Why Steve Nash has stopped shooting
November 16th, 2007, 1:34 pm · Post a Comment · posted by jerrybrown
Here’s an update from the Tribune’s Matt Paulson on the physicial condition of Suns guard Steve Nash, who has been reluctant to shoot in the past two games:
Nash, who has been plagued the past few years by a rib which has a tendency to slip out of place, is dealing with that issue again, the Suns point guard said Friday.
The injury is not serious enough to keep the two-time MVP sidelined, but it causing soreness and tightness in his right (shooting) shoulder.
“I don’t have very good range of motion on my shoulder right now, but that’s OK,” said Nash, who added he feels the injury most when shooting. “I can contribute in other ways until my shoulder settles down a little bit.”
Suns trainer Aaron Nelson said Nash recently woke up with irritation in the shoulder — there was no single incident that led to the problems and that Nash is undergoing treatment to relieve the pain.
Nash experienced similar symptoms in February and missed four games with what the team called shoulder inflammation.
Meanwhile, the Suns face their biggest test of the young season Saturday in Houston, but won’t have to deal with Tracy McGrady. The NBA’s leading scorer so far this year at 29 points a game, McGrady is out for at least a week after spraining his right elbow in Wednesday’s loss to the Lakers. Missing games is nothing new for McGrady, who missed 50 games in his first two seasons with the Rockets (Houston was 13-37 in those games). McGrady feared he might be out long term, but MRI exams showed no tendon or ligament damage, according to the Houston Chronicle.McGrady said he did sustain some nerve damage after the arm-to-arm collision with Luke Walton of the Lakers.
