Steve Nash’s admission of LeBron James in a recent United Time Podcast is somewhat shocking and surprising.
In the latest episode of the game podcast co-hosted by James and Nash, he replaced JJ Redick after becoming the Lakers head coach, NBA Hall of Famer frankly, LeBron’s simplicity loads the question: “Where do you get the stolen goods?” Nash did not hesitate to launch a revelation reaction, thus gaining insight into the early impacts that shaped his game and his identity on the court.
“I started playing basketball and fell in love with it – like the first Air Jordan One, Spike Lee ad,” Nash began, smiling as he admitted that his memory was rushing back. “When I was in eighth grade, it was right.”
He recalled the summer eighth grade a year ago and was immediately attracted.
“I thought, the world is great,” Nash said.
Then there was the part that caught LeBron off guard – in the process, he compared with his current Lakers teammates.
“I mean, let’s be real,” Nash continued. “Like, listen. You know that all the best players in the world are black, all the best rappers.”
“I want to be black.”
– Steve Nash 😭😭
(via @mindthegamepod) pic.twitter.com/l2cwdj3zcb
– April 15, 2025
LeBron couldn’t help but collapse and immediately compared it with Lakeshaw’s current rising star Austin Reaves.
James said to some extent: “It’s really interesting you say that because we said the same S ### to AR.”
According to James, Reaves, an Arkansas-born defender who has earned reputation for his crafty handles and unexpected skills, is often teased by his teammates who seem to have reached the same conclusions Nash had for himself in his game evaluation.
“You can’t learn it in f####### Arkansas,” James said. James imitated the conversation he had with others. “Markf [Morris]as we said he’s smooth in the team, like, ‘no, f### like. I don’t believe you are from Arkansas, you have to be from New Jersey or anything else. All of this, you get BOP, BOP, BOP. Like, you didn’t study that ### in Arkansas. ”
Nash returns to his story and says learning and imitating great men may also drive the Reaves style.
“I’m sure he’s like me, like, ‘I want to do more on the ball. I want to be able to beat better players from dribbling,” Nash explained. “You want to imitate great people.”
Watch the full podcast in the video above.
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