Really, no one said that? Geoffrey Chaucer? Sir Walter Scott?...Dustin Diamond? No? OK.
Anyway, Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said something chivalrous earlier today:
Mr. Medina is referring, of course, to Steve Nash passing Jackson on the NBA’s all-time assist list in the Los Angeles Lakers 145-130 loss to the Houston Rockets Tuesday night.
Nash finished the night with five assists, which likely tied him with at least two cotton candy vendors, because how else can you explain 275 points with no overtimes?
In all seriousness, it’s a remarkable feat, and Jackson acknowledged it as such in Medina’s story for the Los Angeles Daily News:
I respect [Steve Nash’s] greatness and it was good to see. There was no side of me pulling against him. At any point, my day will come and go and whatever I accomplished will fade away… I would’ve blown a timeout and congratulated him. In an ideal world, Steve would have done this the same time we were on the floor. I would be sitting, watching and appreciating it all.
The only two players ahead of Nash (10,335) are John Stockton (15,806) and Jason Kidd (12,091).
At 40 years old and in the midst of a much-publicized battle with a myriad of nagging injuries, it seems unlikely Nash has any chance of moving any further up the record-book ladder.
Which, if said a certain way, kind of makes it sound like a bad thing.
It is not. Steve Nash will go down as one of the best pure passers—as well as one of the best shooters, leaders and teammates—in the history of the NBA. ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
