<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">PHOENIX - Steve Nash is not a 7-foot center like Shaquille O'Neal. He is not a 21-year-old wunderkind like LeBron James. Yet the 6-foot-3, two-time defending MVP might give the Clippers more defensive problems than any other player in the NBA. Containing Nash could be the biggest key for the Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals, and one huge problem they face is that it's difficult to double-team him because it leaves one of Phoenix's many shooters open. Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy says Nash is one of the top five difficult players to defend in the league with a short list that includes James, Kobe Bryant and Tony Parker. Nash has something those other players don't. "The thing he has going for him ... is that the supporting cast he has stretches the floor so much for him," Dunleavy said. Elton Brand says it is hard to gauge when he should leave his man to double-team Nash. "If I don't help out, he gets a layup," Brand said. "But because of the shooters, if I help out, he finds an open guy for a three." Quinton Ross, the Clippers' defensive stopper, says there is no easy answer. "We're trying to figure that out right now,"' Ross said. "...The only thing you can try to do is hope to get the ball out of his hands and get a stop." </div> Source
I believe it's true, he even doesn't need to have a hot-hand to be a nightmare for the defenders. Those things are making him the true MVP. Let's hope that Suns will beat the Clips tomorrow and will get to the conf. finals.
Nash has a knack for the fine balance between scoring and passing. He probably is the most consistient at getting by his man in the NBA. My Dad thought Nash was a little guy, 5'10 or something because of the way he dribbles around guys. I told him, actually, Nash is 6'3. It is somewhat baffling to the non-casual NBA fan.
