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	John Nash: Genius, Nobel and Schizophrenia
		The Phantom was John Nash, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who had spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s.
		Nash was a mathematical genius whose 27-page dissertation, "Non-Cooperative Games," written in 1950 when he was 21, would be honored with the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994.
		However, Nash himself associated his madness with his living on an "ultralogical" plane, "breathing air too rare" for most mortals, and if being "cured" meant he could no longer do any original work at that level, then, Nash argued, a remission might not be worthwhile in the end.
	www.popular-science.net /nobel/nash.html (898 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - Nash introduced as Blazers new general manager
		Nash wasn't daunted by the task of turning around a troubled team that has been damaged by on-court misconduct, off-court legal problems and infighting.
		Nash, a former Philadelphia, Washington and New Jersey GM, was most recently a basketball analyst on the Philadelphia 76ers postgame show.
		Nash, who is in charge of player personnel, has his work cut out for him.
	espn.go.com /nba/news/2003/0716/1581696.html (713 words)

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		John Nash was an eccentric mathematical genius whose sudden youthful plunge into schizophrenia could have ended in obscurity or tragedy.
		John Nash was born in London and educated at Wellington College.
		John Nash was recognised by his colleagues as a genius in 1948 when he was accepted into Princeton University's graduate programme at the age of 20.
	www.lycos.com /info/john-nash.html (522 words)

	CBC Sports Online: Newsmaker: Steve Nash
		Nash is also the ninth player overall to win the award in two straight seasons.
		Nash guided the Suns to a franchise record-tying 62 victories last season, winning plaudits and acclaim for his unselfish play and fantastic vision on the court to win his first MVP award.
		Nash's repeat MVP victory immediately drew criticism from fans and journalists who questioned his defensive prowess, and whether he was the product of a top-notch coaching system.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/columns/newsmakers/steve_nash.html (1045 words)

	ESPN.com: NBA - Nash in charge of enforcing Portland's cleanup act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		In the summer of 1995, John Nash was the general manager of the Washington Bullets, trying to determine who that franchise was going to take with the fourth pick in the draft.
		But Nash was awestruck when he saw a kid from North Carolina with a white spot on the back of his head sprinting up and down the court like a gazelle, effortlessly covering ground in long, breezy strides.
		Nash is talking with several teams about trading Arvydas Sabonis, who has a $7 million salary that is not fully guaranteed.
	espn.go.com /nba/columns/hughes_frank/1591956.html (1180 words)

	USATODAY.com - John Nash out as Trail Blazers GM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — With the NBA Draft looming and uncertainty surrounding the franchise's ownership, the Portland Trail Blazers decided not to extend general manager John Nash's contract.
		Nash, a former GM with New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington, joined the Trail Blazers three years ago.
		Nash initially was credited with getting rid of the players seen as troublesome for the Blazers, including Rasheed Wallace and Bonzi Wells.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/nba/blazers/2006-05-31-nash_x.htm (611 words)

	SportingNews.com - NBA - Trail Blazers GM Nash won't return
		PORTLAND, Ore. -- John Nash will not be back as general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers, who finished with the worst record in the NBA this season.
		John Nash is genuinely a good guy and I think people enjoyed working around him in Portland but there is no question this is one positive step in many that need to be made in the near future.
		To be honest I think John Nash should have been let go once the season was over, because now the Blazers are approaching the Draft where you have the 4th pick with no long term GM in place.
	www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=96556 (920 words)

	New Year's Resolutions Around The NBA - NBA
		The Pistons will not represent the Eastern Conference in NBA Finals this season and Brown will realize there is more work to do in Detroit than he originally thought and will attack the challenge instead of complaining that maybe he is not the right man for the job.
		He is arguably the best player in the NBA and barring any injuries can win his third championship in his seven seasons in the league.
		Nash will re-shape the Portland roster and with the help of Cheeks will acquire talented players who will be good citizens and give Blazers' fans a team that they can be proud of.
	www.ktvu.com /nba/2727090/detail.html (1199 words)

	The Sporting News NBA - Nets GM Nash signs multi-year extension
		EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- John Nash, the general manager who engineered eight- and nine-player trades that brought Keith Van Horn, Sam Cassell and Chris Gatling to New Jersey, has signed a multi-year contract extension with the New Jersey Nets.
		"John Nash is one of the shrewdest traders in the NBA," Calipari said.
		Earlier, the 50-year-old Nash was GM of the Philadelphia 76ers.
	archive.sportingnews.com /nba/articles/19980131/50940.html (421 words)

	Steve Nash - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Born in South Africa, Steve Nash's parents relocated to Canada, settling in Victoria, British Columbia before he was two years old.
		His father, John Nash, was a minor league professional soccer player in South Africa, while his mother Jean was a member of the English national netball team.
		Nash had decided to focus on basketball in his early teens, but still played soccer through high school, and was named British Columbia player of the year in soccer as well as basketball in his senior year.
	web.uvic.ca /~rdavies/a1/pages/Biography.html (517 words)

