Nash wants to come back next year

[Clipper Nation]

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:lmao

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440570861825703936

:lmao

We have to pay him anyway. Perhaps he'll surprise. Your Duncan missed two layups last June. Anything is possible, CN, asshole.

[irishock]

He wants to get paid in 2015 free agency

[Clipper Nation]

We have to pay him anyway. Perhaps he'll surprise. Your Duncan missed two layups last June. Anything is possible, CN, asshole.

We all know he'll be warming the bench next year, collecting checks and ducking his kids :lol

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We all know he'll be warming the bench next year, collecting checks and ducking his kids :lol

God willing you'll still have 4.

[IronMaxipad]

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:cry

[kobe4life]

This is great news I'm very excited Nash will be back to join forces with God. Nash will be a great bench player next year and paired along with God and lottery pick the Lakers will be unstoppable. NBA is fucked.

[ElNono]

Perhaps he'll surprise

:rolleyes

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:rolleyes

#1 concern obviously is to keep that pick here from getting into the Lottery. They may not say that in L.A., but, it's the truth. Nash would be driven toward wanting that as well.

[Katherine Robinson]

Of course, he has a year to prove his worth and reel in a Toronto contract which will be laughed about for ages.

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Of course, he has a year to prove his worth and reel in a Toronto contract which will be laughed about for ages.

I'm halfway thru and I've not had to bear the humiliation of a Lottery pick back here. One more time and I'll be free & clear.

[benefactor]

:lol Nash and Kobe
:lol broke down has beens
:lol over half the Lakers cap room invested in them

[Katherine Robinson]

I'm halfway thru and I've not had to bear the humiliation of a Lottery pick back here. One more time and I'll be free & clear.

Did you save DUNCAN's barrel, Dale?

[Koolaid_Man]

440570861825703936

:lmao

was there ever any doubt he was coming back to lick the cake bowl clean...he's never been a big money earner...he'll sit on the bench his last season mimicking Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

[Koolaid_Man]

^ or Michael J. Fox

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:lol Nash and Kobe
:lol broke down has beens
:lol over half the Lakers cap room invested in them

Christ-a-mighty we are on our fuckin' asses. Good Lord.

Two names are integral in our downfall::: Cuban & Odom. If Cuban hadn't been born we would have survived the Odom Fiasco. Instead, the last few years before the conditions that Cuban canvassed for and installed became the law of the land were aborted because we abandoned a man we'd taken from the depths of loser and made him into a Champion.

Mark Cuban ain't no country preacher. Not by a jugful.

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^ or Michael J. Fox

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!

[SpurSwag]

it's just sad now, please retire nash. please

[Spur-Addict]

What one wants, and what the body allows are sometimes two different things.

[DPG21920]

God willing you'll still have 4.

You still have 0. You're a Suns fan first.

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You still have 0. You're a Suns fan first.

Absolutely a Suns fan.

[DPG21920]

And a troll. I caught you on both.

So you're a ringless troll at that. /thread

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And a troll. I caught you on both.

So you're a ringless troll at that. /thread

I'm absolutely a troll. Never denied either.

[jeebus]

440570861825703936

:lmao

http://i.minus.com/ibw0BROySMjDN7.gif

[Spur-Addict]

The only thing Nash will be doing next year is body surfing on the ground by the bench

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^Obviously somebody has jinxed us with a gypsy curse:::

0i0Q5EVC8Sw

[CitizenDwayne]

was there ever any doubt he was coming back to lick the cake bowl clean...he's never been a big money earner...he'll sit on the bench his last season mimicking Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

:rollin

[spurraider21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo7f93MlvEE

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^There's no reason to do that provision. We'll need him to waylay that pick back here from turning into a Lottery selection.

Just take the whole 9 million the following season.

[DPG21920]

Shhhh

[lefty]

http://static.flickr.com/39/107547788_d9142eb7b8_o.jpg

[lefty]

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/297/naship2.gifhttp://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5390/stnashbeatib9.gif

[djohn2oo8]

^There's no reason to do that provision. We'll need him to waylay that pick back here from turning into a Lottery selection.

Just take the whole 9 million the following season.
You have no pick next year.

[Venti Quattro]

440570861825703936

:lmao

http://i.imgur.com/vqCOG.gif

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You have no pick next year.

