Steve Nash

Stephen John Nash (born the February 7th 1974 with Johannesburg in South Africa) is a player of Canadian Basket-ball evolving/moving at the post of leader in the club NBA of the Phoenix Suns.

Biography

Steve Nash with grown with Victoria, Colombia-British, with the Canada. In the team of tennis shoe of secondary sound school, it plays station of pivot, with his/her brother, Martin Nash, today Football professional or.

Nash joined the university of Santa Clara, where it is named twice player of the year of the Conference of the west coast. During the summer, he plays for the national team of Canada.

Steve Nash is selected in 15th position at the time of draft NBA of 1996 by the Suns de Phoenix, becoming thus Canadian most quickly selected history of the NBA at the time of the draft. Being only the 3rd leader of the team after Kevin Johnson and Jason Kidd, Nash records weak statistics at the time of its first season (3 points and 2 decisive master keys of average in 10 minutes per match). But with Johnson in end of a career, Nash sees its time play to increase the following season, making of him a substitute of value with 9 points and 3 decisive master keys of average. The team is powerful with 56 victories in regular season, but is beaten with the first turn by San Antonio.

But Suns, which has already Jason Kidd, decide to send Nash to the Dallas Mavericks during the intersaison 1998 against Martin Müürsepp, Bubba Wells, the rights of fishing out of Pat Garrity, and a future choice of draft which will be used to select Shawn Marion. Mavericks gained 36 victories of less than Suns, but are in full rebuilding under the aegis of Don Nelson, which had the sense of smell to make come Nash without counterpart from value - choice of draft put aside -.

Nash has finally the possibility of being titular, but he is only the sixth marker of the team (8 points of average).

The season 1999-2000 is still difficult for Nash, if Mavericks find the way of the victory (with 40 gained matches), Nash must share its place of holder with Robert Pack.

The season 2000-01 will be that of the revelation for Nash: it passes at 15 points and 7 decisive master keys of average, and is one of the craftsmen of the success of the team which gains 50 matches and beats the Jazz of Utah to the first turn of the play-offs.

Its performances still improve during the two following seasons, while Dallas, team frightening on paper, always makes very regular good seasons before being quickly eliminated in series eliminating heats.

In July 2004, at the end of its contract with Dallas, Steve Nash joined the team of her beginnings: Suns de Phoenix, with a contract of 5 years and 65 million dollars to the key.

He becomes the leader of a team as young as talented. Suns make a jump of 33 victories compared to the former season. Not qualified the former season, Phoenix was in 2005 the best team of the league. Nash seems to give rate/rhythm and to find alchemy correct between Amaré Stoudemire, Quentin Richardson, Shawn Marion, Joe Johnson and itself. Better frontier runner of the league, it is named MVP of the regular season. Its 15,5 points by match are the 3rd weaker total of the history of the league for a MVP, proof that this trophy was decreed to him for its collective contribution, beyond its individual performances.

In 2006, it keeps this trophy and even succeeds in being the best frontier runner of the NBA, with an average of 10,5 decisive master keys per match.

It did not preserve its title at the time of the season 2006-2007, it was however 2nd with the vote, German Dirk Nowitzki of Mavericks of Dallas was preferred to him becoming thus first not North-American MVP of the regular season.

Prize list

Better player (MVP) of championship 2004/2005 and 2005/2006
Elected in the AlNBA First TEAM (standard team of the league) in 2005 and 2006
Elected in the AlNBA Third TEAM (third standard team of the league) in 2002 and 2003
Selected for the AlStar Range in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006
Better frontier runner of the NBA to the number of master keys over the season in 2005 (861) and 2006 (826)
Better frontier runner of the NBA with the average of master keys per match in 2005 (11,5) and 2006 (10,5)
the most skilful Player of the league to the throw-francs in 2006 (92,1% of success)

External bond

Card nba.com

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