	NBA.com: Chats
		John Nash is the Blazers sixth general manager in the team's history.
		Nash showed why he is well regarded as a talent evaluator in the league by plucking future NBA All-Stars Juwan Howard, Rasheed Wallace, and Tom Gugliotta from the NBA draft and trading for Chris Webber.
		John Nash: I do envision that Shareef will be on our squad, and I would expect he'll play a major role, as he has over the course of his career.
	proxy.espn.go.com /chat/chatNBA?event_id=5975 (1136 words)

	Points In The Paint - NBA
		Nash already traded multi-talented swingman Bonzi Wells, 27, earlier this season to the Memphis Grizzlies for 32-year-old swingman Wesley Person, a conditional first-round pick in the 2004 NBA Draft and cash considerations.
		Nash has to be creative when it comes to dealing Wallace, but it will definitely be for the best.
		Nash and the rest of the Portland organization should come to grips with the fact that losing is only going to make them better.
	www.10news.com /nba/2775241/detail.html (832 words)

	CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Basketball - NBA Playoffs: Nash's father used to son's overachieving
		John Nash has come to expect the unexpected with regard to his overachieving son Steve.
		Steve Nash, of course, has gone on to be far more than an average NBA starter.
		John Nash said he and his wife Jean have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection for Steve in Canada.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Basketball/NBA/Playoffs/2005/05/12/1036486.html (385 words)

	Nash Out As GM Of Blazers - NBA
		Nash recently finished his third season with the club, which struggled to a 21-61 record.
		Before that stint, Nash had been a GM in the NBA for 15 years, which included stops in Philadelphia, Washington and New Jersey.
		Nash was part of the Sixers organization when the club won the NBA title in 1983.
	www.nbc5.com /nba/9296180/detail.html (341 words)

	SN: NBA poised to exploit lovable Nash, Suns - NBA - MSNBC.com
		This summer, Nash moved his wife, Alejandra, and twin daughters Lola and Bella to Manhattan because, he says, "You can be anonymous in New York, and it's nice to spend some time away from Phoenix, which can feel like a country club." Nash prefers to be the idolizer, not the idolized.
		Nash, after a summer of soccer and cardio training, remains in top shape, even as he ages.
		John Nash chuckles when he thinks about the fan mail he has gotten for his son — mail from Australia and Japan and China.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15504092/wid/6448213/page/2 (925 words)

	SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NBA's class of '96 feels like bragging
		Iverson and Nash have won MVP awards, and Nash and Bryant are among the leading candidates this season.
		Nash was New Jersey's general manger and said the Nets planned to take Bryant with the eighth pick.
		But Nash says Bryant called the next afternoon to tell the Nets he wasn't interested in playing for them, probably because he knew where he could end up instead.
	www.sportingnews.com /nba/articles/20060311/717053-p.html (987 words)

	A Beautiful Mind's John Nash is less complex than the real one. - By Chris Suellentrop - Slate Magazine
		Nash was still ill at the time and thought John Stier would play "an essential and significant personal role in my personal long-awaited 'gay liberation,' " according to a letter Nash wrote to a friend.
		Nash moved in with Alicia again in 1970, and it's true that her patience and concern played a critical role in his recovery from schizophrenia.
		Third, Nash said that he had won for game theory and that he felt that game theory was like string theory, a subject of great intrinsic intellectual interest that the world wishes to imagine can be of some utility.
	www.slate.com /id/2060110 (1039 words)

	Metroblogging Portland: RIP John Nash
		Well, apparently John Nash has finally been given a reprieve from dealing with the ever-underachieving Portland Trailblazers.
		Nash has been the one guy in the mix who you always sensed was giving you a kernel of truth in the sound bite.
		As John Canzano has mentioned ad nauseum in his articles, his blog, and his appearances on local talk radio, one of the reasons the Nash era is so hard to judge is because Nash had so little control over it.
	portland.metblogs.com /archives/2006/05/rip_john_nash.phtml (584 words)

	SportingNews.com - NBA : Trail Blazers turn to Nash
		PORTLAND, Ore. -- John Nash was introduced Wednesday as the Trail Blazers' sixth general manager, taking control of a troubled team in need of an overhaul.
		Nash said he would not shy away from those problems.
		Nash also performed a major makeover when he was with Washington, acquiring players such as Chris Webber, Rex Chapman and Scott Skiles.
	archive.sportingnews.com /nba/articles/20030716/483255.html (557 words)

	NBA.com: John Nash and Maurice Cheeks Talk Draft
		Welcome to the NBA Blog Squad, a varied collection of insiders, media members and fans from around the world who will share their thoughts about the NBA, WNBA, and whatever else comes to mind on an ongoing basis in online journals - or "blogs" - right here on NBA.com.
		Portland Trail Blazers General Manager John Nash and Head Coach Maurice Cheeks will take turns discussing the off-season plans for the team.
		John Nash discusses the team's first round draft results.
	www.nba.com /blog/blog23.html (2463 words)

