VANCOUVER — Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash will likely take the same type
of executive director role with Canada Basketball that Wayne Gretzky assumed
with Hockey Canada in the lead-up to the 2002 Olympics.
Wayne Parrish, Canada Basketball’s president and CEO, said Tuesday that
he’s had conversations with the Victoria-raised Nash, the Phoenix Suns star who
is still playing at a high level at age 38, about being an “overseer or
executive director” for the national senior men’s team as it points toward the
2016 and 2020 Olympics.
“I very much hope that there’ll be a day, somewhere down the road, where
we’ll be able to tap Steve on the shoulder and he’ll be at a time in his life
and his career where it makes sense for him,” said Parrish. More…
Shacks Take: It’s about time Basketball Canada mended fences
with one of Canada’s greatest athletes.
They shouldn’t have fired Triano when Nash told them he was his coach of
choice and the National team has suffered ever since. Getting Nash back in the fold can only serve
to lend credibility to the program and lure Canada’s best talent to play for
their home country.
Here’s hoping Canada Basketball gets this done and gets back on track.
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