Nash Would 'Love to' Play in New York

Steve Nash made an appearance on the David Letterman show Wednesday night, and was in the studio with Dave as the two watched some video that Nash shot while reporting from Game 3 of the Finals.

There's some funny stuff in the clip, and of course, we'll show it to you after the jump. But of a bit more interest was Nash's response when Dave asked him why he doesn't come play for the Knicks. Nash said, "I'd love to. Can you work it out?"



Now of course, this was a throwaway line at the end of a segment that was meant to entertain, and not to be a serious journalistic inquiry as to the future plans of the face of the Phoenix Suns franchise. But it does say a lot about how Suns' fans have at least a bit of a double standard when it comes to Steve Nash and Amar'e Stoudemire.

Stoudemire, you may recall, was largely criticized for making almost the exact same statement, although he did have time to dig himself a little bit deeper of a hole, being asked the question on sports talk radio as opposed to the very end of a television segment.

But why the lack of criticism for Nash, and the pile-on for Stoudemire? Not that there should have been any criticism in the first place, because, well, there shouldn't have been.

The problem here is, that there is no problem. Stoudemire was simply being open to the idea of playing somewhere else, as he should be. There's nothing wrong with politely saying, "I'd love to play in [city X], and here's an example of why."

It doesn't mean that Stoudemire (or Nash, in this case) isn't happy in Phoenix, or that they're somehow plotting their respective courses out of town.

No one should have been freaking out when Stoudemire made his remarks. Just like no one is upset about what Nash said while sitting on Letterman's couch.