	True Hoop: John Nash's Great Game
		The most recent quote I saw from John Nash was that he has limited the Blazers interest to four players: Gerald Green, Martell Webster, Chris Paul, and Deron Williams.
		In all of the mock drafts and GM interviews, it seems that the four teams picking behind the Blazers are each drooling after at least one of the four players that Nash has mentioned.
		Nash mentioned four players by name, because there are four picks he is willing to trade for.
	www.truehoop.com /2005-draft-7884-john-nashs-great-game.html (538 words)

	John Nash out as Trail Blazers GM
		John Nash won't be returning as general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers next season.
		John Nash spent three seasons as GM of the Portland Trail Blazers.
		Nash spent the past three seasons at the helm of the Trail Blazers.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/story/2006/05/31/john-nash-trailblazers.html (1144 words)

	EMJohn's Blog - FOX Sports Blogs
		Vicious complaints from LeBron and Shaq, the faces of the NBA, helped as did reports that players and assistants were taping their fingers because of annoying cuts from the ball.
		The NBA is moving further towards fullcourt play, which is not the forte of this team despite Manu and Parker.
		John Nash is a recently released guy that might work well.
	community.foxsports.com /blogs/EMJohn/nba/27802 (15566 words)

	FOX Sports - NBA - 10 Things We Learned: Hawk hijinks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The first is this young group, which has helped create a renaissance of sorts for the NBA the past two seasons, desperately wants to prove they can prove to be as elite as the original Dream Team of 1992.
		This is another example of the NBA continuing its efforts to make a positive impact in the most troubled sectors of society.
		Regardless of the ludicrous amounts of money that are made by owners, players, agents and other staff members, the fact of the matter is the NBA continues to understand the importance of serious — not token — community service.
	msn.foxsports.com /nba/story/5832582 (2719 words)

	HoopsHype - NBA General Managers - John Nash
		Extended the contracts of assistant coaches Jim Lynam, Dan Panaggio, John Loyer and Bernard Smith.
		Named John Loyer and Bernard Smith assistant coaches.
		No part of this website may be copied, transferred, or re-created without the express consent of HoopsHype.com.
	www.hoopshype.com /general_managers/john_nash.htm (562 words)

	MyUSTINET News: Trailblazers Can John Nash
		PORTLAND, Ore., May 31 (UPI) -- John Nash will not be back next season as the general manager of the NBA's Portland Trailblazers.
		Also, he was a GM in the NBA for 15 years in Philadelphia, Washington and New Jersey and was part of the 76ers' organization when the club won the NBA title in 1983.
		With a mark of 21-61 in the 2005-06 season, the Trailblazers had their worst record since 1973, when they had the same record.
	news.usti.net /newsstory/sports.basketball.nba/2/wed/cs/Ubkp-johnnash.RD3I_GyV.html (182 words)

	Records don’t define new GM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Nash’s teams were 457-649 in the regular season and 6-15 in the playoffs during his stints in Philadelphia, Washington and New Jersey from 1986-2000.
		Former NBA head coach Matt Guokas was a star player under Ramsay at St. Joe’s when Nash was a busy-bee student worker in the athletic department.
		Nash also pushed to select high school phenom Kobe Bryant with the eighth pick in the 1996 draft, but first-year coach John Calipari Ñ who had major control in personnel matters Ñ opted for the security of 22-year-old Villanova senior Kerry Kittles.
	www.portlandtribune.com /archview.cgi?id=19193 (1261 words)

	Kevin Pritchard: Scout master - DraftExpress Forums
		The notebook is chock-full of information on potential draft selections by the NBA club, the names color-coded and organized from top to bottom in order of importance.
		A point guard during his college days at Kansas, he played parts of four seasons in the NBA and served as Portland’s interim head coach for the final 27 games last season after the firing of Maurice Cheeks.
		Pritchard, 38, estimates that 60 percent to 70 percent of his workload involves the draft, but a portion of his job is to stay current on NBA players who someday could wind up in Portland via free agency or a trade.
	www.draftexpress.com /forums/showthread.php?t=893 (1376 words)

	KATU - Portland, Oregon - Sports - Blazers: No new contract for GM John Nash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		- PORTLAND, Ore. - John Nash will not be back as general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers, who finished with the worst record in the NBA this season.
		The Trail Blazers released a statement late Tuesday that said Nash's contract, due to expire in a month, will not be extended for next season.
		Though it's widely believed Nash hasn't had complete control over personnel decisions, he has been criticized for spending high draft picks on high school players Sebastian Telfair and Martell Webster and for signing forwards Darius Miles and Zach Randolph to expensive, long-term contracts.
	www.katu.com /sports/story.asp?ID=86365 (567 words)

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