Will he or won’t he?! Fans have been wondering if Steve Nash plans on retiring and even though he didn’t announce it – we have his answer…thanks to court documents.
Find out after the jump…
Via TMZ:
39-year-old Steve Nash swore under penalty of perjury … the Los Angeles Lakers star has no plans to hang up his jersey and retire from basketball, TMZ has learned.
The revelation ironically came in the middle of a legal war he’s having with his ex-wife over her plans to move with their kids from Arizona to California.
Steve is trying to block the move … his ex believes it’s because Nash fears a California judge would nail him for child support.
Steve is on the stand right now … and that’s where he revealed he plans to stick around the NBA for a while. In fact, Steve said he has more than a year left on the lease for his sweet pad in Manhattan Beach, the city that a bunch of the Lakers call home.
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Update:
Steve Nash was in a surprisingly good mood this afternoon on his way into court — where his ex-wife is currently fighting him tooth and nail to move their kids to L.A. … and squeeze him for tons of child support.
We asked Steve a bunch of questions on his way back from lunch — like why he really doesn’t want his kids to move to L.A. … and whether he can elaborate on his refusal to retire from basketball. He responds to one of them. Check the clip.
TMZ broke the story … Alejandra Nash filed court papers last week, asking a judge to lift a restraining order Steve had obtained against her … blocking her from moving their 3 kids to L.A.
Alejandra believes Nash wants her to stay put in Phoenix because it’s a lot easier to obtain child support in California … and Steve doesn’t want to pay up.
For his part, Steve has said he wants Alejandra to stay in Phoenix in case he’s traded or forced to retire … so the family isn’t uprooted a second time.
Steve famously signed with the L.A. Lakers over the N.Y. Knicks in order to be closer to his kids … so it’s a little weird he’s fighting Alejandra on the move.
