Phoenix Sun’s owner Robert Sarver did a joke on coach Mike D’Antoni
Posted on April 3, 2007
Filed Under Basketball, Sports News
On 1th April someone got fooled. Phoenix Sun’s owner Robert Sarver did a joke on coach Mike D’Antoni that he almost made a heart attack. Robert Sarver invented a story that would have Steve Nash unavailable for the Dallas game in that day.
At about 8 a.m. Suns coach Mike D’Antoni was on his way to US Airways Center, when he got a call from owner Robert Sarver , who asked him if he spoke with Jerry Colangelo, team chairman that morning. Coach responded negative, and Sarver hesitated, than told Mike the bad news: Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki were out drinking Saturday night and into Sunday morning, and Nash was caught drunk driving his car home and eventualy got arrested for DUI.
Nash had been bailed out of jail but there was no way he could play against the Mavericks.
It’s a believable story and funny at the same time. Nash has never been a troublemaker but it is known that he and Dirk use to go out together and have some drinks on occasion.
Mike D’Antoni believed it first and started to think for a bit at the problem but realised it was just a joke. Sarver was pleased with the joke and was proud of it because it was innocent and nobody actually felt bad about it. Dirk did play like he was drinking all night, still Phoenix Suns won the game that day.
