Jared Dudley harbors no ill will towards Steve Nash.

Teammates since December 2008, the Suns swingman knows how

much the two-time MVP has helped him develop as a person

and as a player.

However, when the Suns meet the Lakers for the first time

next season, all that will go out the window.

“What he’s done for the franchise, I’m not mad at that at

all because he deserves that,” he told Arizona Sports

620’s Doug and Wolf Wednesday of Nash leaving for

Los Angeles. “But now we’ve got to try and kill him.”

Sounds about right.

The Suns and Lakers are bitter rivals, and just because

Nash is well-respected does not mean everyone wants to see

L.A. do well.

“You know what it comes down to, for one, we can’t stand

the Lakers, you know the rivalry,” he said. “Before I even

got to the Suns I didn’t like the Lakers.”

Dudley said he grew up a Bulls fan so the rivalry was

already there, but things are understandably different

now.

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