Steve Nash the Shooting Guard

Gone is the free-spirited, cowboy with the long hair whipping to and fro as he weaved his way around the court looking to make everyone around him better. In his place, a company man gussied up with a Gatsby-esque Hollywood hairstyle and a stand-in-the-corner until your number is called upon role.

When Nash came to Los Angeles there wasn’t any doubt that he would have to sacrifice a part of his game. In fact, with Mike Brown as the coach and Kobe Bryant as his teammate, Nash understood that he would not be handling the ball anywhere near as much as he had while running the show in Phoenix.

This new reality was clearly evident as the Lakers attempted to run the Princeton offense, which often designated Nash as an off ball screener.

But when Brown was fired two weeks into the season and Mike D’Antoni brought in to replace him, it was the natural thinking of everyone that Nash would once again pick up the mantle of being the main offensive catalyst.

A lot has happened since, but four truths have been revealed as to why the Lakers now focus their offensive attack through Bryant.