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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Nash has made his share of last second shots, too. Quite a few of them, in fact.
Perhaps you missed the last game against the Mavs where nash put up 10 points in the last 50 seconds of the game, including a three at the buzzer to force OT?
... and what about the play in the 2nd OT when he stole the ball and put it out off of Terry to get the throw-in? He was two rebounds short of a triple-double, including the final rebound of the game off of Dirk's missed shot at tying it up.
A lot of people knock Nash's D... but he's a POINT gaurd. D isn't his job. He's there to create O and O only. That would be like people saying Gretzky sucked because he couldn't check anyone and was useless at defending against a breakaway.
The thing is, when the game is on the line, Nash shows up just as well as anyone else.
I'm not knocking Kobe's obvious natural talent and his ability to score points. I just don't see one guy getting 50ppg on a losing team as being more valuable than another guy getting 20ppg himself and 30ppg for the other guys on his team - a team that wins and goes deep.
Hey... I just thought of a neat experiment. I wonder what would happen if we put Kobe in Phx and Nash in LA? Ha! I would seriously put money down on LA finishing higher than Phx.  |
No. I didn't miss that game. Dampier and Juwan were both fouled out. And though Phoenix won, Nash had 5 turnovers and one crucial one with a minute left in overtime. I'd like you to youtube that moment (when he hit this "clutch lay-up" you speak of) in the game and tell me:
a. Was Nash double-teamed?
b. If he WAS actually being defended, who was guarding him?
You're basically saying that Steve Nash is more of a clutch player than Kobe. Ridiculous. Watching hi-lights doesn't constitute, watching basketball.
So because Nash doesn't play defense, he gets a pass? Because he's an "offensive threat"? All Kobe is supposed to do is score too, right? Oh wait... he's made 6 All-Defensive Teams. If being a point guard means only playing offence, what do you call, Jason Kidd? Gary Payton? Mookie Blaylock?
Scoring 50 points, 4 games in a row and 43 in the 5th game while losing??? They're above .500. They've been above .500 all season. Including being in first place of the Pacific the first 20 games of the season. As well,
NO ONE on the Suns is averaging 20ppg.