THE Steve Nash era with the Brooklyn Nets didn’t go very well. Although he made the playoffs in his first two seasons, he was fired just seven games into his third year, and the stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant were requesting trades.
“I didn’t plan on coaching, there was a unique situation in Brooklyn knocking on my door,” Nash told Cesare Milanti about Eurohoop“It’s been a quick transition. You have to deal with a different dynamic. A lot of it is personalities, between management, players and agents. That’s a big part of my job. All the dynamics, the personalities and the power that players have today.”
Now that Nash is no longer the coach, he doesn’t seem to have any desire to return to the bench anytime soon.
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“Coaching has been a great experience,” Nash continued. “I didn’t set out to be a career coach. I don’t think coaching was going to be my career. I’m coaching my kids, teaching them about life. I’ve gained the ability to choose, and it’s rewarding. There are always projects, affiliates, and partnerships. I always have something to do, I’m focused on my family.”
Nash had spent time with the Golden State Warriors as a player development consultant and received a championship ring for his contributions to the team. The relationship he built with Durant was a big reason Brooklyn hired him.
THE The Dallas Mavericks acquired Nash the same night they traded with the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1998 NBA draft to grab Dirk Nowitzkicreating a successful tandem between the two in the early 2000s. Nash averaged 14.6 points per game and 7.2 assists per game during his 6 seasons in Dallas, appearing in two All-Star Games and All-NBA Third Teams. Marc Cuban He still regrets letting him leave in free agency in 2004 because he thought Nash’s back wouldn’t hold up, but Nash would go on to win back-to-back MVP awards in 2005 and 2006 with the Phoenix Suns as the leader of the Seven Seconds or Less offense.
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