STEVE NASH
“ Whathappenedinthepast isjustthat , thepast . Championornot .”~ SteveNash
Age : 39 Born : February7,1979 Nationality : Canadian / British Height : 6 ’ 3 ’ Weight : 178lbs . Presentlyplaysfor : LosAngelesLakers Position : Pointguard Yearsofexperience : 16
SteveNash , awidelyacclaimedathlete pergameand8.75asistspergame . In2004 borntoprofesionalsoccerplayerJohnNashand when Nash ’ s contract with the Mavericks wife , ishighlyregardedtobeoneofthebest approacheditsend , Nashstoodstrongwith8.8 pointguardsofhistime . AlthoughborninSouth asistspergame , thirdintheleague , andsecond Africa , hisupbringinginVancouverdistinguisheshim withthetitleofaCanadian . Hisever age .
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growinginterestinthesportofbasketbalasan UponreturningtothePhoenixSuns , Nash adolescentpavedanincreaseddesiretomakethe provedtobeconsistentinhissucces . Whilewith cutfortheNationalBasketbalA sociation . In theSuns , NashplayedalongsideplayerShaquile 1996 , hisaspirationprovedtoberealisticwhen O ’ Neilandearnedaleague-highof11.5asists hewasdraftedbythePhoenixSuns . Nashmade pergame . Heconsistentlymaintainedhighaveragesforpointspergameandasistspergamein nosignificantcontributionstotheteam inthe earlyyearsofhiscareer . eachseason . Itwasin2012thatNashsignedon
In1998 , adraft-daytraderesultedin withtheLosAngelesLakers .
NashbeingacquiredbytheDalasMavericks DuringhiscareerNashhasbeenawarded upuntil2004whenNashreturnedtojointhe theNBAMostValuablePlayer ( MVP ) twice , and Phoenix Suns . While with the Mavericks , hasplayedineightNBAAl-Stargames . Atthe Nashsetcareer-highswithanaverageof17.99
1999OlympicQualificationTournament , Canada ’ sglorioussecondplacepositionbehindthe
pointspergameand7.7asistspergame . Additionaly , Nashwasselectedtoplayinhisfirst
UnitedStateswascreditedtoSteveNash . everAl-Stargameand averaged 19.5 points 12 HoopsMagazine2013