Updated NOV 20, 2013 12:48p ET  What do you get when you take an aging, injured future Hall of Famer with his future in the air and mix his story with a well-known writer with a habit of seeming to use his Twitter feed simply to get a rise?  On Tuesday, you got a full-blown panic attack in Los Angeles.  First, said tweet that started it all:  I'm hearing Nash's pain is forcing him 2 seriously consider calling it a career. He'd still get $ this yr & next & LA'd get cap relief next  Almost immediately, the Laker-covering media converged on the team's practice facility in El Segundo, Calif., to get the Lakers' side of the story.  And what did you expect they would say?  DAntoni said Nash is working with his Canadian trainer again and is absolutely trying to come back  D'Antoni on Nash: "There’s no talk of him sitting over there eating bon bons the rest of the way. No."  OK, how about a different outlet?  Source close to Steve Nash & familiar with his thinking said it's "premature" about whether he will retire  Lakers say Steve Nash isn't considering retirement http://t.co/5ndJMsmpm3  @NBAPlayaLAL Not in my case. This person is pretty close to Steve and is familiar with his thought process  FWIW, TMZ had the same thing a few days back.  And one last note, about that whole "well-known writer with a habit of seeming to use his Twitter feed simply to get a rise" line.  This was Vecsey's very next tweet after starting the Nash firestorm  This just in: Toronto mayor Rob Ford promises next season to get the Raptors under the salary crack.
Latest Steve Nash Lakers retirement rumor sets off mini-firestorm in Los Angeles, as it all it takes is one tweet to get media into high alert and get Lakers into damage control spin mode.