Steve Nash is a prominent spokesman for the National Basketball Association, and his popularity peaked in the 2000s. He twice received the title of the best player in various professional competitions.
Biography
The future famous basketball player was born in early February, in 1974. Nash's homeland is South Africa, but when the boy was two years old, his parents decided to move to Canada. Since childhood, sports hobbies have been imposed on the child, the fact is that many members of Steve's family were active football players.
But the young man took a different path, he chose basketball as the main sport for himself. Already from school, he began to win his first victories. The guy managed to lead the basketball team in high school.
It is noteworthy that due to his Canadian origin, Steve faced great difficulties, for a long time they did not want to be accepted into a professional team in the USA. Only from the thirtieth attempt the young man managed to "reach out" to the university teams, and he was accepted into one of them.
NBA career
In the late 90s, the guy made his debut in the National Basketball Association. He became the number 15 player on the popular Phoenix team. In the new role, his career did not advance in any way, the talented basketball player was practically not allowed on the field, most of the time he sat on the bench.
The second season in this team turned out to be a little more successful, but Nash still could not claim to be a good player. On average, he scored about nine goals per match for his team.
In 1998, Steve joined the Dallas, the coach of the new team did not doubt the playing qualities of the newcomer and immediately allowed him to take the central position of the point guard. Unfortunately for the mentor, Nash did not show a decent result and, based on this, very often began to take the position of a reserve player.
In the early 2000s, a conversation was held between Steve and the coaching staff of the team, during which the weaknesses of the basketball player's style of play were noted. Thanks to this, the guy quickly began to gain confidence and quickly achieved a stable result in the form of fifteen points for each match.
Due to the improvement in the quality of Nash's play, in 2004 he was again taken to the Phoenixes. There he fully revealed his potential, the team rapidly began to gain momentum. A talented basketball player, along with a professional tag, began to consistently move far along the tournament grid. Soon Steve was twice named the best player in the team.
Contribution to the development of the NBA
Steve Nash became the founder of fast basketball, and along with his successes, the world saw the influence of the central player on the course of the game. In those years, such a performance was popular, which exhausted the opponent, the game was on the endurance of the players. But Steve's innovative style turned the NBA sports world upside down.
It is also worth noting his lack of large muscle mass. Against the background of black basketball players in the American region, the man is significantly smaller in size, but leads the team to victory largely thanks to his ingenuity and tactical approach to matches.
