Steve Nash will turn 40 years old in the middle of next season and after struggling through a frustrating, injury-plagued campaign in 2012-13, the 17-year veteran could find himself in a very different role next year.
Mike Trudell of Lakers.com sat down with Los Angeles Lakers trainer Gary Vitti, who chronicled the rotten injury luck that helped sink the team last year. Amid that conversation, Vitti let slip an interesting thought about how L.A. could best use Nash going forward:
But I think he's going to come back in great shape, and then it's all about how he's used. You don't want to beat him up in practice. Save it for the game, figure out the appropriate minutes that put him in a successful situation. The example I use is Robert Horry, where we played him a lot of minutes, and it was difficult for him to recover and be productive at his age. But he goes to San Antonio, plays 18 minutes a game, and the guy was an unbelievable force off the bench for them. I think if we figure out how best to use Steve, he can be the same way.
Vitti's comments don't make it clear whether the team envisions Nash as a starter with a l ...
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