I know. The Suns have it. I certainly don't want it turning into a Lottery pick.

[lefty]

440570861825703936

:lmao
http://www.reactionface.info/sites/default/files/images/1312372233754.gif


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and yes , that is Mike d'Antoni

[SupremeGuy]

You still have 0. You're a Suns fan first.He's a Suns fan? :rollin

[Thread]

He's a Suns fan? :rollin

Absolutely.

[Clipper Nation]

He's a Suns fan? :rollin

Yes, and he's a Cavs fan too :lmao

[Thread]

Yes, and he's a Cavs fan too :lmao

Please.

[spurraider21]

And he's a chickenshit

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And he's a chickenshit

Boiled down:::

6

[DPG21920]

Boiled down:::

6

Thread - honest question: If I decided to take this from your life (SpursTalk), how much would it hurt?

[Clipper Nation]

Boiled down:::

6
Dale, citing the moment when his Kirby was forced to put on the shitbag....

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Thread - honest question: If I decided to take this from your life (SpursTalk), how much would it hurt?

Badly. But, you wouldn't do that. You'd missed me worst than badly.

[Thread]

Dale, citing the moment when his Kirby was forced to put on the shitbag....

Boiled down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Clipper Nation]

Boiled down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4
Boiled down:::Kirby, donning the shitbag, on James' orders.

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Boiled down:::Kirby, donning the shitbag, on James' orders.

Boiled down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Clipper Nation]

Boiled down:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4
Boiled down:::Kirby, donning the shitbag, on James' orders.

[DPG21920]

Badly. But, you wouldn't do that. You'd missed me worst than badly.

No I wouldn't. It's something that has been posed to me and something I have been tasked with, but I haven't decided yet how to proceed. But just because I really wouldn't miss you if you were gone, doesn't mean I think it's right. It was a decision placed squarely on my shoulders and I've been considering the gravity of the impacts on you.

Thanks for answering though. It gives me more to to ponder.

[LkrFan]

440570861825703936

:lmao

:pctoss

[ElNono]

:pctoss

sorry bout dem bad news, Rogelio...

[LkrFan]

sorry bout dem bad news, Rogelio...

Rogeli:lol?

Real talk: that tired old SOB needs to retire. SMDH

[LkrFan]

http://static.flickr.com/39/107547788_d9142eb7b8_o.jpg
:rollin

[LkrFan]

440570861825703936

:lmao


If Mike D'Antoni is correct, we may have very well seen the last of Steve Nash as an active NBA player.

Today after morning shootaround, the Lakers head coach was asked if he expected his former All-Star point guard to make a return this season. To that, D'Antoni replied:

"I doubt it," D'Antoni said after the Lakers' shootaround Monday when asked if Nash would play again this season with 23 games remaining, starting with the Trail Blazers on Monday night. "I don't think so. What's the end game? We've talked about it. He's not completely healthy. We have 23 games left. We're not going to make the playoffs. So what's his objective into taking minutes away from the young guys that we're trying to develop? That's kind of the theme that we're talking about."

If indeed MDA's assertion is right, then Nash could see his 17 year career end with a fizzle rather than a victorious explosion. The point guard will potentially finish up with just 10 games played this season and statistical career lows almost across the board.

As it's been a lingering question around the Lakers in this lost season, D'Antoni's admission today isn't particularly surprising. The sordid truth is that Nash has been rehabbing an injury that kept him out of half of last season's games for almost a year and a half now with mixed results that have left him a shell of the player he used to be. He's been quoted many times as openly admitting how difficult rehab has been and the disparity of time spent getting healthy to the paltry amount of games in which he could remain on the floor without being hurt. With or without the question today, there's little doubt amongst most observers that this would be Nash's last season.

In terms of LA's future obligations to him, the team owes him over $9 million this year and $9.7 next season, which the team would likely have to eat rather than using the stretch provision that would parse out the cap hit over three years. As many have discussed, a medical retirement would have been possible with under 10 games played this year and a doctor's corroboration that indeed Nash could not remain an active player. This of course would have taken his cap figure off of next year's salary sheet. It's an unfortunate reality for the Lakers, who now will most likely won't be able to grab maximum-level free agent cap room without relinquishing the rights to nearly all of their free agents (more than 2/3 of their current roster). This will make this summer's pitches to LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony more futile than they were in the first place.

