Steve Nash Says It’s Time to Get Serious
Remember when the Phoenix Suns were the greatest team in the world to watch, a conscious-less and free-wheeling bunch of crazies that launched innumerable three-pointers, and threw each other alley-oops seemingly every trip down down the floor? I do. They were such a revolutionary force, effectively turning the League on its head, that they even inspired a great book about their exploits.
Steve Nash, often credited with shaping the Suns in his own care-free image, says those days are over and that it’s time to buckle down.
“That’s forever gone,” Nash said of that 2004-05 season when each game was “this exciting, beautiful gift” to the team and fans. “That’s forever gone. Now we have to be grown men and professionals and not euphoric souls.”
For a team with visions of a title haunting their dreams, this is probably the right approach to take.
The high-flying ‘04-’05 Suns were like that hot piece of eye candy you see in the club: Fun to be around and great to look at, but not someone you’d want to bring home for Christmas dinner. The Spurs, meanwhile, have always been that decent-looking girl that won’t wow anyone, but will always take care of business and keep things moving.
I guess Nash and his band mates are finally coming to terms with the fact that it’s time to take off the naughty skirt and pull on a business suit. And not a moment too soon.
54 Responses to “Steve Nash Says It’s Time to Get Serious”
Jan.3 at 4:05 pm
Ryan Jones says:
“time to take off the naughty skirt”
Is that some Canadian sh*t, Mutoni?
Jan.3 at 4:05 pm
Elvis says:
Nash must lead by example!!
Jan.3 at 4:07 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
“Euphoric souls”? When was the last time Nash got drug tested?
Jan.3 at 4:11 pm
Phil B says:
i’m sad for the suns…
Jan.3 at 4:16 pm
mutoni says:
i have the flu, ryan. who knows what the hell that meant.
Jan.3 at 4:23 pm
riggs says:
the spurs are that girl who gives bj’s to fit in.
Jan.3 at 4:47 pm
TADOne says:
Me thinks Mutoni needs a girlfriend.
Jan.3 at 4:50 pm
white hot eboy says:
In America it would have probably read “a slutty skirt”, but why haggle over it.
Jan.3 at 4:54 pm
Joey E. says:
if they dont make it this year, i see MAJOR changes…
Jan.3 at 4:57 pm
Ryan Jones says:
Feel better, Marcel. And don’t pass that on to me, please.
Jan.3 at 5:00 pm
Joey says:
Nash is from Vancity… Straight class. ’nuff said.
Jan.3 at 5:01 pm
Joey says:
well.. victoria…
Jan.3 at 5:02 pm
mutoni says:
@ tadone: nah, the one i already have is more than enough, thanks.
@ ryan: thanks. i’m told farmers don’t get sick.
Jan.3 at 5:02 pm
Khalid Salaam says:
they need to trade for a banger. brian skinner? really??
Jan.3 at 5:10 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Ben Wallace for Amare Stoudemire.
Jan.3 at 5:11 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Lakers are the good looking stripper you pay $20, only to get a half-hearted, drowsy, “I don’t want to be here” lap dance. Not that I know about that stuff.
Jan.3 at 5:28 pm
jdubbs says:
Celtics are that sorta good looking stripper that’s so enthusiastic and hard working they take all your money and leave you 2 hours later with a sore groin and a whadafckjusthappened? face. Not that i know about that stuff.
Jan.3 at 5:33 pm
white hot eboy says:
The Heat are like the stripper you see during a work lunch who looks about 15 years past her prime and when she hit’s the stage, upon first leg spread and pole spin, the sight and stench of yeast come’s through with resounding horror, causing you to run out of the club into the hot sunlight with projectile vomit rocketing from your lips. Not that I would know anything about that though.
Jan.3 at 5:35 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Knicks are the $5 stripper you find out is a man right before he knocks you out. Then you wake up in a bathtub full of ice short a kidney, a lung and your wallet.
Jan.3 at 5:37 pm
white hot eboy says:
I’m not sure which one is worse.
Jan.3 at 5:39 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Oh yeah, and the Knicks fans are the people who wake up in the tub and then go back to the same spot the next night hoping the same “girl” will be there.
Jan.3 at 5:40 pm
TADOne says:
So what are the TWolves?
Jan.3 at 5:41 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
K.D. Lang.
Jan.3 at 5:43 pm
TADOne says:
Good one Russ.
Jan.3 at 5:44 pm
TADOne says:
We should do an article comparing teams to females. Not that I’m bored or anything.
