In an interview with Marc J. Spears of ESPN’s The Undefeated, Steve Nash said the lure of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as well as his friendship with Sean Marks made his decision to join the Nets easy. And he noted, he’s long had the coaching “itch.”
“We both love the game of basketball. We got a bond, over me in a sense being a teacher and a pupil through the years,” Nash said of KD. “It dates back to when I was finishing my career and we would work out together, and working with him with the Warriors.