NBA Legends Explain Why Steve Nash Was A Genius On Court
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Nash was one of the rare superstars who didn’t shoot nearly enough, but that was his DNA: point guard.
Point God
Yep if he took double the field goal attempts nightly he would have averaged 25pts/gm. When he wanted to score alot he could, from his 50 pt games in Dallas, to many 40 pt games in Phoenix, Nash would be just as nasty playing in todays NBA if not more lethal!
If he was in this era he would be an even better player
One of them ones 🐐 HOF for sure
100%; In Dallas, Nash only decided to score when Dirk and Finley were having bad nights which was rare. As a result, I think even Cuban took Nash for granted which is why he left Dallas. Definitely the biggest mistake in Mavs history. 😞
He had steph curry like offense but people don’t know that because he didn’t shoot that much. But when he did he was the most efficient on the court shooting from everywhere
You are 100% correct. On nights that the Suns needed him to he would literally turn into Steph Curry and score 40 points because he was that kind of shooter but only did it when thar was the best course of action on that night. I mean the year the suns signed him the won an extra 25 wins just by adding him. And every single person he played with would go from a scrub to starter, starter to Allstar. The amount of disrespect Steve Nash has gotten over the past 10yrs is insane. There was no one more valuable to their team than Steve Nash was when he won the 2 mvps & the truth is his best season was the season after he won the 2nd mvp.
Nash's passes were so smooth and clean they weren't too crazy like Jason Williams but Nash hit them with crazy angles and then he had that layup under the rim that was un stoppable
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He rode the bench to start his career and his handle nor his range compared to Steph. Neither of them can defend however 🤣🤣
Definitely should've let it go more
Most people dont know Nash gave offensive creativity. To Golden state warriors.
Nash played basketball like soccer, run it fast and keep the D guessing where the scoring pass will come from. He made everyone on his team better and get their numbers.
The NBA was not ready for it.
That second one in particular. He was such a great pg. he made Quenton Richardson look good
@@lordalaricstark I think they'd have a title if they paid Joe Johnson, such a petty move.
@@arramon6096 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@@arramon6096 Or gone on to win a title if refs didn’t suspend Stoudamire in that Suns/ Spurs playoff game that year, while refs were bias towards the spurs players etc.
As a fellow soccer player I agree. He played the game like a tru footballer. Thats where a lot of his vision and pace came from
The craziest thing about Steve Nash is that he almost had a 50/40/90 CAREER. His career shooting line is 49/42.8/90.4, which also places him juuuuuust above Steph Curry in terms of 3 point percentage. Also, as it is he's responsible for 4 of the 13 50/40/90 seasons in NBA history, but he was literally one missed free throw away in 06-07 from having that be 5 of 14. The man was an absolute machine
Yup. And if you take the 11-year period from the 2003 season through the 2013 season, his shooting percentages were 50-43-91.
word up legend shit fr.
There is no doubt that Steve Nash is one of the greatest shooters ever but hen is also one of the best passers ever. I mean, Nash averaged the most assists per game SIX times in his career and he is fifth on the all-time assist career list. But those great stats don't do his passing justice because to watch Nash work in the Suns system was a sight to behold.
@@jingqi9106Yup. He was passing hybrid of Stockton and White Chocolate while being one of the most consistent shooters in history and tough as they come.
@@ethanliddle9008who's white 🍫? 🤔
Nobody ever mention how easy Nash can drive through whenever and where ever he likes on the court.. he's first step was super fast
Yea don’t know why ppl think he only scored from his jump shot. Dude could get in the paint at will.
Yet he got blown by all the time..couldn't defend the chair you sitting in. Give me J Kidd anyday.
