By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY

Lakers point guard Steve Nash is doing his best to carry the colors for his new team.

Tuesday night he appeared on The Tonight Show and when Jay Leno asked about the team’s top competition for the upcoming season Nash mentioned the defending champion Miami Heat.

He then took a shot at Leno and his hero worship of Dwyane Wade.

Whether it was in retaliation for Leno showing photos of Nash’s worst hair styles or the video of the little girl crying at Nash’s departure from Phoenix, only Nash knows.

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