Should Nash sit out on Friday?

And playing Nash at slightly less than normal minutes is what we should do.

Give Nash around 25 minutes, Dragic about 17-20 and LB somewhere around 10ish. Didn’t want to actually do the math to figure out how it would work between the two guard spots (JRich still needs minutes in there too), but yeah. Somewhere around that sounds about right.

But that could backfire and/or Nash and Gentry refuse to give that game away.

The second-best option is to play him against the Lakers but sit him at least 3 or 4 games between now and end of season so he doesn’t build up too much more wear and tear. Of course that could backfire too, causing us to lose all rhythm.

there’s really no great answer until summer time. At that point, we will all have a “better” plan than the one Gentry actually used, and claim to have “known” our plan would have been infinitely better and was obvious to everyone but those fools Kerr, Nash and Gentry. ;)

I don’t have the moderators’ inside knowledge of Nash’s injuries; it’s just that their reports claim Nash is pretty battered right now. If he’s that bad, will one week of rest get him right permanently? Or is it no better than a quick fix (you know, like the trainers taping his bleeding nose because that’s all they had time to do) that could easily be undone by one game? I don’t know, but let Nash play at one hundred percent, especially in the playoffs.

from now till Nash heals fully, he should start but play very limited time (say 20-24 min) while Dragic takes the remaining time. LB starts with 10-12 min till he gets into shape playing his normal position (SG).
Nash is needed at 100% in the playoffs, hence should get the needed rest. It is not like we don’t have a Dragon tin our cave

Six days off in a lot of time…Plus, last game we didn’t have Dragic…No way Nash is not playing the Lakers.

We have upcoming games against some pretty bad teams…Let him rest then. Also, having a lot more home games down the home stretch will do a lot….People don’t factor how traveling can really exhaust an already injured player. Nash traveled like 39 million miles (give or take) during the All Star/Olympic weekend.

14 f our last 18 games are against sub-.500 teams. Nearly of all these will be tanking in some form or another (subconsciously or blatantly) to improve their chance at john wall or evan turner. Gives the Suns a better opportunity to rest Nash without giving away games.

I trust Steve and the trainers to know better how he’s feeling

I agree with the ideal of Nash playing, but with limited minutes. I think its good because it also gives more minutes for Barbosa to re-adjust.

the suns are going to make the playoffs… it is important that they put their best team forward when they get there

Just to get some more depth, what if the Suns tried to sign Mike James?

I don’t want to be mean about it, but why would you even write a fanpost like this?

If you played Nash against the Pacers with only a couple days rest why would you sit him against your arch rival at home with 5 days rest?

Come on now Beavis, What were yo thinking in writing this? Are you an underground Lakers fan or just stoned when you wrote this? We’re fighting for playoff position and here on out every game is big.

If our playoff position were set and this was the last game of the season before the first round then that would be a different story. But it is not. Why would you sit him if he’s capalbe of playing. A Steve Nash at 60 or 70 % is still better than most point guards in the league and we have seen how he can adjust his game to compensate for physical limitations — that is what great players do. Plus, Mike said it above :

The only person who’s going to bench Steve Nash is Steve Nash.

Sorry, but your post was nonsensical.

I would rather not. At this point, we are in a dog-fight for anywhere between the 2nd to 8th seed in the West. Every game counts!

Although we are already missing a HUGELY under-appreciated player in Frye for Friday, we still have a shot at beating L.A. at home.

If we want to have that chance, then I think we have to play Nash if he’s available…Unless we feel we have no chance of winning; which I don’t believe to be the case.

Again, I believe Nash could certainly use the extra rest, but I just can’t justify pulling him from a very winnable game at home when we really need it!