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Steve Nash is a Canadian basketball player, coach, and businessperson who played point guard in the National Basketball Association. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1974, he was drafted by the Phoenix Suns and also played for the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers. His professional career spanned from 1996 to 2015. He represented Canada in basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 1993 Summer Universiade, as well as the 1999 and 2001 Tournaments of the Americas.
Nash attended Santa Clara University and is a member of Canada's Walk of Fame. His individual honors include the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, selection to the All-NBA Team, and the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. He is also a film producer. Nash resides in Victoria and Johannesburg and speaks English. He has a sibling named Martin Nash.
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Johannesburg, South Africa
Stephen John Nash OC OBC is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, where he was an eight-time All-Star and a seven-time All-NBA selection.
Known for
- Game 7 — Self2024
- Mind the Game — Self - Host2024
- Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft2021
- Uncle Drew — Steve Nash2018
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- Six Dreams — Self2018
- The Carter Effect — Self2017
- Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot — Self2014
- Nash — Self2013
- Into the Wind — Himself2010
via TMDB
Key facts
- Title
- Senior advisor
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1974-02-07 ) 7 February 1974 (age 52) , Johannesburg , South Africa
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 178 lb (81 kg)
- High school
- St. Michaels , ( Victoria, British Columbia )
- College
- Santa Clara (1992–1996)
- Nba draft
- 1996 : 1st round, 15th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Phoenix Suns
- Playing career
- 1996–2015
- Position
- Point guard
- Number
- 13, 10
- Coaching career
- 2020–2022
- 1996 1998
- Phoenix Suns
- 1998 2004
- Dallas Mavericks
- 2004 2012
- Phoenix Suns
- 2012 2015
- Los Angeles Lakers
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- Canada
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Steve
- Family name
- Nash
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Sibling
- Martin Nash
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- 1994 FIBA World Championship
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- Canada
- Mass
- 89
- Image
- SteveNash2014.jpg
- Height
- 190
- Residence
- Johannesburg
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- Commons category
- Steve Nash
- date of birth
- 1974-02-07
- drafted by
- Phoenix Suns
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- start of work period
- 1996-00-00
- social media followers
- 2542988
- nickname
- Captain Canada
- coach of sports team
- Brooklyn Nets
- relative
- Manny Malhotra
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen John Nash OC OBC (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was an eight-time All-Star, a seven-time All-NBA selection, and a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player. He ranks as one of the top players in NBA history in career three-point shooting, free-throw shooting, total assists, and assists per game. In 2018, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Nash grew up playing several sports, and after a successful high school basketball career in British Columbia, earned a scholarship to Santa Clara University in California. In his four seasons with the Broncos, the team appeared in three NCAA tournaments, and he was twice named the West Coast Conference (WCC) Player of the Year. Nash graduated from Santa Clara as the team's all-time leader in assists.
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