@@christiansantiagophotography he had one of the nastiest handles, he walked into traffic like he didn't even have a basketball with him. I think the reason people think that is bc when he collapsed the defense was when his playmaking was at its best. the one thing where nobody can get close to him is those laydown/dropoff passes for dunks in the paint. he can just teleport the ball anywhere 360 degrees around him. there was a series against dallas where they just refused to send help when he touched the paint to "make him score"...and he averaged 40 in that series (which is the equivalent of almost 50 in today's game). reminds me of all the teams that have tried to do that against Jokic.
@@ericwilliams1023 His very mediocre defensive abilities are why I think he never deserved the MVP award. Shaq's skills may not have been as well rounded, and he might not have been as pretty to watch, but he was a disruptive force on both ends of the court, blocking shots, gobbling up re-bounds, and wreaking havoc on offense.
Nash was a great point guard, but he was never actually the best player in the league, imo. Defense is underrated. Even when we talk about the actual greatest players, we don't talk enough about their defensive abilities. One of the reasons why Jordan was so great was because he was an amazing defender who created a lot of turnovers and made it harder for opposing offenses to get clean shots off, but people don't actually talk about that very much when talking about Jordan.
@@syncmonism man i agree, i just thought it was given considering how atrocious he was as a defender. MVP above Kobe and Shaq is a joke...but hey certain people always get the beenfit of lowered standards
Steve Nash! He's one of most exciting, fun to watch point guards I've ever seen!
I've never heard someone say Steve Nash wasn't a great PG. One of the greatest to ever play the game.
kyrie
@@jliefer2484 Kylie garbage compared to Nash
But I have heard people say he didn’t deserve those back to back MVPs.
@@JamaicanSagathey said the same thing ab curry .
Is he top 5 tho?
One of the few players I actually enjoyed watching shoot free throws. He had it down.
Superb form
And accuracy of course.
Feel the same way about dirk. Can't name the year but I remember when he litterally hit like 39-40 I believe in a row in the playoffs
@@rayweingartner7361 both had excellent form and centered the ball perfectly in their hand.
@@rayweingartner7361 His championship year. 2011 playoffs
Yep. Ball was all wet after those two throws. 😂
Nash didn't look to score, he was a playmaker first and foremost, but was a terrific ballhandler and dead-eye shooter. Passing was pretty good too. :P
And a trash defender who rode the bench his first two years
I live in Canada, but visited Phoenix so my Dad got tickets to watch him live against the big 3 Heat in the 2011 season. I'm telling you TV doesn't do justice of just how crazy his passiong and vision was. Unlike a lot of guys who rack up high assists, he was the one shifting the defense, creating advantages and creating open shots for his team mates. He always seemed to get where he wanted and then would whip a bullet cross court through a tiny window that no one would have thought was open to a wide open teammate. He had like only 4 points that game, but 16 assists that night and Jared Dudley had like 32 points lmao because of Nash. The entire Heat defense completely shifted to guard him and he hardly even took a shot, that's how good he was.
When ESPN was showing the most efficient shooters from each spot on the court in the 2000s, Nash was the best for like 4 or 5 of them. Nash also led his team to the best offense in like 9 straight seasons or something crazy like that. Counting stats could never do justice to what impact he had on winning. He was possibly the best passers of all time, and perhaps the best all-around shooter (mid-range, 3 point and free throw) of all time outside of Curry.
Sounds like Jason Kidd...who has more Finals appearances, a ring ,a way better defender and well ya know...
@@ericwilliams1023 And a better wife beater.
Yeah I thought he was overrated when he was in Phoenix then Dallas until I saw him play for Canada in the 2000 olympics and you could just see how he controlled the entire game. Could get anywhere he wanted to on the court and no one could stop the guy from doing that.
@@someguy2972 yeah but in the NBA against the BEST...overrated
@ericwilliams1023
Let’s see Kidd’s Nets face guys like Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant in the finals and actually beat them
If Nash shot more 3s he would of been as good a shooter as steph. He had one of the best shots to ever play, and it wasn't only from deep. He had a crazy mid-range game as well.
