The Los Angeles Lakers are in the midst of the worst start in franchise history after losing their first five games to open the season. One of the reasons to their horrific form is the season-ending back injury to Steve Nash, who could have given the team a veteran presence in the backcourt.
However, the two-time NBA MVP recently created a firestorm among basketball fans, especially die-hard purple-and-gold followers, after he posted a homemade video on Instagram that shows him hitting golf balls despite a 'bad back.'
Fans immediately expressed their reactions, most of them negative, to Nash's golfing video, some of them tend to believe the veteran point guard might be faking his back injury all this time.
Lakers head coach Byron Scott admitted in a recent press conference that Nash made a bad decision to post the controversial video, but downplayed speculation that the guard is just faking the injury.
Nash, who is in the final year of a three-year, $27 million contract, entered training camp brimming with hope he can be a valuable piece to a Lakers team that already lacked starpower after missing on elite players like Carmelo Antjony, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and losing Pau Gasol to the Chicago Bulls in last summer's free-agency.
But after just one pre-season game, Nash already complained about stiffness in his back, an injury that went worse after he tweaked it while carrying his bag. After further checking, he was ruled out for the entire 2014-15 NBA season due to a nerve problem in his back.
Conspiracy theories are everywhere, but a story Tony Manfred of Business Insider might come intriguing to an Lakers fan, especially if he pointed out the evidence of the franchise's plan to secretly tank the season away.
"No one thought L.A. would make the playoffs, but no one put them in the category of "tanking" teams (Philly, Orlando, Utah) that were actively trying to bottom out as part of a coherent long-term building strategy. What the secret tanking theory presupposes is, maybe the Lakers really are sacrificing the present for the future," according to Business Insider.
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