Odd timing considering what was written

About Kobe by ESPN destroying the Lakers future

Nash was quoted in the article with not

So complimentary things to say about his time with Kobe

Jeannie Buss performing immediate damage control

And promising whatever internal sources quoted in article found

They would no longer be employed by the Lakers

So either a meeting of heads bumped or Nash flat out

Told them I'm not playing this season

Under these circumstances with this jerk of a player

Not a good way to end career if so

Nash was complaining about back problems days before that Henry Abbott article showed up. Conspiracy much? It would be really stupid if the league operated like that. I would probably stop watching basketball altogether. Nash is his own man and being critical of a teammate is not all that different from Kobe being critical of his teammates. Kobe was the one who told Dwight Howard to develop thick skin in that infamous meeting that the Abbott article mentioned and was to blame for it being the reason why Howard walked away from the Lakers. The Abbott article was unprofessionally written from a professional sports journalist. The dude's rich by now not to care what he writes about even it states no known sources other than 'hearsay'.