Imo He already was as good of a shooter as steph, but we only saw glimpses of it because he just had that pass first, you eat then I’ll eat mentality
@@liljaymoney8191 it's hard to argue he's not the second greatest pure shooter of all time, but based on FT% which is a pretty pure indicator, Steph is very slightly ahead. what puts steph so far ahead of everybody else is not just the pure shooting but how he gets his shots, being the greatest off-ball perimeter player of all time combined with a deadly on-ball game. but I agree that Steve Nash in today's league could be as deadly or more than Lillard from 3 and as Paul from the midrange. I would see him like being the perimeter version of Jokic, where he still loves feeding his guys more than anything but is ready to take over when needed bc of how heliocentric offenses are now.
@@QGfk1 I agree, Steph is the Greatest shooter ever. I’m just saying My boy Steve Nash would’ve really gave Steph a run for his money, he almost had a 50/40/90 career and arguably the highest B-ball IQ of all time and he was a pass first player, So Imagine what would’ve happened if he shot first but still made sure everybody ate.
I would rather say “The system was great because of Steve Nash.”
He turned a trash team into a 55 win Team every year he made Amar'e Stoudemire a name because of Mari wouldn't have been able to get his own shot without Steve. Should Steve have 12 Mbps? No. You probably shouldn't even have 11 but he was the Chris Paul of those teams he was the engine that made those teams go.
I would go even further: Steve Nash WAS the system. D’Antoni just said, “score more points than the other team.” He had no system. He had Steve Nash. Those Suns weren’t nearly as good without Nash.
@@margarinetaintedgreen8140I’ll do you one better. With Amar’e, but without Nash, the Suns were extremely average. Without Amar’e or Steve, they were absolute garbage, but with just Steve, they were close to the top of the league for offense.
Steve Nash's passing on the pick & roll offense was legendary. Just like Stockton, Jackson and Kidd.
Nash was way better than Stockton
@@DarthJacobi people just look at assists totals as if that's the measure of how good a playmaker somebody is, particularly with players of yesteryear when they haven't gone back and looked at film. Nash is constantly dissecting the defense whether he gets the assist or not, in transition and in the half court. He is the offense. Stockton was great but a huge number of his assists are just basic passes to Malone. Stockton is unbeatable for longevity and being an iron man but his peak is nowhere near the other great playmakers. Nash led some of the best offenses of all time in the playoffs and they turned into mediocre to bad offenses whenever he was off the court. in terms of impact he's like a perimeter Jokic, a hub that almost automatically gives you an all-time offense.
nash looping under the basket was genius - it forced defenders to flip to other side of the guys they were guarding - which often was too late
That Steve Nash/Amare Stoudemire pick n roll is still the most devastating I've personally ever seen.I wasn't around for the Stockton/Malone duo.Amare had an automatic mid range jumper & was a great finisher around the rim.Of course you couldn't leave Nash open.Too bad Amare started having knee problems.They were a dynamic duo.That whole '05 Suns team was one of the most entertaining squads of the 2000's.I'd put them top 3 at least.
The difference is that Malone would still be an all-time great player without Stockton. I’m not necessarily sure that’s the case with Stoudemire. He’s a very skilled forward, and he’s got a good bag of tricks, but without Nash he didn’t do so well in NY. So many of Nash’s teammates had their most efficient seasons ever while playing with Nash because of how well he orchestrated that Sun’s offense.
Nash is, without a doubt, a better playmaker than Stockton was.
@AndrewH1994 Amare was an MVP candidate his first year in NY.Ended their playoff drought.Injuries killed all that, tho.I think he would've been great anywhere.The guy was like a more athletic, more explosive James Worthy.Probably had the best hands i've ever seen on a big man.He'd catch any pass.High, low, in traffic..didn't matter.Injuries did him in.
Nash’s brother Martin was a professional soccer player and was on the Canadian National team for a time. Family of athletes.
