Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash was ruled out for the season last month after he suffered another back injury. With the team struggling, coach Byron Scott is hoping Nash can serve as a mentor for his 1-8 team. The problem is Nash won’t return Scott’s calls.
“I would like to (hear from Nash), but I don’t know,” Scott said, per Mark Medina of the LA Daily News. “I gave him a call, but I haven’t gotten a return call. So we’ll see.”
Scott added that he “definitely” would have returned any of his coaches’ calls immediately during his 14-year NBA career, but he insisted he is “not angry at all” with Nash.
“He’s probably going through a tough time to adjust as far as life without basketball at this particular point,” said Scott. “It didn’t upset me one bit. Hopefully I’ll reach out to him again and we can talk or I can get a return call.”
The Lakers have let Nash decide whether he would like to be around the team’s training facility, but there has obviously been no sign of him. The 40-year-old is still under contract for another $9.8 million.
If Scott wasn’t frustrated with Nash, he wouldn’t have told the media that the veteran guard hasn’t called him back. It’s obvious Scott is irritated.