If D'Antoni is accurate, it's a sad end to the career of one of the game's great competitors, a surefire Hall of Famer and one of the greatest point guards ever to live. Lakers fans never really got to see the same player that terrorized them for years in Phoenix, a costly personnel move that's not only hamstrung the team financially, but also in the draft picks sent away in order to acquire him. It's truly unfortunate that Nash's legacy in LA will not be as great as the career he may have just finished up.


SHHHHHH! (http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2014/3/3/5467474/nash-likely-done-for-the-season-according-to-mike-dantoni) ;)

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^Still & all we must pay him the $10 million next year. The stretch provision is Chinese water torture. Forget it. Just strive to get him onto the court and pray he can help keep us out of the Lottery.

[djohn2oo8]

^Still & all we must pay him the $10 million next year. The stretch provision is Chinese water torture. Forget it. Just strive to get him onto the court and pray he can help keep us out of the Lottery.
He won't even make it 20 games in.

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He won't even make it 20 games in.

We got nary other choice. He won't quit. So we're down to two choices=stretch him OR play him. That provision would be a consideration if we had that pick, but, we don't. So, we have to put forth forced labor for really no tangible purpose,,,just to spite the Suns and keep that pick from going Lottery, like we did last season when Kobe went maniacal to keep that one from going Lottery.

[djohn2oo8]

We got nary other choice. He won't quit. So we're down to two choices=stretch him OR play him. That provision would be a consideration if we had that pick, but, we don't. So, we have to put forth forced labor for really no tangible purpose,,,just to spite the Suns and keep that pick from going Lottery, like we did last season when Kobe went maniacal to keep that one from going Lottery.
Playing him won't keep that pick from the lottery.

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Playing him won't keep that pick from the lottery.

I'll risk it.

[irishock]

We got nary other choice. He won't quit. So we're down to two choices=stretch him OR play him. That provision would be a consideration if we had that pick, but, we don't. So, we have to put forth forced labor for really no tangible purpose,,,just to spite the Suns and keep that pick from going Lottery, like we did last season when Kobe went maniacal to keep that one from going Lottery.

But Cubby the Lakers probably don't have the hatred for the suns that you do

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But Cubby the Lakers probably don't have the hatred for the suns that you do

True, but, they didn't go crazy last season pursuing that 8th spot for shits & giggles. Just because they didn't talk about (it) like I did & do doesn't mean they weren't committed to denying it last season, or, next season. They're human just like me. They watched the standings & schedule and crunched the numbers just like I did.

[ElNono]

We got nary other choice. He won't quit. So we're down to two choices=stretch him OR play him. That provision would be a consideration if we had that pick, but, we don't. So, we have to put forth forced labor for really no tangible purpose,,,just to spite the Suns and keep that pick from going Lottery, like we did last season when Kobe went maniacal to keep that one from going Lottery.

I can see him getting salary-dumped...

[LkrFan]

^Still & all we must pay him the $10 million next year. The stretch provision is Chinese water torture. Forget it. Just strive to get him onto the court and pray he can help keep us out of the Lottery.
He's already played 10 games this year. IIIRC, we can no longer use the stretch provision on him. In the 10th game, he got hurt after playing a few minutes. SMH

I don't want to depend on him at all going forward. That nerve root issue from his broken leg will prevent him from even being a shell of himself. I think he's done tbh.

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He's already played 10 games this year. IIIRC, we can no longer use the stretch provision on him. In the 10th game, he got hurt after playing a few minutes. SMH

I don't want to depend on him at all going forward. That nerve root issue from his broken leg will prevent him from even being a shell of himself. I think he's done tbh.

I think you're mistaken, LF. I believe after the 10th game played we could no longer get the medical waiver.

[LkrFan]

I think you're mistaken, LF. I believe after the 10th game played we could no longer get the medical waiver.

For some reason I thought it was if he played 10 games, we're screwed. My bad. :tu

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For some reason I thought it was if he played 10 games, we're screwed. My bad. :tu

It could get upright quickly with a decent choice with the draft pick, $20 million to sign some players and Kobe coming back. And if Nash heals by November it won't look near as incredible.