D'Antoni on the acquisition of Steve Nash and the origin of Seven Seconds Or Less: "We got a preview, because Steve, being in Dallas, would come to Phoenix and play sometimes before the season started, just pickup ball in our gym with our other guys, no coaches or anything. And just watching him play, he just made everybody better. You could just tell. It was like, 'Okay, that's the guy we gotta get.' And luckily, we were able to do that. And Bryan Colangelo -- Jerry was obviously the big guy, but Bryan did an unbelievable job of getting Steve Nash, of seeing the vision, and with him and Jerry together, it gave me confidence to do something a little bit different than the normal NBA at the time. And so when that happens, it just -- I don't think any of us expected that it would explode like it did." YouTube
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