Nash is a great overall athlete, so the competition would be much more serious. Shaq would make it more interesting though, just by the comedy of it. but stealing the idea is just low.
I just think Nash's talents would transfer better to other sports, and especially with soccer, Nash might impress in a real competition. Rotating different Athletes would be the best. If I was doing this show and wanted to pick an athlete it would be TO(Entertaining, big draw, and super athletic).
I didn't even know Shaq had a reality show until they showed him and Big Ben on Sportscenter yesterday.
Nash is a 6 something Canadian guy who is pretty much unknown outside of the NBA. He's not that atheletic so he is not going to be competitive against these top athletes. Nash vs Roger Federer, Nash vs Usain Bolt, Nash vs Tiger Woods, Nash vs Phelps, etc... will be boring. Shaq is a 7 something guy who is pretty much a household name. He will not be competitive either but watching the awkwardness and antics of Shaq will be entertainment in of itself. It's a good idea by Nash, but he should not be the star.
Is this why Nash had Shaq traded? I remember the media reports coming from Phoenix that he demanded Shaq be dealt or else he wouldn't sign a contract extension.
Hes actually a pretty amazing athlete. His spacial awareness and co-ordination is elite, plus the man is comedic gold. Oh, and people here in New Zealand that dont watch the NBA know who Steve Nash is, so hes actually pretty famous. That plus the fact that he was on Entourage very recently should prove that your claim of Steve Nash being an unknown is baseless and wrong.
With the handicaps that Shaq gets, Nash could legitimately win some competitions. He is a pretty good soccer player, and is very athletic.
is nash any good at hockey? i thought i heard him do an interview with rome years ago, talking about how he grew up playing hockey like most canadian kids do. i'd love to see nash do a trick shot challenge on the ice against crosby or someone.
a least theres no way nash would of lost to big ben in his own sport. like the guest host for tony on pti said if shaq was a foot shorter he would be the worst player in the league.
Shaq has more star power, but nash is still pretty funny himself. <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G_vU84L7YAI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G_vU84L7YAI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>
Exactly. Nobody gives a rat's ass about whiny, little Steve Nash. I'm glad he is getting some credit for the idea but he would have never landed his own show. Shaq is still a bit of a punk but Nash should be thanking him in this instance.
I think I heard on the radio someone else was also after Shaq. I think it might have been a writer, or someone else (I forget), who said the people behind Shaq's show stole his idea and replaced him with Shaq.
Please tell me the last time you heard of an elite athlete's "spacial awareness" being mentioned. Sure, Nash has some gifts that help him to be a skilled basketball player but he isn't an elite athlete to anyone except soccer players and that should tell you something.
dude that was f'in great i'v never seen van gundy laugh that hard, or laugh at all for that matter, after seeing the vid i dont only think that nash would have been more competitive, but i think that he would've been just as funny.
As Tim Legler once said, if you make it to the NBA, unless you are freakishly tall, you are a great athlete. Steve Nash is a 2-time MVP PG. He is a special athlete. He's no where near the kind of athlete Kobe, Wade, and LeBron are, but you could say that about the people Shaq is going against.
He was much funnier, than I thought he would be. The improvisation with JVG and the fan that had him at 11th was good. As for a reality show, Barkley and D-Howard are much funnier than Shaq or Nash. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QpvA94dR3vQ&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QpvA94dR3vQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
