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CroatianSports.com caught up with lifelong Tottenham Hotspur fan and 2-time NBA MVP Steve Nash after the Phoenix Suns 103-86 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers Wednesday night at Staples Center. Nash stated that he would be happy with acquiring current Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho for the same position at Tottenham if Harry Redknapp left for the England national job. Nash also disclosed that Tottenham “would probably not be in the top four” if Croatian midfielder Luka Modrić was sold this previous summer. He chose Spain to win Euro 2012.
Well done, Ante!
I thought it was a pretty good interview, for the time he had available.
@allenoutraged
Did all your 15 year old teenage girls unfriend you as well
Great job with the interview Ante!
You unfriended me? Just managed to notice now because that’s how irrelevant you are to me. It’s cool only fifteen year old teenage girls do that.
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Perisic game winning..later to be game tying… goal.
@Ante B:
I checked out the link. It looks like a swanky affair. I suppose water polo is an upper crust sport in the U.S.
If I told you what city Im from on here, I’d lose a liitle of my anonymous status. If we do hook up in Cali I’ll let you know then.
Boxers or briefs? I aint looking to shake things up that much.
Quality,quantity whats the difference? Samo daj
Croatia US in waterpolo on June 1 in LA.
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I’m a little guy. I drink quality over quantity. But yes come on out! Which city are you in right now?
Once again, there was nothing to mix up for Nash. I asked the 3 most relevant questions I could have, no?
Next time I will make sure to ask him ‘boxers or briefs” That should shake things up…
@ Ante
What I meant by mixing it up was asking him other questions other than Modric questions. I know he’s intrested in being part owner of the Spurs and I know his knowledge of soccer is great. His brother Martin played for the Canadian National team and I believe his sister did too! Anyways Im planning a trip to California very soon we can continue this over a few kegs!!!
@ “The Anonymous 1”
No ball busting was taken on my part. Trust me when I say that I don’t get emotional when it comes to things like this. I try to get as much feedback as I can from everybody including professional reporters and readers of CSR, including you.I’m no Pro, I know that.
In no way do I need to defend my actions, I just think I should keep dialogue open between readers and myself/Denis. Where else can readers of a website interact with reporters on the front line as much as this website?
Regarding the GO! comment….i just meant what would you ask him?
Last year was my first contact with Nash. I asked him about Tottenham-related stuff. One whole year later, I asked him where Spurs would be without him. Completely different and a lot has changed since. I don’t understand what you mean by mixing it up. This was an important question.
Especially when is interested in minority ownership in Spurs.
@ ante, dude Im not trying to bust your balls because if I did I would! Im sure its not easy to get a quick interview with some of these pros. All I said was just to mix it up a little. Dont get all bent out over a little criticism. It might make you a better reporter
Allen’s just mad because I un-friended him on Facebook, cuz he says stupid shit to me all the time. (Above comment=proff is in the pudding)
@ Anonymous1,
You have 60 seconds with Nash (2or 3 questions at best)…
GO!!!
ahhh, little baby getting pissed ehhhh….
So one loser who posts on a message baord is complaining at the other loser posting on the message board. Classic.
I know it’s not a joke but the fact you bring it up is just stupid. Whatever you’re a prick nothing new.
Ante Kvartuc…baby faced ass clown is what I call him.
It was good. I am surprised Nash gave you even that much time. Most pros will give you a question or two and that is it. You don’t have too many pro athletes today who will spend the time answering questions to a small outlet they have never heard of, yet alone big mainstream outlets.
@Dennis/Ante, I know pro athletes (not all) dont like the media and the questions they throw at them at times, and I know it aint easy trying to get in a few questions. I think all your interviews are good. The Modric questions to Nash are fine, but Ante interviewed Nash before and asked Modric questions as well. Next time Nash see’s Ante he’ll be thinking okay here comes Luka boyfriend for more Luka questions. Just mix it up
@Denis:
Don’t forget to buy your MegaMillions ticket tonight. When you win you can buy Hajduk and end the boycott.
ante kvartuc….the baby faced assassin.
