Hooped Up

Steve Nash was a free agent looking for a change and a system to join as a free agent. Luck for LA, he decided to choose the Kobe System. Check out this dramatization of his decision to leave Phoenix which also doubles as a parody of “The Bourne Legacy” flick that doesn’t have Matt Damon in it  either.

Steve Nash stars in a parody of “Star Wars, Episode 1: The Point Guard Strikes Black”.

Remember when Batman was an overweight drunk that never got invited to the bar on Friday night? Newest Lakers point guard Steve Nash does and in this ‘Dark Knight Rises′ parody. He’ll show you how the Dark Knight blossomed into the super fit Batsanity crazed freak that protects Gotham when he’s not working on his abs.

The 5th annual Steve Nash Foundation Showdown in Chinatown soccer game took place last week at Sarah D. Roosevelt Park in New York City. With the likes of Salomon Kalou, Robbie Rogers, Thierry Henry, Maurice Edu, Jimmy Conrad, Stu Holden, Giuseppe Rossi, Emmerson Boyce, Rod Fanni, Medhi Ballouchy, Danny Green, Grant Hill, Elton Brand and Mike Dunleavy, Jr. who got a ball to the face.

Not so fast New York. In an unforeseen twist that could thrust the Los Angeles Lakers straight back into title contention, two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash has successfully negotiated a sign-and-trade deal from the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers that will team him up with Kobe Bryant, according to sources with knowledge of the deal.

Sources told ESPN.com that the Nash, with the New York Knicks also pressing hard to complete a simiilar sign-and-trade deal, was swayed to join the Lakers after a determined push from Bryant and because the move not only keeps him in the title hunt but will allow Nash to stay in close proximity to his three children in Phoenix.

Nash will receive a three-year deal in excess of $25 million, sources said, because the Suns ultimately agreed to sign-and-trade him to the Lakers, who can absorb Nash via the trade exception they created by dealing Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks in December.

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Well, well, well. If it isn’t the old New York Knicks and top free agent showing mutual interest in each other story again. This time, the Knicks just might have the catch of free agency as discussions continue between the Knicks and the Suns on a sign-and-trade deal for Steve Nash. Maybe.

If the Knicks and Suns can come to terms on a deal, Nash would receive a three-year contract in the $25 million range while Phoenix would receive Shumpert and a handful of cap-friendly contracts such as Toney Douglas, Josh Harrellson and Jerome Jordan.

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Will the only Canadian franchise in the league celebrate the opening day of free agency and Canada Day by signing the best Canadian player ever? If they do, it might be the best present the Raptors can give their long-suffering fans. No pressure Bryan Colangelo.

UPDATE: According to ESPN, the Toronto Raptors have offered Steve Nash a three-year, $36 million contract.

When the clock strikes midnight and free agency begins the Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks, or Brooklyn Nets could finally wrestle Steve Nash away from the Phoenix Suns after 8 years.

As it stands, Nash says no team is favoured in the running for his services, but can you read between the lines in this interview Nash did with Marc Stein to decipher his thoughts? Watch the interview and give it a shot Columbo.