Super underrated. People not giving this man respect and he has the accolades
I went to a Warriors / Phoenix game and just remember Nash pregame not miss a single shot he took. My buddy and I kept looking at each other wondering if we were really seeing it. Didn't miss once while we watched. He was unreal.
Nash was my favorite player growing up I tried to mimick my game from him lol
Wow Steve and the 8 seconds or less Suns. So grateful to watchin‘ this 🎉🙏🏽
7. But yeah.
The duo of Nash and Amar'e is the most attractive and I love it.
His impact on Canadian basketball is immeasurable.
Without Nash and Carter, there wouldn't be so many Canadians in the NBA today.
Nash's Hall of Fame speech really moved me...
It's a shame that Nash didn't win a championship ring during his active career.
Too bad the Vancouver Grizzlies couldn't draft him. Would like to have seen him play for the team.
Well if he played defense he might of had a title. Damn, white Privelage cant give you EVERYTHING smh
@@glally1 too bad, Big Country did just fine lol
Hell they took your team anyway
“The most attractive”🤔huh?
One of the most underappreciated superstars of all time. A lot of people just go with what Shaq says and don't remember how good he was. He's my favorite PG of all time. I loved everything about his game. I wanted to pass like him, dribble like him, shoot like him, his free throw routine and form, hell even when I'm gaming I'm still to this day licking my fingers to get a better grip on the mouse just like he did before his free throws. Amazing player. I even miss the Nash era Suns jerseys.
I recently had the opportunity to meet him, and he really could not be a more gracious, down-to-earth guy despite his mountain of professional accomplishments. The guy was truly a wizard on the court.
Easily in my top 3 PGs ever but that’s just me. I grew up watching this man and I will forever be inspired by his tenacity and his selflessness. Dude was capable of dropping 50 but would gladly take a 28/10/12 game with a couple steals as well. What a pure PG.
Nash doesn't get the respect he deserves from some people
Racism is real
Well his defense was poor. Other teams would target him and score on him easily.
He was only great with a loaded Suns team. Had Dirk and was good but not great as a Mav
@@Johnkoth loaded suns team lol, that same team only won 20 games the previous season lol
2 MVPs . That too much respect
To be fair, the year of Nash's first MVP was Shaq's first year in Miami and he only averaged 23 and 10. That was a year Shaq might have won but Phoenix had a better record. The year of his second MVP, Shaq started a major decline and only averaged 17 points a game.
But Shaq said he had 28 and 10 both years 😂
@@davidmitnick868 exactly! He lied about his stats to try to say Nash shouldn't have beat him. He only won one MVP because he was beat out by Barkley, Hakeem, Jordan, Malone, Robinson, Iverson, Garnett, and Duncan.
Making excuses for White entitlement.
@@ericwilliams1023 or speaking facts . Shaq literally lied
@@davidmitnick868 He said 28 and 15.
From a black man in South Central LA that little white dude was a BAD MAN we have NOTHING but LOVE and RESPECT for you and enjoyed watching you play tha game BRO
Nash and Allen Iverson were so fkn good it was scary .
I watched Steve Nash soo much when he came back to Phoenix. He is the most underrated and must untalked about greatest point guard ever.
back?
I'll never forgive Cuban for allowing Nash to leave Dallas
Kobe , nash, dirk, shaq, TD, Kg, AI and so many more from the 2000's era. What a great time to watch basketball
Steve nash was amazing. The best passer of our generation and he’s so rarely talked about it’s sad
Nash was my fav player , I was lucky enough to see him live at the Garden once.
Honestly stopped watching games since Steve Nash retired and still is my fav player till this day
Nash, Amar'e & Marion damn how I miss those years of Phoenix Suns Basketball
Russ Courtnall reference from Gretzky was 🎉
I saw Nash play in High School. He was a man among kids. His team, St. Michael’s Academy, won the provincial title in a blowout. I can’t remember who they played. Maybe Vancouver College.
I think they played Pitt Meadows. Hell of a player.
