Steve Nash Puns

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> Can having a part-time player work? > > Gregg Popovich: "I don't have a crystal ball. Ask Steve [Nash]. We'll find out if it works, right? I spend zero time thinking about other people's problems." > > ---- > > Kevin Durant said the Spurs may not have household names, but they do have one: Gregg Popovich. Said the Spurs are a championship organization. "We might have blown out another team," he said.

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>Steve Nash at shootaround had no updates on the playing status of Kyrie Irving, Nic Claxton and James Harden. That will be determined closer to tip-off. All practiced fully. How did they look? “Handsome,” Nash said.

>Steve Nash said Joe Harris’ rehab has been trickier than the Nets were expecting.

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> Steve Nash on Kevin Durant playing 40+ minutes: "I don't know what options we have other than to play him less and lose more."

> Steve Nash says he's "proud" of Cam Thomas for making a huge adjustment from being a leading off-the-dribble scorer in college/high-school to a role-playing contributor for the Nets.

>Steve Nash on Kyrie Irving: "No update. We stay in touch but no update."

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> “Coaching is very overrated so it’s not the biggest deal,” quips head coach Steve Nash, asked about playing against teams whose coach is out in protocol. > > Steve Nash on Kyrie Irving: > “He looks great, considering. You know he was in isolation for however many days, 10 plus days...so for him to come out of that and to look as good as he has playing with the 'stay-ready' group and getting his rhythm back has been exciting."

source: https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2021/12/31/nets-coach-steve-nash-gives-high-praise-for-sixers-star-joel-embiid/

> Before the Sixers took on the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, a game in which Embiid had 34 points in a road win for the Sixers, Nets coach Steve Nash was asked to compare Embiid to anybody he has seen before. Nash could not come up with a comparison for the big fella.

>”He’s pretty unique,” Nash acknowledged. “You can make comparisons, but really his size, the way he plays, moves, and scores in the mid range is very unique and unique. He can dominate at both ends and we’ve seen lots of dominant centers on both ends, but probably not a ton with his size, strength, mobility, and shotmaking.”

High praise from one of the NBA’s best, and he’s seen plenty of great big men over his whole career.

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>Steve Nash on Kyrie Irving: "I think we recognize he’s not playing home games. We’re going to have to for sure play without him this year. So it just depends on when, where and how much."

>Steve Nash said there’s been positive news on the Millsap front, but still doesn’t have a timetable.

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>Steve Nash said James Harden has unfairly become the poster child of some of these rule changes with non-basketball moves. Said he’s still getting fouled, but feels the refs are hyper-aware with them when Harden has the ball. Harden has shot just nine free throws all season.

>James Harden on whether he's the 'poster boy' for the rule changes: "Yeah for sure," says Harden. But he's gotta keep playing, he explains.

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>Steve Nash said he didn't listen to Kyrie Irving's IG Live and is done talking about him.

>Steve Nash on Kyrie: "I didnt really listen to it. And I think I've pretty much said everything I have to say about it. If something changes, we can talk about it; but I really want to focus on moving forward and our group and solutions to the challenge ahead of us."

>Nash on Nets championship odds without Kyrie Irving: "I think we still have a very high potential."

>Nash on the Nets without Kyrie Irving: "When you lose an exceptional talent like that, your roster is built under the certain parameters of having 3 guys, so everybody has to slide up a spot."

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> Steve Nash: "I'm excited to have Kyrie back, he's an incredible player." > > Calls him a "positive for the group."

> Steve Nash doesn’t know whether the new NY vaccination mandates that go active on the Dec. 27 will restrict Kyrie Irving from practicing with the team at home.

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> Steve Nash said he’s saddened and disappointed to hear the reports regarding #Suns owner Robert Sarver. When asked if he experienced that in Phoenix, his one word answer was “No.” > > Steve Nash on Suns owner Robert Sarver: “It was sad to read. That hasn't been my experience with Robert. But I'm obviously very sensitive to those type of situations. So disappointing that that's out there.”

