Steve Nash doesn't care about winning. It's not important enough to him.
Completely agree. If Nash cared about winning, he'd make an effort at both ends of the court.
By that logic Perkins doesn't care about winning since he's a bad offensive player. I mean if he cared he'd try not to turn it over so much or bobble passes for easy dunks.
*insert Rondo with ft issues*,
*insert Dwight Howard with ft issues*
etc...
All the effort in the world doesn't change things sometimes.
There is no logic to that argument since Perkins' improving game offensively reflects his effort to improve. His FG percentage reflects his knowledge of his limitations. The same can be said for Howard. Rondo, Howard, and Perk have improved every season offensively and defensively.
Nash shows no effort whatsoever on the defensive end and never has. If anything, he's regressed defensively...If that's possible. His team doesn't win when the playoffs come around because his team is always playing shorthanded defensively. With the kinds of instincts / skills Nash has offensively, you'd think he'd play Iversonesque defense from time to time and at least occasionally cheat a passing lane. They can build any team around him they want. It's not going to net him a championship because the good teams will exploit the defensive liability that Nash is.
The snitchster makes a pedestrian effort defensively. He's much better defensively than he was when he came into the league. While I'm no fan of Anthony, I see him making the same effort every game in spite of the distractions. At least he's not overtly tanking for a trade ala Tank Carter, Iverson and McGrady.
Pertaining to Los Nash running his mouth about our country....Perhaps he ought to become a citizen so he actually affect some kind of change in the voting booth instead of the cowardly way he does it now. I'd have no problem with him expressing his views in Canada.
But Perkins is still bad offensively, so clearly he's not "trying hard enough". If you'd apply the same lens to players you don't dislike for apparent issues outside of basketball.
I think Nash gives effort on defensive end, he's just a bad defender. I actually rate him better defensively overall than Iverson, because he'll at least try and rotate within the schemes. Nash over helps at times, but he's not gambling recklessly like Iverson.
With regards to his political statements, citizenship isn't required with regards to the first amendment or political activism. And our country is better for it on both counts, especially when conducted with class like Nash has.
If it were horse or 6-man basketball that some small school Iowa high school girls play, I'd love Nash's game. He could play offense only and he'd be devastating....Sort of like now. The reality is that he is exposed defensively by even pedestrian PGS and exploited defensively in the playoffs. Comparing him to Perkins, who has improved markedly in every way since he came into the NBA...Who actually not only defends, but prides himself on it...No comparison.
We'll have to agree to disagree on the class part. A person can say classless, ignorant things in a classy way, I guess. Nash does that very well. As a foreign national who reaps the benefits and then trashes that country with "class", I don't find him much different than Hugo Chavez....Or to be more on topic, Vincente Fox.
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