First NBA game i have ever watched was Lakers vs Phoenix probably around 2006-2007 and fell in love with Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant right then and there.. Really had hope for them when they joined forces but they were too old at that point and had too many injuries.
Steve was so great in Phoenix folks forget his Dallas run him Dirk, Finley, Josh Howard that Dallas team was dope
Aside from the brilliance of Steve's game in full display, can we howl with laughter at the sight of Shaq on the couch and reliving his painful memories?
I was able to run with him years ago. His speed was what you first noticed then you realized how fast and thunderous he dribbled the ball. He got up the court faster than any human I’ve ever seen. Guy was all class he ended up buying me white spot after haha. He learned I was sleeping in the grizzlies center so he bought me dinner. He maybe talked to the movie theater guys as well cause they gave me free moves for that summer. What a summer that was I’ll never forget it. He is a great person to his core.
man i swear i constantly see stories like this in the comments of famous sports athletes… nd i cant help but think they r made up stories lol but thats dope if its true
I LOVE nba open court. They should bring it back podcast style with the new jacks in this basketball media thing. K.g., pierce, Matt barnes, Stephen Jackson and Gilbert would be a great panel!
Love your constant growth and effort!
I'm from Vancouver, and there were murmurs coming out of Victoria about Steve Nash while he was in High School. Touché to his high School coach for getting video of Steve's skills. Awesome video as well!
I remember watching quite a bit of Nash in his prime. He never stopped running.
An all around great guy!
Don't forget that second MVP Stoudemire was out the whole year and Nash kept them competitive.
This is why he won it and his personal numbers were better than the previous mvp year. But even with Nash being my favourite player I was shocked he won it again. So Shaq kinda has a point but hey mvp to his team Nash was the guy hands down imo.
The last year he was in Dallas, he was already transitioning. You could see it in his conditioning, his body changed he was leaner and had more of an aesthetic look to him. I believe he just continued that progress on his way to the Suns and they left Steve alone to run the entire offense. Mark Cuban thought he was a player on the decline...When people say it was the system, the system was more complicated in Phoenix with all the picking rolls than the Don Nelson system which is like a free for all, let em play type of offense. Steve put on a shooting clinic against Dallas the following year in the playoffs...That series was the best series I've ever seen from a PG shooting the ball, his shooting is very underrated. Dallas was helpless...When they were beaten in 5 by the Spurs, the Spurs had no answer for him either, the games were tight and down to the wire.
In that series Dallas dared him to score in Game 2, shut down everybody else, so he gave them 48. Next game he gave them 35 but still dished out double digit assists (and rebounds!). A lot of people who had complained that he didn't deserve MVP kept quiet after those two games. He still had weaknesses on D though.
Ever seen? 🤣🤣 it goes from good to he was on decline clearly a reason why people thought so, to the greatest thing ever witnessed...Magic,Stockton might disagree. But hey to each their own. Its people out here who think Drake is hiphop and not a white Canadian actor. 🤷🏾♂️
@@ericwilliams1023 I can't understand you but I can tell you didn't do any research lol..Nash averaged 30.5 12.0 and 6.5 in that series...
@@colinforsecs3393 no need to research, was alive to see it. And who won the chip? Lots of empty stats 🤣. One series doesnt make you MVP. Now its clear yal just googling at this point. Google why Dantoni system is all offense,no defense and no title...and who was the pg running this show. Thats right Mr Nash. Not impressed. Can we get some NBA Finals stats?
@@ericwilliams1023
No one ever said any of those things dude?You're making up an argument to argue.. I just said it was the best series I've seen from a shooting stand point from a PG, it's pretty accurate...Could you list the PG's in history that averaged 30, 12 and 6.5 in a series?
LMAO..No one said finals stats, no one compared him to Magic or Stockton, you just have a problem with Nash
I love soccer so it was really refreshing to see a player play the game of basketball like soccer. His attention to the open space was so special.