I understood Ziva Istina that it was a joke. Lets not get all sensitive team CS.
Interview was solid under the circumstances and what we can get out of Nash. I’ve been in locker rooms with Ante where reporters can’t even get one question in.
You have to be aggressive and you have to have a name for yourself. When that fox sports or ESPN mic comes around with a camera, other reporters get stepped on as the athletes focus their attention on the camera.
For the most part, I do think that the athletes like/respect us and enjoy some of our humorous questions instead of those every day cookie cutter questions: “What got you guys going tonight in the second half?” Who gives a shit.
for those of you that don’t remember, last year we interviewed Luis Scola of the Houston Rockets. WE chopped it up a bit about Drazen Petrovic off camera. It turns out that Scola was a ball boy at the “flag incident” game. He was just a boy when it happened and he didnt understand. Luis showed us the picture that he had on his blackberry of him mopping up the court in front of team Yugo. Ordinary reporters would never get this kind of treatment.
Becks was just for shits and giggles. The guy does love the media and attention. Spent at least 30 minutes with the media while others were just walking by like a girl getting hit on at a club.
I do like the idea of asking CS Nation for questions before hand. We are all in the same boat here. For those of you CSR veterans, how good was that Stimac interview I did a few years back? That wasn’t me, that was you. All your questions. I was just a puppet like Obama delivering the message.
^^^ Wish I could write like a normal person when I’m on my phone. ^^^
Aanonymous
If we want to keeo getting credentials we can’t ask questions like that. Nash was also on his,way out and in a hurry.
He he, yea, the rumour was further fueled when Steve filed for divorce right after she gave birth. People were saying he did it because the baby came out black.
Of course people will believe what they want to believe, as nobody even bothered to take the time to actually google Nash’s white newborn baby and see the nonsense for themselves.
I heard it was jay richardson. Maybe they should al lgo on the Maury Povich show where Maury grabs that brown envolpoe and tells one of them “you are not the father”!
But all said and done Steve Nash is cool shit
@Ziva
LoL at that old Barbosa rumour.
You gotta get up-to-date on your basketball gossip.
You have to be well respected and with these guys everyday to pull off questions like that. Ziva knows this, he’s just sparking the fire.
Nash is not only an ambassador to basketball, but to soccer as well. He is co-owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps and would like a minority share in Tottenham one day. He just said that Modric is Tottenham’s best player and they would not be in the Champions League running without him.
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Emphasis=CroatianSports.com…next up, the LA Galaxy..
Start a thread in the Forums on what you would want us to ask any athlete once we run into them. You come up with a good question and it gets asked, simple as that.
Sound good?
@Allen………The Nash story is no joke.
I agree with Pointdexters question, that would have killed! I know this is a croatian site and all but the Modric question was a little cheesy! Im no journalist but you dont have to emphasize all about “Croatia/Croatians”. The Euro questions were good. Even adding humor to it like Dennis did with Becks and Hajduk rumors was a good chuckle.
Don’t feed the troll, move along from another failed joke. But yeah in all seriousness, Denis is here in NY and were going to have a few drinks on Saturday. Feel free to come by for some fun and possible heated debates.
You should have asked Nash about his divorce and if its true a teammate (now long gone) was the actual father of his kid. 😉
You should have asked Steve if he would run point for my Lakers.
Good interview, it looked as if Steve was pressed on time and ready to take off. Only so much you can do in limited time.
Big Allen and I were at the Nets-Pacers game last night.
CS New York: Im in NY until Wednesday, give me a buzz and we’ll go have a couple rounds of Karlovacko’s
Cool interview but nothing to get crazy about. Nash knows what he’s saying good stuff but no need to go all crazy about the Modric praise.
nice job ante…..good canadian boy in nash!
Nash grew up with a bunch of hrvati playing soccer.
Good job Ante !