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Originally Posted by fleury
Nash is a great player, but there may be something to that case. If you look at why he's an MVP nominee it's because of his crazy assist numbers. Look at that lineup who he's feeding it to...Marion, Amare, Barbosa, Diaw. Those guys are pretty good shooters. Now look at a team like Utah who has Deron Williams feeding assists to nobody's, and nobody never realizes it. It's somewhat hard to explain what I mean, but there is some reason to what they're saying. Nash is great, but if Marion is removed from the picture, I'm not sure he'd put up the same numbers.
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I understand what your saying but the suns since Nash went down have not looked at all like the same team. He makes that team go, plain and simple.
Boris Diaw had been a virtual unknown in the NBA till Nash came to the Suns. Barbaso nearly doubled his points per game when Nash came to the Suns. They lost Amare for the entire season last year, and didn't even miss a beat. Steve Nash deserves all the credit he gets.
Williams is one the best young stars in the league, Utah isn't really a big market so you don't hear too much about him especially in Canada. But the guy is not passing to nobodys, Utah has built a very solid team and he's one of the cornerstones.