The guy could flat out score, had a picture perfect jump shot and wasn't afraid to pull the trigger. I watched him in college when he was at Santa Clara in the wcc and I want to say he may have led the nation in scoring that year but talk about a baller. His timing and spacing of the floor as a point guard was second to none and his toughness and relentlessness made him that much harder to beat. He was one of the best scorers I've ever seen, similar to jkidd but with even more shooting range in my opinion. Both bay area rooted ballers like G Payton and B.Shaw. Bay Area has always supplied the NBA with talented guards-dont forget about Damian Lillard up there high on that list of hall of famers and NBA greats. Steve Nash is the most underrated 2time MVP in all of sports and deserves all the clout getting thrown his way. Give the former 2xMVP his proper respect and paid dues. Nash was an animal and a sniper shooter all in one.
Being a Suns fan, I appreciate this video. I still say that had Joe Johnson not had his skull fractured thanks to a dirty play by the Mavs Jerry Stackhouse they would have won at least 2 championships.
Forgot about that! That incident and also Amare's knee problems kept them out of the finals.
Nash is my favorite NBA player of all time. He is the reason I developed my game around passing. Also, huge ups to Jeff Hornbeck for also getting me on the 3-point game.
Damn so lucky to have seen so many greats play in their prime, including today's greats.
That fool said Steve Nash's wasn't quick...riiiight
He was quick, but not the quickest point guard.
@@penkima4923 No one said he was the number 1 quickest PG of all time. But he was no doubt really quick,only a casual blinded by skin color would think otherwise.
@@757-David Nash was drafted with Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Tony Delk and Derek Fisher. You can say Nash was faster than Fisher. The others would leave Nash to his starting blocks.
@@penkima4923 Did you really just say Tony Delk was faster then Nash lmao!! AI was one of faster ever. You sound like someone who just looks at skin color tbh. So Mark Price and Stockton were probaly slow in your blind eyes as well
@@757-David Yes. I call all those players faster than Nash. You can call Delk faster if you want, but Nash still wasn't a fast point guard. Nothing to do with color.
Yea he was 2 sport star. He even said it years ago how soccer helped him. And as a result it made him a BEAST on the court. His coordination and vision was uncanny and unmatched. Before he went to the sun's. He and dirk was so deadly. I kived watching them play.
Trust me. Live 05 live 06 lol playing live(basketball) back in the day using mavs with Mike Finley, dirk, nash, antoine walker, Antwan jameson, and Josh howard, Shawn Bradley lol,I know somebody on here know what I'm talkingHoward,
Forgive me had to edit. Had to get correct names. But that squad was AWESOME!!!
Salute from your Winston-Salem, NC family 💯
Watching Steve Nash plays was some of my favourite moments as a fan of basketball
Sean David does great work, it really makes me appreciate these athletes and the hard work they put in
You know you got dimes when Wayne Gretzky shouts you out 😂
I remember watching a post-game interview of Cam Thomas laughing at Steve Nash telling him to find his shot while also finding his teammates.
The kid didn't understand that Steve Nash was doint that his entire career.
Killin it on the CZcams brother keep up the good work
Love the video.
Nash and AI made me fall in love with basketball. Been watching NBA since late 90s but 00s is when I truly fell deep because of those two. I learned to know more about other players and organizations. Steve was my first true NBA hero. I'm so happy to hear AI talk about Steve that way. My favorite guy giving mad respect to my other favorite guy.
Steve Nash was my favorite player back then
Great video
Nash, to me was your best ever all-round "Blue Colar" worker Point Guard. He wasn't tall, was super fast, wasn't a great leaper... but boy,did that guy go to work each and every game. Had great court vision and court awareness and awesome passing skills to go without which made his team mates better. He was a great shooter ( vastly under-rated in this category) and although not super fast like a Allen Iverson, or Strong & Physical like a Steph Marbury, he was very elusive with the ball and body, tough as nails, and had great ball handling skills. Lastly, his determination to compete was off that charts... like the "Little Engine That Could". Awesome point guard that was very worthy of the 2 Time League MVP honor bestowed upon him (Sorry Shaq 😊). He has to be considered in the category of the Top 10 Best Point Guards of All Time?
