Steve Nash on Charlie Rose

by SueB on Aug 25, 2007 8:50 PM MDT Comment 9 comments

[Thanks for the head's up, Sue B! For readers in the Dallas area, it looks like this will be shown Tuesday instead of Monday (2pm CT on Channel 13).]

I just saw that Steve Nash is going to be on the Charlie Rose show (on PBS) this Monday. Check your local listings!

If you've never watched Rose's show, he does long, in-depth interviews and usually manages to come up with new and interesting points of discussion with his interviewees, rather than the same old topics rehashed all over again. I hope that's the case this time although I'll enjoy it either way. I've got my timer set, and I'm looking forward to it!

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thanks sue

I'll look forward to it :-)

by jasonsuns1 on Aug 26, 2007 12:45 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice interview

Rose is a little bit hard to take in a cloying James Lipton sort of way, but it was still a good interview - around 25 minutes long, and they pretty much just talked about the game of basketball, which was sort of refreshing. They touched on the Donaghy scandal but no mention of Robert Horry and no politics, and not even that much about Nash's oft-told "life story".

If you're recording it, just tape the second half of the show. That's when Nash comes on.

by SueB on Aug 28, 2007 6:44 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

A Diary?

Thanks for giving us a brief synopsis. The interview doesn't come on here until 2pm today, and thanks to work and FIBA it may be tomorrow evening before I'll finally get to see it (thank goodness for DVRs). If you'd like the honor of writing the official diary about it, be my guest. By the time I get to it, it will be old news.

by TexSUN on Aug 28, 2007 9:24 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interview online

Just wanted to let you guys know, for any of us that missed it, the interview is available online. Go here: http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/08/27/2/a-conversation-with-basketball-professional-steve-nash

by edgary on Aug 28, 2007 11:40 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

Thanks for the info! A backup plan in case my DVR flakes out. :)

by TexSUN on Aug 28, 2007 1:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

thanks edgary

I'm going to watch it now :-)

by jasonsuns1 on Aug 29, 2007 8:54 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

A great interview

Great as usual (not counting Steve's shirt). The man is just great!

by Son of Steve Nash on Aug 28, 2007 2:52 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Uh oh..

I haven't seen it yet - how bad was it? (Can't imagine it being much worse than what he wears to those post-game interviews during the playoffs. :) )

by TexSUN on Aug 28, 2007 3:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have to watch it again

Yes, one of the many things I like about Nash is how he always puts such careful thought into his responses before speaking - whether it's a quick obligatory interview as he's exiting the court or something this. Rose came up with some slightly off-the-wall questions, but Nash gave thoughtful answers as always.

Rose asked what made Michael Jordan so great, for instance, and Nash responded that people might not realize the importance of MJ's mental edge - how he got into his opponents' heads and actually intimidated them. So Rose asked if he (Nash) tried to do that, and Steve's response was that he can't physically intimidate anybody because he's too small, so he just tries to gain the edge mentally by "being unflappable".

I also thought it was interesting when he talked about how, although his first instinct is to set up other players, when it's the end of a close game, he wants to be the one to take on the responsibility of scoring.

Most of all, I liked whe he explained that one of his jobs is to read the other players - their body language, facial expressions, etc - and how the point guard sort of has to be a "mother". Ha. Not "mother**" - as in short for something else - mother, as in nurturer and caregiver. As a real mother, I thought that was pretty funny.

by SueB on Aug 28, 2007 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs