Disgraceful acts towards Steve Nash

Recently I’ve come across some disturbing videos on Youtube of so called “Suns Fans” burning Steve Nash Jerseys and it upset me greatly because I’m thinking to myself, are these just awful people? Are they real Suns fans? How can these people treat such a class act with such a disgraceful and despicable act?

 Quite frankly this article will be rant as well as carefully and well thought out description of why these people and others who feel about Steve Nash they do should be ASHAMED of themselves.

Many are calling guys such as Ray Allen and Steve Nash traitors because they switched over from their team to rivals this off-season, but there’s one difference; The Suns didn’t want Nash back because the contract Nash desired was more than what the Suns were willing to offer, but Boston did want Allen back and they also offered him a relatively reasonable deal. Steve Nash worked with less than mediocre talent since the departure of A’mare Stoudemire, but the pitiful way the front office has treated Nash from day one has been a lot more than what Nash should’ve been willing to put up with.

During the Suns’ golden years from 2004-2008 the Suns’ were serious title contenders every year and after the unfortunate injury of Joe Johnson during the playoffs in 2005 the Suns’ lost Joe Johnson in free agency but they had the opportunity to Johnson’s role with the number 7^th pick in the 2005 draft which the greatest owner in the world Robert Sarver SOLD, and that pick ladies and gentlemen was used to draft Luol Deng. Then in the 2006-2007 season when the Suns’ were basically screwed out of a title after the whole Tim Donaghy non-sense in game 3 and the controversial suspension of A’mare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw in game 5 which came after a final second hip check on Steve Nash by big ole big shot Bob Mr. Robert Horry in game 4. Had the Suns’ gotten past the Spurs, they would’ve ended up facing the Jazz and Cavaliers who at the time clearly wasn’t on the elite level the Suns’ and Spurs were(Spurs beat the Jazz 4-1 and swept the Cavs in the finals). The Suns' were by far their toughest match-up that year. 

Then came the 2007-2008 season when the Suns’ traded Shawn Marion an all-star who was in his prime for nothing more but an old and tired Shaq. Shawn Marion’s locker room issues were well known but he was still the perfect transition partner with Steve Nash and at the time better than Shaq anyhow. Then came the 2008-2009 season when the Suns’ let coach Mike D’Antoni walk, traded Nash’s best friend Raja Bell as well as forward Boris Diaw for Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley. Nash let the public know of his displeasure about the trade but yet never ultimately made it a big deal.

Then finally came the tipping point for the Suns’ going from elite to mediocre, when Stoudemire bolted for New York after a Cinderella run to the western conference finals and were a miraculous buzzer beating put back from the guy formerly known as Ron Artest from being up 3-2 in the series against the Lakers heading back to Phoenix, which I thought was a over the back foul by the way because he basically trucked Jason Richardson out of the way(see for yourself http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZfRKJoXEs)

The Suns’ went on to attempt to replace Stoudemire with the likes of Hedo Turkologu, Hakim Warrick, and Josh Childress; we all know how well that went………..Yet through all of that, the Suns’ went from a team that were serious title contenders that revolutionized the NBA with their fast paced, exciting basketball to a team of role players and Steve Nash.

Through all of those awful events that transpired, Steve Nash never complained and never put the organization through the hell that superstars such as Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard put their teams through. He easily could’ve demanded a trade but did he? No. Did Steve Nash try to maximaze what little talent he had surrounding him the past 2 years? Yes. Did Steve Nash give his 110% to the Suns’ fans night in and night out? Yes. Should awful fans such as the ignorant individuals in this video(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHUcSzPj8EQ)  regret and feel awful about their actions? ABSOLUTELY!

This guy wanted to go to L.A because he wanted a shot at the ring he never got, he wanted to be close to his 3 children, and above all else the Suns’ got back 4 draft picks in return as oppose to nothing had he signed with Toronto or Dallas. These people certainly don’t deserve to call themselves Suns’ fans because their action of burning Nash’s jersey was a disgusting and disgraceful act, and they should know better than to treat probably the greatest Suns’ player of all time with such disrespect. How can you blame a guy for putting himself first for once after putting an organization first for eight years despite their constant mistreatment of him?