He worked hard on offense. He was non existant on defense. He played zero defense and it hurt his teams bad.
He was abt 6'3. That's a normal height for pg. AI and CP3 aint that tall...all the rest i feel you tho
Magic was weak on defense.
Nash hardly ever gets the flowers he deserves. Salute.
Watching Steve Nash in his MVP years as a kid felt like what it must've felt like to watch Pistol Pete. Like Linsanity but for the entire season. Numbers really can't show the impact he had on the league at that time. You had no idea what he was gonna do next but you knew it was gonna be a bucket. Spurs literally had to physically beat him up. His only flaw for me is sometimes he waited too long to start scoring himself. Sometimes it would be too late and he couldn't will us back in the 4th
"Watching Steve Nash in his MVP years as a kid felt like what it must've felt like to watch Pistol Pete."
It's strange, CP3 did flashy dribbling moves like Pistol Pete, but CP3 had less turnovers out of the three. Nash didn't make flashy dribbling moves, but was more flashier passer than CP3.
the in and out he hits that dude with at 8:30... the confidence and swag to do things like that BEFORE he was GREAT! dude had that dog in him
Nash super underrated
the new rules that gave offensive players more space really helped him out and he made the most of it.
So I got bored and looked up Steve's stats over his career because I always thought of him as a passer but MAN his shooting was impressive
13 seasons @ 40%+ from 3
9 seasons @ 90%+ for FT
And averaged over 40% and 90% for his whole 17 yr career. Impressive numbers. But for argument sake he only attempted around 10 shots per game. But was very consistent nonetheless.
Steve Nash WAS the system...and he's actually a large part of the reason why alot of players today have the freedom to play the way they do
Nash was the System!
Saw Nash play the T wolves and in person was incredible
nash was a great player. he had great handle and court vision. and he could shoot bombs.
He's still my all time favorite player. If we had him instead of Chris Paul, we'd a won twice now.
Dude almost averaged a 50/40/90 for his career. (.490/.428/.904)
He was so fun, every game had some ridiculous play. I would still pay $ to watch him 🏀 today. Let's get an NBA alumni tourney together or something, c'mon party people!
My favorite true PG of all time‼️
Steve Nash was my guy! 💪🏾 when you speak of greats he’s easily in the conversation
Steve Smith on Nash: “Not quick, not fast.” ??????!!!!!!! You serious?! Not quick?! 🤡
He is my favorite player. He is short, small, not fast can't jump, short arms, not particularly durable and not strong. However he is smart, works hard, never gives up, practice hard and studies the game like a mad man, tough as Kobe, Jordan, AI and reggie. LOYAL to his teammates and franchises. Super unselfish.
basically he is almost perfectly the anit Lebron.
I'd argue he was pretty quick since he went up against NBA-speed players, yet managed to make plays, but I agree about his tenacity and work-ethic.
@@johnmadison3472 I would say he was highly agile, rather than quick. His lateral agility was pretty high.
"He is short"
He's tall for a pure point.
"small"
He weighs nearly 200 pounds, which is above average for a pure point.
"not fast"
He's not the fastest, but not the slowest, either.
"can't jump"
True.
"short arms"
His wingspan is wide for a 6'3 player.
"not particularly durable"
He didn't play heavy minutes, and he didn't play defense, but he kept running and running on the offense.
"not strong."
He's probably much stronger than the average pure point.
Definitely was my favorite player for a while
Idol!!!