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> Asked if Nets have to operate as if Kyrie will not return, Steve Nash: “We just focus on our group and getting better every single day and if we get the gift of his return, we’ll be ecstatic but we can’t count on it. We can’t wait for him. We have to get to work, and get better” > > ----- > > Kevin Durant on playing for first-time head coach Steve Nash > : “I feel like he handled it great and learned, ’cause it’s much more than X’s and O’s. It’s personalities, it’s training staff. That's a lot to deal with as a coach.”

Nic Claxton said once the #Nets get Kyrie Irving back "it's going to break the game for us." Adds he hopes they can eventually get the All-Star back full-time, calling Irving "his brother." #NBA https://twitter.com/nypost_lewis/status/1475540363536482309?s=21 Steve Nash said he anticipates Kyrie Irving needing a week or two to ramp-up once he’s out of protocols before playing in a game. #Nets https://twitter.com/nypost_lewis/status/1475541490638233612?s=21

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> Both made their name in Phoenix, Nash as a Sun and Harden at nearby Arizona State, but in Brooklyn, they quickly found common ground. Both won MVPs under D’Antoni. Both are minority owners in Major League Soccer teams, Harden with the Houston Dynamo and Nash with the Vancouver Whitecaps. > > On the court, they process the game quickly. Both have led their team to the top of the Western Conference only to fall short in the playoffs undone by injuries or dynasties. Both possess a feel for which other players’ games fit with theirs and which do not. In Houston, former Rockets assistant Kelvin Sampson said Harden coached the team as much as the staff. That’s reminiscent of Dick Davey, Nash’s college coach at Santa Clara, who once said, “I was the head coach. But Steve did as much coaching as I did.” > > “We are twins,” Harden said. “We’re just different colors.” > > But even twins have their own distinctions. Harden’s beard rivals Santa’s, while Nash’s face is as scruffless as a New York Yankee. And as Nash alluded to, Harden (6-5, 220) is built like a linebacker, while he (6-3, 178) looks more like a shortstop. > > But when they are together, Harden said they’ve found each other to be subconsciously on the same page. As they say, twins share a brain. Harden was on a road trip with the Nets last May when Nash had a team film session. It stuck with Harden the rest of the day. He called Nash that night to talk it over, only to discover his coach was still pondering the film session. They talked about it for 15 to 20 minutes, and Harden said the calls continued into the offseason. > > “He sees the game at a different level,” Harden said of Nash. “Like summertime, he calls me, I call him and we’re just talking about how can we be better. He just has that constant communication with me like I know you saw this, but maybe look at this next time. Just things like that to where somebody has a second eye all the time of what’s going on and things that I can do better, and ultimately, that’s going to better our team.”

After Durant played 41 minutes tonight against the Mavericks I wanted to check just how much he’s playing per game. According to bbref, Durant is actually averaging the 6th most minutes played per game at 36.0 minutes, while James Harden holds the 10th spot with 35.7. What’s even crazier is that this actually marks as the 7th highest season in minutes played per game for Durant, with it being the highest since his penultimate season with the Thunder. When asked about how much he was playing his stars, Nash reasoned by saying that his choices were to either loss or play Durant high minutes. I guess I’m just wondering if in a league where stars typically sit on back to backs, why it seems that Durant and Harden are playing 3 full quarters of basketball each night? Shouldn’t he just take the losses instead of risk an injury to his 30+ year old players?

Edit: it does look like Kevin Durant is out tonight 12.8 https://twitter.com/thesteinline/status/1468651214082613262?s=21

Two-time NBA MVP and current Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash was asked about his thoughts on Curry closing in on Ray Allen as the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-pointers made.

And Nash had some fun with his response.

“When I first started playing against [Curry] there might have been a little bit of big-brother-little-brother where I felt like I had the upper hand,” Nash told reporters before the Nets-Houston Rockets game on Wednesday. “And by the time I was going out of the league, it was like I had no business being on the court with him.”

Curry’s six 3s against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night increased his total to 2,964 -- just 10 triples away from the throne.

Nash said he's impressed with how Curry's game has redefined the game of basketball.

“He just took his game to another level comparative to everybody, historically to another level,” Nash continued. “The way he’s able to accurately play this game with such crazy diversity. His ability to shoot and make plays in so many different ways with so much accuracy, and range, and dexterity, it’s almost we take it for granted because it’s now the new normal and he’s influenced other players and he’s still at the top of that list. But you know taking a step back, it is kind of still mind-boggling.”

