next season with the Suns," Nash said. "There's so many variables, including our failure or success this season to make the playoffs; what management's decision to do in the future is; the lockout. So I think right now is a very difficult time to say whether I think I'll be a Sun for beyond this contract, or just until the summer. "It's very important to have a chance to be in the playoffs. I don't want to be on a team that just isn't going to be in the playoffs. But at the same time I feel like I've never really been on that sort of team. I've always been on a team that has a chance, and that's all I ask for is a chance. I'm just going to keep fighting for this team until they tell us we didn't make it, or we made it. And if we did make, we're going to go out there and try to beat someone in the first round." Post Sports' 2012-13 NBA Preview Bruce Arthur: NBA is a league of kings and peasants Post Panel: Breaking down the NBA season Five other NBA teams to watch this season Arthur: Raptors finally have pieces that make sense NBA Preview: Get to know the Eastern Conference NBA Preview: Get to know the Western Conference