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10.09.11

Top 50: Steve Nash, no. 20 SLAMonline Top 50, Suns News, The W | (0)
by Ben York / @bjyork I pride myself on being ignorant (and by ‘ignorant’ I mean ‘apathetic’) in many facets of life, but after nearly 30 years on this planet there are three things I’m downright sure of: 1. Human beings need food, water and shelter to survive. 2. The Earth is round. Trust me; I’ve seen pictures. 3. When you mention the name Steve Nash, it has to be followed by a conjunction (I.e. ‘but’) or we’ll all die. I’m 100 percent convinced of this. And since I’m not ready to die yet… Steve Nash has phenomenal vision offensively, BUT he’s not a good ...
09.30.09

Top 50: Steve Nash, no. 22 SLAMonline Top 50, Suns News | (0)
by Sherman Johnson Steve Nash is my dude. But he wasn’t always one of my favorite favorites until I saw him play soccer in Chinatown last summer. It was August 2008, Wednesday or Thursday, I can’t recall. An Argentinean homie sent me an e-mail saying that his soccer team (amateurs from the United Nations) was playing just for fun against some Italians from the national team. He invited me to join them since soccer is one of my favorite things outside of basketball. I was geeked, especially when I saw the ps at the bottom of his note: “Hey, by the way, ...