Jan.3 at 5:55 pm
Captain America says:
Musta been that cracked beak he got during the playoffs.
Jan.3 at 5:59 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Utah Jazz are the “Thunder from Down Under”. They’re actually pretty good, but they’re not my thing, and I wouldn’t really want to watch them. Not that I know about that stuff.
Jan.3 at 6:25 pm
underdog says:
The TWolves are the young girl whom you offer anything, you find yourself in jail because her parents call the police. Not that i know about that stuff, but I need to go back my cell now.
Jan.3 at 6:34 pm
Sesa says:
How about playing better defense? at least you can learn some better defensive stance.
Jan.3 at 6:34 pm
Slamyomama says:
hey eboy f*ck you!
Jan.3 at 6:37 pm
Slamyomama says:
eboys mom is like the stripper i banged last night oh waiti did bang his mom last night my bad b*tch
Jan.3 at 9:05 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Someone’s on the fast train to nowhere.
Jan.4 at 12:46 am
TC says:
so the Suns is like Ice La Fox and the Spurs is like Natalie Portman?
Jan.4 at 1:59 am
hursty says:
russ, the first one about missing ur kidney, lung etc, it happens. in Indonesia. no joke. They tell u that you need to call an ambulance within the next hour and get treatment otherwise u r fuc&ed. they write it all in a note and leave it next to the telephone. I mean, thats the popular rumor/thing we always hear about. if its not true at least its a good story. We dont need to discuss the rockets.
Jan.4 at 3:47 am
bootlace says:
The Warriors are like that crazy stripper you can do anything to and get away with it, in fact you’d be encouraged to. Not that I would know anything about that.
Jan.4 at 5:11 am
karan says:
the knicks are like that dirty hooker that promises a lot and turns out to be a man
Jan.4 at 5:27 am
Jukai says:
Did anyone see the video of Steve Kerr in today’s Sonics vs Suns game? The poor guy looks like he’s aged ten years in the few months he’s been GM of the “naughty skirt” team. Poor guy.
Jan.4 at 5:30 am
The Big Cheese says:
I think women in business suits are hot!
Jan.4 at 6:41 am
FLUD says:
Slamyomama.. are you Zeke?
Jan.4 at 8:58 am
Tarzan Cooper says:
suns suck, no d, yada yada yada, no chip, ever.
Jan.4 at 9:26 am
maio says:
If you need to know - just ask! Knicks are Britney Spears btw. The Spurs are U.S.S. Millicent Kent.
Jan.4 at 9:56 am
GGG says:
More like Britney’s sis…..
Jan.4 at 9:59 am
GGG says:
My Nets are like that stripper that looks good from a far but is far from good up close.
Jan.4 at 10:03 am
QQ says:
The Suns are like the pretty girls who are always talking but never proving anything. cough*no championship*cough
Jan.4 at 10:36 am
PHX GRL says:
Hey well ya’ll need to give the Suns some respect because the show every 1 how dedicated they are to the team…And they just keep improving…(GO SUN’S)
Jan.4 at 12:00 pm
Kadavour says:
Russ is a hard act to follow. After his stripper/organ trade analogy, the rest just seemed like unintelligent mimicry, which they are. The Suns need to get Amare to defense and play for team and not for STATs(get it?).
Jan.4 at 12:13 pm
Kadavour says:
Suns need to get Amare to play defense*
Jan.4 at 12:57 pm
maio says:
Yeah but then Amare would be like that girl that plays defense while all the other girls tend to their hair/nails/lip-gloss (etc.)instead.
Shawn Marion is by far the best player on that team anyway.
Jan.4 at 1:26 pm
Harlem_World says:
If the suns are ice la fox - consider me converted.
Jan.4 at 6:09 pm
Ben says:
The Spurs aren’t even a stripper. They live off moral earnings.
Jan.5 at 3:27 pm
chris says:
the Cavs are a stripper with plastic surgery gone wrong; one good Booby
Jan.6 at 3:06 pm
real says:
‘04-’05 was a completely different game, the NBA didn’t have half the depth it does this season and so that unfundamental fast break bs can’t cut it anymore in this league. Do you think an overhall to a more fundamental type game would mean Shaun Marrion will have to learn proper shooting technique???
Jan.6 at 7:19 pm
hursty says:
lmao at chris! real would it really matter if Marion did? hes an allstar whether u like him or not. On any team he would still be part of a one-two punch, its just that on a team like the suns his physical attributes become more pronounced.
Jan.6 at 9:39 pm
sjeezy says:
mutoni, your consistency for well written articles, are amazing, thank you bra.