You could hear the talk dwindling.
No more was Steve Nash's name mentioned along with the other top-tier point guards across the league. Gone were the glory days of his two-time MVP run when he dropped dimes at will and led ultra high-tempo Suns as the highest scoring team in the league. He was getting too old.
In fact, sports writers even suggested it was D'Antoni's scheme that made Nash what he is. It wasn't Nash's court-vision, smarts, and unorthodox layups that won games, it was merely Mike D'Antoni's scheme that made Nash what he is. The best part in the slap-in-the-face article to Nash is below:
"Most important, has anyone seen Steve Nash lately? Look, I love watching Nash and I remain grateful that he helped make the NBA entertaining again. But there are two objectives in basketball (score and defend) and over the years he was exploited defensively more times than Lindsay Lohan. That meant we were voting a DH as MVP. Twice.
"I voted for Shaq in 2005 and Kobe in 2006—well, in my mind I did—and Nash didn't make my top four either year. Begrudgingly, I grew to accept Nash's st ...
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Steve Nash Proves He and the Phoenix Suns are Still Amongst NBA Elite
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