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Steve Nash pens "emotional" letter about his health..........
Sccit:
"I definitely don't want to be a distraction, but I felt it best everyone heard from me in my own words.
I have a ton of miles on my back. Three buldging disks (a tear in one), stenosis of the nerve route and spondylolisthesis. I suffer from sciatica and after games I often can't sit in the car on the drive home, which has made for some interesting rides. Most nights I'm bothered by severe cramping in both calves while I sleep, a result of the same damn nerve routes, and the list goes on somewhat comically. That's what you deserve for playing over 1,300 NBA games. By no means do I tell you this for sympathy - especially since I see these ailments as badges of honor - but maybe I can bring some clarity.
I've always been one of the hardest workers in the game and I say that at the risk of what it assumes. The past 2 years I've worked like a dog to not only overcome these setbacks but to find the form that could lift up and inspire the fans in LA as my last chapter. Obviously it's been a disaster on both fronts but I've never worked harder, sacrificed more or faced such a difficult challenge mentally and emotionally.
I understand why some fans are disappointed. I haven't been able to play a lot of games or at the level we all wanted. Unfortunately that's a part of pro sports that happens every year on every team. I wish desperately it was different. I want to play more than anything in the world. I've lost an incredible amount of sleep over this disappointment.
Competitiveness, professionalism, naiveté and hope that at some point I'd turn a corner has kept me fighting to get back. As our legendary trainer Gary Vitti, who is a close friend, told me, 'You're the last to know' - and my back has shown me the forecast over the past 18-20 months. To ignore it any longer is irresponsible. But that doesn't mean that life stops.
This may be hard for people to understand unless you've played NBA basketball, but there is an incredible difference between this game and swinging a golf club, hiking, even hitting a tennis ball or playing basketball at the park. Fortunately those other activities aren't debilitating, but playing an NBA game usually puts me out a couple of weeks. Once you're asked to accelerate and decelerate with Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving it is a completely different demand.
I'm doing what I've always done which is share a bit of my off-court life in the same way everyone else does. Going forward I hope we all can refocus our energies on getting behind these Lakers. This team will be back and Staples will be rocking."
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/11/8/7177571/steve-nash-open-letter-facebook-health-back-injury
i'll vouch for nash....he wanted nothin more than to contribute and get a decent farewell tour. he put in the work, but his body just couldn't hold up.
Hack Wilson - real:
dude's a moron for posting photos of him living it up on social media when his team sucks ass and he's stealing money from them
DeeezNuuuts83:
I respect athletes for their talent and what they put their bodies through, but come on... being a basketball player is not one of the most physically taxing sports out there. Football players are getting hit head-on play after play. Boxers are getting punched in the face for twelve rounds, unless they get put out of their misery somehow. Baseball players might take a baseball to the head. Dude is complaining about sometimes feeling discomfort when on the car ride home, but we have other sports where people can't even walk anymore after career-ending injuries. Fuck outta here.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: DeeezNuuuts83 on November 10, 2014, 06:44:29 PM ---I respect athletes for their talent and what they put their bodies through, but come on... being a basketball player is not one of the most physically taxing sports out there. Football players are getting hit head-on play after play. Boxers are getting punched in the face for twelve rounds, unless they get put out of their misery somehow. Baseball players might take a baseball to the head. Dude is complaining about sometimes feeling discomfort when on the car ride home, but we have other sports where people can't even walk anymore after career-ending injuries. Fuck outta here.
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lol, smfh. the only sport that could be considered more physically taxing than basketball is football. nash tried to play and would if he could, but his body simply wouldnt allow it. every1 within the laker organization will vouch for that.
Chamillitary Click:
--- Quote from: Hack Brodenheimer on November 08, 2014, 02:28:21 PM ---he's stealing money from them
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He signed a contract with them. That's poor management moves. But I'll give them a break because I see what they were trying to do at the time.
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