Steve Nash on retirement

[Y2K]

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"The reality is, I’m not going to retire because I want the money.”

Thoughts?

[CleveTown™]

smart, honest man.

[vcsgrizzfan]

I can't fault him. It's not like he wanted the injuries and hasn't tried hard to get healthy. He signed a deal and while he hasn't played up to it obviously, he's still entitled to his money.

[Y2K]

Me personally, I could never do it. I'm the ultimate competitor. If I physically, emotionally and mentally cannot give a good effort, especially at age 40, I'm done. If I can't do it at 30, I'm done. I about winning first and because of that I have a very very very high competitive drive. But do compensate me financially as I deserve to be.


I can't sit on the bench for 70%+ of a season and get paid knowing that I'm 40 and have a degenerative back condition that will not allow me to play at a good competitive level.

[AbeVigodaLive]

Me personally, I could never do it. I'm the ultimate competitor. If I physically, emotionally and mentally cannot give a good effort, especially at age 40, I'm done. If I can't do it at 30, I'm done. I about winning first and because of that I have a very very very high competitive drive. But do compensate me financially as I deserve to be.


I can't sit on the bench for 70%+ of a season and get paid knowing that I'm 40 and have a degenerative back condition that will not allow me to play at a good competitive level.

So you know you're not capable of performing at a level as high as somebody else at your current job... do you return part of your salary?

[Y2K]

Me personally, I could never do it. I'm the ultimate competitor. If I physically, emotionally and mentally cannot give a good effort, especially at age 40, I'm done. If I can't do it at 30, I'm done. I about winning first and because of that I have a very very very high competitive drive. But do compensate me financially as I deserve to be.


I can't sit on the bench for 70%+ of a season and get paid knowing that I'm 40 and have a degenerative back condition that will not allow me to play at a good competitive level.

So you know you're not capable of performing at a level as high as somebody else at your current job... do you return part of your salary?

Being a professional sports player Is a career, not a job. They aren't comparable.

[vcsgrizzfan]

No matter how much money you have, turning down 9 million bones would be hard to do.

[l3bron]

You'd have to be an idiot to turn down 9 million dollars.

[Y2K]

No matter how much money you have, turning down 9 million bones would be hard to do.

Oh no doubt it's not easy. But if I've made as much money and had a great career as Nash has and I'm basically done as a player, I'm walking away. I'll peek back but I just couldn't sit on the bench on a team knowing that I cannot contribute just to get paid at age 40.

[Y2K]

You'd have to be an idiot to turn down 9 million dollars.

Money isn't always the end-all...especially in Nash's case.

[l3bron]

You'd have to be an idiot to turn down 9 million dollars.

Money isn't always the end-all...especially in Nash's case.

You can sit behind a keyboard and say that but you don't know how it feels like until you physically have 9 million dollars ready to turn down in front of you.

[vcsgrizzfan]

You'd have to be an idiot to turn down 9 million dollars.

Money isn't always the end-all...especially in Nash's case.

Never know when you might need another 9 million.

[Y2K]

You'd have to be an idiot to turn down 9 million dollars.

Money isn't always the end-all...especially in Nash's case.

You can sit behind a keyboard and say that but you don't know how it feels like until you physically have 9 million dollars ready to turn down in front of you.

I can say that I'd honestly turn it Down even with it in front of me and not regret it one bit.

Money doesn't own my pride nor my soul.

[Y2K]

You'd have to be an idiot to turn down 9 million dollars.

Money isn't always the end-all...especially in Nash's case.

Never know when you might need another 9 million.

It's nice to have, but I'd still walk away, especially if I've made 100 million in my career. But I'm a simple person as well. I don't want a bunch of cars, houses and other materialistic stuff.

[ripper76]

The Steve Nash to the Lakers experiment is not looking too good.

[Shill Jackson]

shouldn't a mod have merged this thread,
into this one:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5278

[l3bron]

Money isn't always the end-all...especially in Nash's case.

You can sit behind a keyboard and say that but you don't know how it feels like until you physically have 9 million dollars ready to turn down in front of you.

I can say that I'd honestly turn it Down even with it in front of me and not regret it one bit.

Money doesn't own my pride nor my soul.

Again, you can't type up sport cliches behind your keyboard but you'll never know what Nash is feeling until you experience that amount of money first-hand.

I lol'd at "soul."

[vcsgrizzfan]

You can sit behind a keyboard and say that but you don't know how it feels like until you physically have 9 million dollars ready to turn down in front of you.

I can say that I'd honestly turn it Down even with it in front of me and not regret it one bit.

Money doesn't own my pride nor my soul.

Again, you can't type up sport cliches behind your keyboard but you'll never know what Nash is feeling until you experience that amount of money first-hand.

I lol'd at "soul."

I believe that there are many things in life that we think we could predict our reaction to, but that unless we are really put in the situation, we just don't know. Tons of different examples of that and this is just one of them.

Edit: not saying that's the case here with you y2ktors, it's more of a general comment.

[thatoothpick45]

Will go out and buy a Steve Nash jersey.

[Y2K]

You can sit behind a keyboard and say that but you don't know how it feels like until you physically have 9 million dollars ready to turn down in front of you.

I can say that I'd honestly turn it Down even with it in front of me and not regret it one bit.

Money doesn't own my pride nor my soul.

Again, you can't type up sport cliches behind your keyboard but you'll never know what Nash is feeling until you experience that amount of money first-hand.

I lol'd at "soul."

I did say "Me personally" didn't I? I never even gave an opinion on what I thought about Nash is feeling. I don't know his personal situation.

If I've made 100 million in my career, what's 9 more going to drastically change? For me, nothing.

That's why I'd take less to be comfortable than a max deal somewhere less comfortable. I could take 20-30 million less on 4-5 year deal to play in San Antonio than to play in Utah. Money doesn't entrap me to the point where I can't turn it down.

I respect the game too much to hang around for a payday knowing that I'm old, injured and cannot play anymore.

I'm going to retire and be thankful for the experiences along the way.


And yes, soul. I do have one.