Steve Nash Quoted on Twitter..

[jiggy_55]

Arizona Republic writer Paul Coro just tweeted this:

paulcoro: Nash on Phil Jackson saying he carries the ball: "The best coach in the league, Gregg Popovich, didn't have a problem with it last week."

Much love and respect to Nash after he called Pop the best coach in the league while dissing Phil at the same time! And boy do I hate Phil Jackson...

twitter.com/paulcoro

[EmptyMan]

lol, respect to anyone that clowns on Jackson like that. :toast

[BronxCowboy]

Nice compliment from Steve Nash for Popovich. I can't stand Phil Jackson either (but he is right, Nash does carry the ball a lot :lol)

[CubanMustGo]

Phil doing what Phil always does, trying to influence the officiating. No surprise there. Props to Nash for throwing some shit back Phil's way.

[Shastafarian]

Oh, hi John Barry!

@paulcoro was he joking???


I'll clarify for anyone wondering. It's not Jon Barry.

[MateoNeygro]

haahahhahahah that's fucking awesome. That just made me like Steve Nash a little bit.

[thedong]

LOL pwned.
Steve Nash is one the most entertaining guys in the league! I hope the Suns beatdown on the Lakers.

[lurker]

I don't know if I'd call Greg the best coach at this point, but I support taking a shot at Phil. :toast

[DynastySpurs210]

Respect :toast

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[NFGIII]

Phil doing what Phil always does, trying to influence the officiating. No surprise there. Props to Nash for throwing some shit back Phil's way.

Agreed. Phil is Phil and he will always try to find some way to influence the refs.


That didn't really work in the first round. So at this rate Nash will be called for 1 carry and Kobe will be called for 5.

Hope so. Then maybe he will stop the act and just coach. For a guy to have been blessed with that much talent over the years it's really hard to stomach his BS.

[lurker]

"During the Suns scrimmaging today, assistant coach Dan Majerle blew the whistle as Nash dribbled upcourt and called, "Carry."

The Suns are having fun with Phil.

[thedong]

I am new here, but Nash would go ape ***t on the Lakers.

[greyforest]

Respect :toast

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/0326/pg2_03262010_576.jpg

this is a pretty terrible photoshop used in an espn article

[Dr. Gonzo]

What does Nash know? Popabitch is a moron that should be replaced with Mike Brown.

[Behrooz24]

this is a pretty terrible photoshop used in an espn article

Make a better one then, dick

[TIMMYD!]

Make a better one then, dick

:lol

[Bukefal]

Lol nice Steve nash! Nash is a good guy.

As for Phil Jackson, he is a great coach, but he needs to STFU. It isnt working and it's makes him look stupid instead. Arrogant dipshit

[greyforest]

Make a better one then, dick

are you gonna pay me like ESPN did for the piece of shit I was commenting about?

[kobyz]

without Phil getting to the head of Durant, OKC winning that series so Phil is disgusting and he's disgrace to the game and alweys been but he know what he's doing.

[kobyz]

Phil is a shame to humanity this is what he willing to do for winning:
(from wikipedia) "During the Kings' 2000 playoff run, they met Phil Jackson's Los Angeles Lakers. Adelman questioned Jackson's motivational techniques when it was learned that Jackson compared Adelman to Hitler."

[cd98]

Phil is like MJ. Despite all their accomplishments, the more you get to know them the more you are okay with them dying alone and bitter.

[nbaman99]

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns have reacted with a collective smirk to Phil Jackson's suggestion that Steve Nash travels with the basketball.



Nash

Jackson

Nash even had a subtle retort worthy of Jackson himself.

"It's news to me. I'm fortunate. I don't know if I've been called for a carry yet," he said after the Suns practiced Saturday, then he added straight-faced: "I've never heard anyone accuse me of carrying it. I mean, the best coach in the league Gregg Popovich [of San Antonio] didn't have a problem with it last week."

Get it? Popovich the best coach in the league?

"We have the best officials in the world," Nash continued. "I'll just leave it up to them."

Jackson had grinned when asked on Friday if it's tough for the Lakers to prepare to face Nash, the reigning NBA skills champion, because of the Suns guard's frenetic style.

"Yeah, because you can't carry the ball like he does in practice," Jackson said, making a gesture of palming the basketball. "You can't pick that ball up and run with it."

Asked Saturday in El Segundo at Lakers practice about Nash's comments, Jackson smiled and feigned innocence. "I didn't complain about it. Did you hear me complain about it?"

Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry laughed off the accusation.


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"You guys got to admire Phil," Gentry said. "C'mon, the stuff that he throws out there, I mean I think it's great. He's very creative. There's a reason. But I think you've got to understand that there's kind of a method to his madness. If you let it affect you, then it will."

Gentry went on to praise Jackson for his ability to create championship chemistry on teams with great players, calling it "probably the toughest thing in the NBA to do."

He said the Suns weren't going to get drawn into what they consider Jackson's psychological ploy.

"How can we win that?" Gentry said. "We're not going to win that battle anyway."

But the Phoenix coach added a jab at the Lakers when he was asked jokingly if the team worked on ball handling skills.

"We spent the day ducking elbows on post-ups, to see if we could duck elbows on post-ups, " Gentry said, a not-to-thinly veiled nod to the Lakers' style. "So it all works out, it all works out."

Amare Stoudemire probably spoke for the rest of the team with his reaction.

"Typical Phil," he said.

Information from ESPNLosAngeles

[DannyT]

Suns: We won't win mental games (http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5191524)

Gentry said the Suns weren't going to get drawn into what they consider Jackson's psychological ploy.

"How can we win that?" Gentry said. "We're not going to win that battle anyway."

But the Phoenix coach added a jab at the Lakers when he was asked jokingly if the team worked on ball handling skills.

"We spent the day ducking elbows on post-ups, to see if we could duck elbows on post-ups, " Gentry said, a not-to-thinly veiled nod to the Lakers' style. "So it all works out, it all works out."

[BronxCowboy]

"We spent the day ducking elbows on post-ups, to see if we could duck elbows on post-ups, " Gentry said

:rollin

[Stringer_Bell]

Gentry and Nash taking it to Jackson's crippled ass, keep it up!

[DJ Mbenga]

i see nash lied to try and stick it to phil. good strategy

[8FOR!3]

Respect goes to Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns for this one.

Hell, before last week I cringed at the idea of Phoenix and Boston winning it all, but now it doesn't sound so bad. I'm still rooting for Orlando, but these other two teams are class acts compared to LA.

[Sisk]

:rollin

this is great

[Barfunk]

At first I didn't know if I hated the Lakers more than the Suns but now I definitely hate the Lakes more than the Suns. Now, I think I actually like the Suns. I'm hoping they win it all. Gentry, Nash, and company seem like class folks. Go get em Suns.

[Sisk]

BTW I love this new Suns attitude, it's nice to see from this team finally. Definitely pulling for them against the Lakers.

[Flux451]

I don't know if I'd call Greg the best coach at this point, but I support taking a shot at Phil. :toast

nice sig, you forgot the gif of Cuban's baby temper tantrums

[Spurs da champs]

Pop is better then Phil

[Harry Callahan]

Phil's about to croak anyway with that bad heart. Everyone will wait to be nice to him for a little while longer.

[mudyez]

haahahhahahah that's fucking awesome. That just made me like Steve Nash a little bit.

Whats not to like about him and Grand Hill?

Aside from beeing Suns, they are great! The rest of the group s§$%s!