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Michael Rubin on Knicks fans: Knicks were a couple years ago, people thought they were always a team that was a joke and they pulled that together. Leon Rose, all those guys, they've done a great job. You got to give mad respect to what they've done. And by the way, Knicks fans are for real. I was last weekend I was at the Champion League finals sitting with the owner of PSG and I put out on my Instagram like US sports fans got to step it up and I think I had like 500 Knicks fans trying to kill me for just accusing them of not being good enough fans cuz I was giving the the PSG and Inter Milan fans props for being such crazy soccer fans and I think the Knicks fans were ready to kill me. Those fans are serious man. You guys are great fans.
Lasry indicated that he has no interest in purchasing a team from any other professional sport despite being recently linked to wanting to purchase Inter Milan, an Italian professional soccer club. He said he never had a discussion with Inter Milan, nor does he have any interest in purchasing the team. "Basketball to me was my first love," he said. "I think for me part of the joy of owning a team is actually going to a game."
Vivek Ranadive interested in buying Inter Milan?
Sacramento Kings co-owner Vivek Ranadive is among the parties interested in buying Inter from Suning. This according to today’s print edition of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, who report that the US-based business executive and software engineer is considering a bid for the Nerazzurri, although he would consider Suning’s €1.2 billion valuation to be excessive.
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What are your goals for this tryout? I mean, I’d say the goal should be to not embarrass yourself, but you’re famously really freaking good at soccer. Steve Nash: Well, I could definitely embarrass myself with those guys. The goal is to make the team. [Laughs.] The sub-goal is to not embarrass myself. I’m not under the illusion that I’m going to make the team. I’ve heard that some folks have asked you, in total seriousness, if you might make Inter Milan, and how that would impact your NBA career. Nash: Yeah, and I’m like … I don’t necessarily want to give up the joke, but it’s just an awesome opportunity, obviously. It’s great to promote this tournament.
After being put through a series of drills focusing on changes of direction, one-on-one situations and attacking movements as a team, Inter were joined by basketball legend Steve Nash as they rounded off their second workout in New Jersey with a match played on a shortened pitch. The LA Lakers star thus got the chance to show what he can do with his feet and he lived up to his reputation for being a handy footballer, slotting in comfortably alongside the Nerazzurri as they played the ball about at pace. Afterwards, Nash chatted to Walter Mazzarri and posed for souvenir photos.
Steve Nash believes Kobe Bryant is ahead of schedule in his recovery from Achilles' surgery, is hopeful that the Los Angeles Lakers will finally find the chemistry they lacked a year ago and is finding himself fueled by the memories of an injury-filled season. On Tuesday, however, basketball won't be his sport of choice. The two-time NBA MVP gets to become a soccer player again — if only briefly. The Lakers guard who grew up playing soccer and still has deep ties within the sport will have a tryout of sorts with Inter Milan, before the storied team opens play in the Guinness International Champions Cup tournament that's coming to the U.S. next week. The tournament features eight club teams from around the world, with a winner to be crowned in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Aug. 7. "It's a dream come true to get a chance to try out, not just to try out but to take the field with Inter Milan, one of the great, storied franchises in professional sports," Nash said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I feel like a little kid."
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