Steve Nash isn’t eager to coach in NBA again

Steve Nash isn’t eager to coach in NBA again

From the James Harden trade to Kyrie Irving‘s off-court controversy, it was a chaotic 161 games for Steve Nash as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets from 2020-23.

Nearly two years after getting canned, it doesn’t seem like the 50-year-old is itching to get back on the sidelines anytime soon.

“Coaching was a great experience, I didn’t want to be a career coach,” Nash said, according to Cesare Milanti of EuroHoops. “I don’t think coaching was about to be my career. I’m coaching my kids, teaching them life. I earned the opportunity to choose, and that’s rewarding, There are always projects, affiliates, and partnerships. I always have something going on, I’m focused on my family.

“I hadn’t planned to coach, there was a unique situation in Brooklyn that knocked on my door. It was a quick transition. You deal with a different dynamic. A lot of it is managing personalities, between front offices, players, and agents. That’s a huge component of my job. All the dynamics, personalities, and power that the players hold nowadays.”

In three seasons in Brooklyn, Nash went 94-67 as the team’s head coach, leading them to two playoff appearances. Though the Nets got swept in the first round to the Boston Celtics–the eventual Eastern Conference champs–in 2021-22, which led to both Kevin Durant and Irving requesting trades the following offseason.

While neither of their wishes were granted at the time, both were traded to the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks, respectively, long after Nash’s firing.

Durant allegedly asked for Nash’s firing in the summer leading up to 2022-23, while Irving was involved in a hotbed of controversy, which included retweeting an anti-Semitic film. It was a complete disaster.

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If I were Nash, given that whole situation, I’m not sure I’d want to coach again–for at least a few seasons–either. It seems like he’s in a positive headspace about where he’s at in his life, which is always an encouraging sign.

Not all two situations are the same, however.

If at least one team was willing to take him on their staff as an assistant in the near future, I could see a world where he re-enters the coaching waters. Either way, the former eight-time All-Star and seven-time All-NBA honoree has the liberty to do anything he wants at this stage of his life–coaching or otherwise.

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