Brent Barry obviously the way more intelligent one in that conversation
He was a great passer, tru point guard blended with scoring ability that was rare amongst point guards back then
those open court sessions were so much fun
Basketball is a teamsport. It's great to see one player can score a lot, but Nash makes the whole team stronger and score better. I just enjoy watching Spurs-ginobli/Parker/Duncan under Pop and Phoenix/Nash games much more than any other teams (back in the old days)
Yep, and 1 of spurs big 3 greatest loses in the playoffs was getting completely SWEPT 4-0 against the Suns in the playoffs when they were in their prime!
It was literally a match made in heaven with Nash in Phoenix. He would’ve been good anywhere he played, but that fast pace style with great IQ was something else. Nash would be insane in todays NBA
Steve Nash is my favourite basketball player of all time
Nash’s hair gave him supernatural aerodynamics
One of the toughest players of all time. Not talked about enough.
Loved watching Nash and Dirk with Dallas. Cuban should have never let him go.
Just one of Cuban's many basketball mistakes. Dallas would have won more than one title if they had kept Nash. Notably, Cuban just let another very, very good point guard in Bruson walk for nothing without even trying to match the offer.
Nash was like top 10 pg good
how many pg have 2 MVPs?
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@@maxismozark1124 stupid. Nash is a top 5 pg all time. No question and he deserved his mvp's
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I had an older cousin in Vancouver who played against him in high school. My cuz's team won, but Nash's assists were amazing, And those kids watching this video should know how he learned to dribble. Since grade school he was dribbling 2 TENNIS BALLS on each hand going to, and from school. Did this at home, at school etc. Even when he was at Santa Clara, still did it religiously as almost no one can steal the ball from him.
30 year old Steve Nash today taking 8-10 threes a game and having a crazy usage rate with his motor would be fun to watch. There would be 40pt 10ast games and 16pt 20ast games pretty damn often.
And his lack of defense would be generally more accepted.
It's a bit earlier but how about a vid on Bob Petit- the forgotten PF. His numbers were ridiculous and his game still looks good today.
Agreed. He's become massively underappreciated over time. Up until the early to mid '90s, he was considered the greatest PF of All Time; I never hear anyone ever mention this since. It went from him to Barkley vs Malone, to it just being Duncan. That's close to a 30 year stretch after his retirement where he held that spot.
In the song Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen sees an old friend who played pitcher. He says, “He used to throw that speed ball by you, make you look like a fool.” That was Nash. Make you look like a fool.
People who don't think Steve Nash is a good player, think that all game should be play
by speed or strength. During Nash days , I would prefer watching Steve play
than see Shaq play, coz there is always excitement what Nash will do in a game.
steve nash man a team got from 25 wins to 60+ wins that is a mvp
Steve Nash was so great as a PG that every player that played with him from 2000-2009 got max contracts while only Dirk and Marion were still great without him.
Quentin Richardson, Amare, Dampier, and Iso Joe can all thank Mr. Canada for them DISGUSTING paydays. Add Raja Bell and Barbosa to that collection
Amare didn't need Nash.That guy was ultra talented.His knees started giving out.That's the only thing that stopped him.People forget he almost won the MVP award his first year with the Knicks.And that wasn't even a fully capable Amare.That was post microfracture surgery where he started becoming a shell of himself.There was a time in '05 where I thought Amare & LeBron would be the face of the league.People would always hype up Carmelo Anthony to be the Bird to LeBron's Magic back then, but I always thought Amare was the better young prospect during that time.
And neither did Joe Johnson.Playing with Nash actually held him back.Turned his into strictly a spot up shooter when he was capable of more than that.He was another guy who left the Suns and started getting MVP considerations in Atlanta.
Didn’t help he had a lousy owner (Sarver), who was notoriously known for being cheap… Not paying Joe Johnson started their downfall
When you say "Ahead of his time", you should picture Steve Nash...
Defensively, yes. Offensively, Nash says himself, that he should've taken more threes.
He won mvps because of how good he made his teammates. Not sure how many other players can say they made other players all stars and without him they weren't at that level.