{"id":884210,"date":"2026-09-08T07:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884210\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T07:58:11","slug":"get-over-it-ex-nba-player-hits-out-at-kobe-bryant-fans-over-steve-nashs-back-to-back-mvps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/884210\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Get over it&#8217; &#8211; Ex-NBA player hits out at Kobe Bryant fans over Steve Nash&#8217;s back-to-back MVPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Steve Nash\u2019s two NBA regular-season MVPs still stir up debate, even more than two decades later.<\/p>\n<p>NBA legend Steve Nash never lifted the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy during his career, but he won several individual accolades.<\/p>\n<p>Among them, Nash\u2019s back-to-back NBA MVPs in 2005 and 2006 remain his biggest achievement for the Phoenix Suns icon.<\/p>\n<p>However, Nash\u2019s two MVPs have been heavily criticized, particularly by fans of late LA Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-57499730-1024x728.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Nash #13 of the Phoenix Suns looks on in front of Kobe Bryant #8 of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2006 NBA Playoffs April 30, 2006 at Staples Center.\" class=\"wp-image-2615868\" \/>Photo by Lisa Blumenfeld\/Getty ImagesEddie Johnson slams Kobe Bryant fans over Steve Nash disrespect<\/p>\n<p>The debate once again caught fire on social media, thanks to Nash\u2019s former Suns teammate Jim Jackson\u2019s 2018 take claiming Bryant was the better player during the legendary point guard\u2019s MVP seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Upon seeing this, former NBA veteran Eddie Johnson slammed Bryant\u2019s fanbase for using Jackson\u2019s take to discredit Nash\u2019s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, the best player in the league for his team those back-to-back years was Steve Nash. If it\u2019s one on one basketball. Kobe was better,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jumpshot8\/status\/2096952154041036985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Johnson wrote on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cBut the Suns were a bottom team until Nash did what he did. Get over it. Based on this thought, LBJ should have won 8 MVPs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s true that, numbers-wise, Bryant was simply phenomenal during Nash\u2019s MVP seasons, Johnson believes the PG\u2019s impact is what helped him clinch the honor in back-to-back years.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson put the debate to rest by claiming that if the NBA used Kobe fans\u2019 logic, it would lead to LeBron James having eight MVP awards as opposed to his four right now.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Steve Nash\u2019s two NBA regular-season MVPs still stir up debate, even more than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,13800,7232,590,7185,85,54233],"class_list":["post-884210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-sports","tag-steve-nash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}