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Two-time MVP Steve Nash just won his first NBA title earlier this June as a consultant for the Golden State Warriors. Now that the celebrations have come to a close, it's back to business for the 43-year-old legend.
With the NBA preseason still at a distance, though, Nash has taken action not on the basketball courts, but rather in his activities on social media.
The unwarranted fatality and other injuries from “Unite the Right” rally this past weekend at Charlottesville, Virginia, will go down as one of the more unfortunate events of the year; one that will surely widen the schism between the American populace's various races and ethnicities even further. Not helping the cause is President Donald Trump, who put the blame on both sides of the incident before stating that he owns one of the biggest winieries in the country right in Charlottesville.
The media quickly picked up on Trump's passive-aggressive brag, and Nash was just as swift to take to his Twitter account to express his frustration over the POTUS' remarks (NSFW language ahead):
To defend white supremacists and then slang his shitty ass grape juice pretty much sums the man up
— Steve Nash (@SteveNash) August 15, 2017
The prolific point guard's harsh words for Trump come with even more weight than it should considering he's a white, Canadian male looking in on the latest happenings from the United States.
Nash is just one of the NBA's biggest stars who has made his voice heard over the displeasure of Trump as the “Leader of the Free World”. Vince Carter, another 40-year-old great, recently received a custom-made shirt with a print of him dunking over Trump, and Carter was adamant that he'll wear the said shirt in public despite the controversy that it'll likely draw.
Although racial tensions are hardly considered as prevalent issues in the NBA, it's comforting to know that the league's elder statesmen are not blind to or have remained silent regarding the turmoil in America. It shouldn't be long until we hear from some of the younger stars on what they can do to unite the country in a more civil manner and with the NBA itself as a prime example of ethnic diversity and co-existence.
