Chapter 590: Those Destined to Meet Will Surely Come Together

The summer of 2014 was undoubtedly a season of retirement.

Players from the '90s who made it to that year had played in the NBA for at least 15 years.

15 years is three times the average career span of an NBA player, and the end point for the vast majority.

Therefore, it wasn't just Ray Allen and Shane Battier who retired that summer.

Steve Nash, also from the stellar '96 class, ended his professional career as well.

Nash, being one of the older players in the '96 generation, retired under normal circumstances, but it was regrettable that he didn't retire with a championship ring.

In the previous two years, Nash was nearly traded, as both the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets extended olive branches to him.

However, Nash ultimately did not reach an agreement with these two teams, choosing instead to grow old with the Phoenix Suns because he was unwilling to take a bench role.