns no longer are a championship contender. Why not trade him while he still has significant value and begin the rebuilding process? From a business perspective, however, there is no debate. Trading Nash would be disastrous. This isn't Green Bay, Pittsburgh or Boston. Irrelevance here is a death sentence. "Phoenix can be a tough market," Welts said. For evidence, the Suns need only look at their"
Phoenix Suns to trade Steve Nash to draft Derrick Williams?
June 6
Bleacher Report
 
"The Phoenix Suns need to kick start a rebuilding process as Steve Nash is nearing the end of his career, and the style he and Mike D'Antoni brought to Phoenix has never really paid off (at least in terms of a championship or even an NBA Finals appearance). Nash does still have a lot he can offer a team, and he's bound to be an asset many organizations would love to have. The Minnesota Timberwolves organization is one that would benefit from Nash's presence for multiple reasons. Since the lottery order was announced, the No. 2 pick has been a much hotter topic than No. 1. Speculation over the possibility of Minnesota trading the pick has run rampant and two teams that have recently emerged"
Old buds Nash and Nowitzki toast Game 2 victory
June 4
San Antonio Express-News
 
"You couldn't get away from Steve Nash Thursday night at the American Airlines Arena. Nash attended Game 2 to show his support for his old teammate and close friend Dirk Nowitzki, who came up with a performance for the ages to help the Mavericks claim the series-evening victory over the Heat. It led to a meaningful celebration between the two friends in the Dallas locker room after the game. Here's a picture of the moment that Nash added to his Twitter account. And here is his comment about the meeting : "Swish41 (Nowitzki) and I in the locker room after his big win last night," Nash tweeted. "I think he was on his 3rd cigarette…" Earlier, Nowitzki had an eventful departure from the"
Steve Nash supports NY marriage bill
May 23
ESPN.com
 
"In the wake of Phoenix Suns general manager Rick Welts' revelation that he is gay, Suns point guard Steve Nash has made a video in support of New York's marriage equality proposition. "Hi I'm Steve Nash," he says in the video, produced by the Human Rights Campaign, a national organization leading the effort to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. "I spend my summers in New York and I love playing at the Garden. A growing number of professional athletes are speaking out in support of gay and lesbian couples getting married, I'm proud to be one of them. Join me and the supermajority of New Yorkers who support marriage equality.""
In the post-season of the point guard, Nash is glaringly absent
April 17
Toronto Star
 columnist Dave Feschuk
"The cover of the most recent issue of Sports Illustrated heralds Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls' candidate for NBA MVP, as the leader of the "Small Baller Revolution." Rose, judging from the first day of the playoffs, appears to be an unlikely candidate to fall under the spell of the magazine's long-alleged cover jinx. Just as the accompanying article makes a compelling case that this will be a post-season ruled by point guards, Rose spent Game 1 of Chicago's first-round best-of-seven against the Indiana Pacers making an argument that he is currently occupying the pinnacle of the league's most important position. Rose's 39 points, not to mention his selfless assist on Kyle Korver's"
Nash needs to speak up about Phoenix Suns' direction
April 15
Arizona Republic
 
"Steve Nash is comfortable in Phoenix. Maybe too comfortable. He ranks among the most popular players in the history of a feel-good franchise, and his comments carry great weight on Planet Orange. What if he spoke up forcefully when we needed him most, when owner Robert Sarver put on the blinders and refused to pay market value for Amar'e Stoudemire? Answer: Maybe the Suns wouldn't be missing the playoffs. I know some people want to feel good about the Suns' 106-103 season-ending victory over the Spurs. It prevented a symbolic series sweep from San Antonio, and denied our rivals home-court advantage through the NBA playoffs. Aesthetically, it made the final standings look a little better."
Suns' Nash expects to return to Phoenix
April 14
Yahoo! Sports
 
"The Phoenix Suns finished out of the running for postseason play and there is some belief that guard Steve Nash(notes) won't be back on the floor for the Suns next season, according to ESPN. Nash, though, thinks he'll be back. "I'm not approaching it (as if it's my last game in Phoenix) at all," Nash said to the site before Wednesday's game. "I have no reason to believe that I won't be here next year. [Playing somewhere else is] something I really haven't even thought about.""
Steve Nash not seeing game as finale
April 13
ESPN.com
 
"Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash does not believe that Wednesday night's regular-season finale against San Antonio will be his last game in a Suns uniform. "I'm not approaching it that way at all," Nash said by phone after the season's final morning shootaround. "I have no reason to believe that I won't be here next year. [Playing somewhere else is] something I really haven't even thought about." Suns coach Alvin Gentry, for his part, echoes that approach. Yet while Nash continues to insist that he will not push for a trade -- even after a season he openly describes as "very tiring, draining and disappointing" -- multiple sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that questions in the"
Steve Nash does not travel with Suns to San Antonio
April 3
Arizona Republic
 
"Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash did not travel to San Antonio with the team Saturday and will miss Sunday's game against the Spurs due to the illness that sidelined him Friday night. Nash was suffering from flulike symptoms when he was sent home prior to Friday night's win against the Los Angeles Clippers. He is expected to join the team in Chicago, where the Suns play Tuesday night."
Steve Nash in All-Star form in Phoenix Suns' win over Los Angeles Clippers
March 21
Arizona Republic
 
"The Suns offense was four of a kind Sunday. It posted 27 points in each of the four quarters against the Clippers. But the defense was like a royal flush, topping the revival of Steve Nash and the second-half shooting performance of Channing Frye. The defensive effort prevented the Suns' goal of reaching the playoffs from moving out of sight and helped preserve a 108-99 victory at Staples Center, where they play again Tuesday against the Lakers. The defense shut out the Clippers for the first five minutes of the fourth quarter and limited sure-fire Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin to 6-of-18 shooting before he fouled out with offensive fouls on consecutive possessions. Phoenix moved into"
Steve Nash pressing teammates to 'fight for each other'
March 18
Arizona Republic
 
"With 16 games remaining in the regular season, the Suns, who have lost four games in a row, face an uphill battle for a playoff spot. The final stretch, Steve Nash says, will be challenging. The margin for error is slim, and he knows the team is "in a really tough spot." "We've got to win most of these games to have a shot at the playoffs," he said. "So we've got to play hard every night and see what we can come up with. "There's going to be a lot of factors - guys are going to get demoralized, they'll start to splinter or start to give up, and we can't let that happen. We've got to be professional, we got to take pride in what we're doing and fight for each other and see how many of these"
Steve Nash expected to return, save offense
March 16
Arizona Republic
 
"The Suns had their worst successive shooting games of the season Thursday and Sunday. They failed to reach 100 points in successive games Sunday and Monday for the first time since January. The Suns' offense, and playoff hopes, are in dire need of a quick fix. Oh, here it comes. Floor general Steve Nash is probable to play Wednesday at New Orleans and floor spacer Channing Frye might soon follow. Frye is a possibility to return from a dislocated shoulder for Friday's home game against Golden State but Nash's return Wednesday after two losses without him desperately is needed at New Orleans, a team the Suns could catch even with four games and four places separating them because they play"
Steve Nash sits out again; could face New Orleans Hornets
March 15
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns point guard Steve Nash missed a second consecutive game Monday night, but that does not mean he is resting. Nash needs workouts more than anything, and he had one when the team arrived in Houston on Sunday night, another one Monday morning and one during the game Monday night. With two more workouts Tuesday, Nash said he should be able to play Wednesday night at New Orleans. "I expect to play on Wednesday," Nash said. "Aaron (Nelson, Suns head athletic trainer) just thought it was best to get these two (game) days and then you get another day. We can hopefully not have setbacks with the extra days." Nash first experienced pain with pubic-symphysis irritation March 4 at Milwaukee and"
Steve Nash will miss second consecutive game
March 15
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns point guard Steve Nash will not play Monday night at Houston and might miss Wednesday's game at New Orleans, too. Nash had his doubts Sunday about being able to play even with some progress on Sunday but he was ruled out for the Rockets' game. He is traveling with the team but the Wednesday game that he felt optimistic about is now also in question. Missing the game at New Orleans, a team the Suns are trying to catch, would push Nash's return back to Friday's home game against Golden State. Nash has been limited by pubic symphysis irritation for almost three weeks but it became painful on the Suns' previous road trip and it worsened as he tried to play through the injury, which was"
Phoenix Suns' Steve Nash sits out again; could face Hornets
March 15
Arizona Republic
 
"Suns point guard Steve Nash missed a second consecutive game Monday night, but that does not mean he is resting. Nash needs workouts more than anything, and he had one when the team arrived in Houston on Sunday night, another one Monday morning and one during the game Monday night. With two more workouts Tuesday, Nash said he should be able to play Wednesday night at New Orleans. "I expect to play on Wednesday," Nash said. "Aaron (Nelson, Suns head athletic trainer) just thought it was best to get these two (game) days and then you get another day. We can hopefully not have setbacks with the extra days." Nash first experienced pain with pubic-symphysis irritation March 4 at Milwaukee and"