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Los Angeles Lakers Should Explore Potential Coaching Role for Steve Nash

At 41 and having recently retired from playing basketball, the two-time MVP and future Hall of Famer has to figure out what comes next.

The Los Angeles Lakers should reach out and offer the man his next official job—as an assistant coach for the 2015-16 season.

Nash thanked a lot of people in a retirement letter he wrote through The Players’ Tribune in March. The Lakers were among those he expressed gratitude toward for the support they gave him during a difficult three years—the point guard broke his leg in his second game with the organization “and nothing was the same.