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.
intheleaguewitha91.6 % freethrowpercent-
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