Steve Nash Shares Story About Steph Curry Influencing His Retirement
Steve Nash, the Suns legend, revealed a humorous story about how Steph Curry made him realize it was time to retire. Nash spent his final two NBA seasons with the Lakers, and after 16 years, his body was feeling the strain.
Preseason Game Against Warriors in 2013
Nash described a specific preseason matchup against the Warriors in Ontario, California, where he tested whether he could still compete effectively.
“We went to play these guys preseason in like Ontario, California, or somewhere. I think they put up like 50 in the first quarter. Maybe it was 45, but it felt like a 50-piece, right? I couldn’t have probably stopped him even if I were 100 percent. And now I’m like dragging around Steve Kerr putting me in every action. I’m looking over at Steve like c’mon Stevie. Alvin Gentry over there laughing at me like, ‘No, let’s see what you got’.”
The Moment of Realization
After reflecting on the game for a few days, Nash knew retirement was the right decision. He then called Mitch Kupchak to discuss stepping away from basketball.
“Literally like three, four more days of thinking on it, I was like ‘Yeah, I think it’s time [to retire]. I called Mitch Kupchak.”
Nash’s Feelings About Retirement
Though he rarely discusses retirement publicly, Nash accepted that it was time to move on and joked about deserving to be "put out to pasture."
“You deserve a little bit of putting me out to pasture, a little bit of my retirement. It’s not something I like to talk about in public a lot.”
On His Early Career and Relationship with Curry
When Curry entered the league, Nash felt like the mentor or "big brother," maintaining confidence in his own skills at the time.
“When he came into the league, I still felt like the big brother a little bit, I still feel like I’ve got the upper hand here.”
Summary: Steve Nash humorously credits Steph Curry's dominant preseason performance as the catalyst for acknowledging it was time to retire after a distinguished 16-season NBA career.
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