Steve Nash Responds to 'Hoax' Published by Phoenix New Times

Filed under: Suns, NBA Media Watch, NBA Rumors

PHOENIX -- The Suns may have suffered a tough 112-110 loss at the hands of the Spurs on Tuesday, and while the reality is that Phoenix is now 1-3 on the season, at least Steve Nash's sense of humor remained in tact afterward.



An odd story popped up on the website of the Phoenix New Times late Tuesday, with a headline that reads, "Setting Sun: Steve Nash's Quitting the Phoenix Suns to Enter Canadian Politics." The story is insanely long by internet standards, requiring the reader to click through five separate (and did I mention lengthy?) pages to reach its wholly unfulfilling conclusion.



It's played completely straight, with quotes in the story supposedly from people like Jerry Colangelo, Shaquille O'Neal, and even Nash himself. The only problem: the story is 100 percent false.



Call it fiction, satire, or -- my personal choice -- stupidity. But whatever it is, there's no clear indication anywhere within that the write-up is meant to be some kind of joke. It apparently was taken seriously by enough people that the Suns' PR team felt the need to issue a press release before halftime on Tuesday.

 

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