Nash not only played against Curry on the court, but he also worked with him as a part-time player development consultant for Golden State in 2015. https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/warriors/steve-nash-humorously-praises-warriors-steph-curry-amid-3-point-record-hunt

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> Nets coach Steve Nash said he spent time yesterday and today with close friend and former Mavs teammate Dirk Nowitzki. > > What’s he think about Dirk’s jersey retirement coming up? > > “I’m kind of tired of all the accolades, to be honest.”

>Steve Nash calls Luka Doncic “a combination of Dirk and a point guard.”

We're getting a huge influx of threads about Steve Nash all of the sudden clogging the sub, so please use this thread to do your venting for the next 24 hours.

Please and thank you.

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>Steve Nash was asked about Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander calling himself “the black Steve Nash” in a GQ article this past summer. He saw it and made him laugh. Is proud of all the young talent Canada has produced in recent years. Nash has praised Lu Dort before, too.

>Steve Nash on the Thunder: “This is a well coached, young team. They have a lot of belief and defend as a group. Offensively, there’s a lot of freedom.”

Steve Nash and James Harden were really good before MDA coached them, but under him they got even better, especially Harden was arguably the best offensive player in the league for 2 seasons. Obviously he likes guards who can shoot, run the PnR and being able to abuse mismatches. Behind LeBron, James Harden was probably the best player in the league at forcing switches to get easy buckets in every way.

The most obvious answer for me would be Trae Young. Really good shooter, he has an excellent lob connection with Capela and Collins, and his isolation scoring is elite, with his floater he can either drive to the rim or just hunt a mismatch on the perimeter.

Who do you think are some other players here?

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>Steve Nash said the Nets don't plan to move practice out of their Brooklyn facility, to say... Long Island or New Jersey, in order to get Irving able to join them. "This is our home, this is where we're going to practice."

>Steve Nash confirms that Kyrie Irving did not practice with the Nets today and wasn’t at the facility.

Lets try to keep this constructive. The man is getting a ton of hate right now but that won’t really solve anything. So if you could give Nash 5 suggestions what would it be? Please share your thoughts.

1. Lower KD/Harden’s minutes. KD is averaging 40 minutes a game in December/January. Harden is averaging very close to 40 minutes also. Our main goal should be to have KD and Harden healthy for the playoffs. Their minutes have to drop down to 34-36 per game even if it means losing a couple more games. Right now KD/Harden look gassed and tired. Harden is being really lazy on defense and not pushing the ball on offense. I think lowering their minutes will energize them.
2. Avoid playing lineups with horrible spacing. Nash has played line ups with 3 non-shooters multiple times this year. Bremby, Brown and JJ lineup has no chance of success. Even just playing Brembry and Brown together is a disaster. When they share the court they have a Net Rating of negative 15.6 in 131 minutes.
3. Give Cam and Edwards 12-15 minutes per game. Edwards is shooting 37% from 3FG and isn’t hesitant to take shots. Cam’s efficiency numbers are not great but teams still respect his scoring ability. Both of these players will open up the floor for other players in small doses. Edwards also is a good defender that has nice size. Giving these rookies regular playing time will also infuse energy. If they consistently play bad then of course a change must be made. But they deserve a chance at real minutes at this point. We already know what the vets will give us. We don’t know what these two can.
4. Lower Mills minutes. I think alot of his inconsistency is tired legs. He is playing almost 31 minutes per game. By far the most in his career and he is 33 years old. Its been 5 years since he averaged even 25 minutes per game. Nash needs to lower his minutes to keep him fresh. I’d say lower to 25 per game.
5. Play to our strengths. Stop trying to adjust to other teams. Stop trying to play big lineups when most of our talent thrives in small ball lineups. Make other teams adjust to us. First and foremost we win with OFFENSE. So go all in on offense and stop trying to load up lineups with too many defensive specialists.

I think these five suggestions will do alot to help us get out of our funk. Playing KD/Harden/Mills heavy minutes is really draining the team of energy. Harden isn’t able to play with pace if he is regularly playing 40-44 minutes a game.

Leaning into our offense and playing m

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