Unfortunately, every man has flaws. Every man has a sickness, and Nash’s personal cancer was made public during last year’s slam dunk contest, when he bounced a lob pass to Stoudemire off his skull. “I watch much more soccer than basketball,” he tells me, and I think he might even be wearing indoor soccer shoes when he says this. He apparently plays pickup soccer every night, all summer long. “It’s my favorite sport,” he insists. And I’m almost certain he was telling the truth, because both his brother and father played soccer professionally. Somehow, this man really, truly likes soccer more
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