{"id":5047,"date":"2012-05-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/05\/12\/steve-nash-to-become-canada-gm\/"},"modified":"2012-05-12T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T04:00:00","slug":"steve-nash-to-become-canada-gm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/05\/12\/steve-nash-to-become-canada-gm\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Nash to become Canada GM"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5046\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/e7c0584255fa6f2981e510285a9e9e4f.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Getty Images\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Steve Nash\" width=\"425\" height=\"297\" \/>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/592\/steve-nash\">Steve Nash<\/a>\u00a0has made his first big basketball decision of the summer, agreeing to become general manager of the senior men&#8217;s national team for Canada Basketball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Nash, who will be a highly coveted NBA free agent this summer, will be introduced in his new role at a news conference Tuesday in Toronto. The arrangement will be similar to the one Wayne Gretzky had with Hockey Canada in advance of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mod-quote-box quote-box-left mod-inline\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; quotes: none; width: 261px; float: left; border-right-color: #c2c2c2; border-right-style: solid; line-height: 16px; 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line-height: 24px; color: #333333; font-weight: bold; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 0px; padding: 7px 10px 0px 10px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright\" style=\"outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; float: right !important; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 4px 8px;\" src=\"http:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/headshots\/nba\/players\/full\/592.png&amp;w=65&amp;h=90&amp;scale=crop&amp;background=0xcccccc&amp;transparent=false\" alt=\"Nash\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\" \/>Maybe the timing of this will seem a little bit odd because I&#8217;m still playing, but this is about trying to impact a bunch of kids, trying to be a good resource and a source of some good.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"quote-end\" style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 60px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: #aaaaaa; font-weight: bold; line-height: 40px; float: right; height: 20px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u201d<\/span><cite style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; display: block; clear: right; text-align: right; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px 10px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8212; Steve Nash<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"subhead\" style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8220;Obviously I love the program,&#8221; Nash told ESPN.com. &#8220;It was a huge part of my development as a player. Going to the Olympics (in 2000) was the best experience of my career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8220;So if I can help other Canadians experience that, it would be pretty amazing. I want to try to lend my hand to help develop our system and change the image and reputation of this country internationally and be a resource for as many of our good, young kids as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Long known back home as &#8220;Captain Canada&#8221; after leading a team of unknowns to within one win of the medal round at the 2000 Sydney Games, Nash hasn&#8217;t played for his country since the qualifying rounds for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">As part of his new job, Nash will have a strong say in the hiring of Canada&#8217;s next coach. Former\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/tor\/toronto-raptors\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>\u00a0coach Jay Triano, who was in charge for the Sydney Olympics, is regarded as an overwhelming favorite for the post after he completes his summer stint as an assistant to Mike Krzyzewski with Team USA at the London Olympics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">There is quiet optimism that Canada&#8217;s basketball fortunes could be on the rise after\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6474\/tristan-thompson\">Tristan Thompson<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6446\/cory-joseph\">Cory Joseph<\/a>\u00a0were first-round picks in the 2011 NBA draft. Nash is optimistic the number of Canadians in the NBA could rise to double digits &#8220;in the next five years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">&#8220;Maybe the timing of this will seem a little bit odd because I&#8217;m still playing (in the NBA), but this is about trying to impact a bunch of kids, trying to be a good resource and a source of some good. We have a lot of developing talent in our country and I&#8217;m excited to help them,&#8221; Nash said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Nash will be assisted in the job by former Olympic teammate Rowan Barrett, who will run day-to-day operations as assistant GM. The next major competition for Canada&#8217;s national team isn&#8217;t until summer 2013, when it will try to qualify for the world championships, which FIBA is rebranding as the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">As for his forthcoming return to free agency in July for the first time since summer 2004, Nash said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been so busy with this that I haven&#8217;t had much of a chance to start thinking about it. In the coming weeks, I&#8217;ll definitely start to think about what I&#8217;m going to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Nash, 38, told ESPN.com last month that he wants to play in the NBA for at least three more seasons. He&#8217;s also said in recent weeks that he has not ruled out re-signing with the<a style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #225fb2; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/phx\/phoenix-suns\">Phoenix Suns<\/a>, but intends to test the open market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Suns owner Robert Sarver, meanwhile, told Phoenix radio station KTAR-AM last week: &#8220;If the situation&#8217;s right, both parties would like to continue working together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">Stein, Marc. \u00a0&#8220;Steve Nash to become Canada GM&#8221;. ESPN. 8 May 2012. Web.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Arvo, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">View original article at ESPN.com:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Arvo, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/olympics\/basketball\/story\/_\/id\/7904743\/steve-nash-phoenix-suns-become-gm-canada-basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/espn.go.com\/olympics\/basketball\/story\/_\/id\/7904743\/steve-nash-phoenix-suns-become-gm-canada-basketball<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 17px; color: #333333; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px; border: 0px initial initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Nash\u00a0has made his first big basketball decision of the summer, agreeing to become general manager of the senior men&#8217;s national team for Canada Basketball. 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