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My Take
Steve Nash is my favorite kind of great athlete: the one who wins with his mind. In a league built on overwhelming physical gifts, a slender point guard from Johannesburg by way of Canada took home back-to-back MVP awards by seeing passing angles nobody else could imagine. Those Phoenix Suns teams changed how basketball is played, and today's pace-and-space NBA owes him a real debt. I also rate him highly as a person, since the Kennedy Citizenship Award was no accident, and his second act as a coach, producer, and businessman shows the same curiosity that made him special. He is proof that intelligence and unselfishness can be a superpower.
Overview
Stephen John Nash (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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Steve Nash
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴ・ナッシュ
- Reading
- すてぃーゔ・なっしゅ
- Born
- February 7, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 190 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / film producer / basketball coach / businessperson
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- St. Michaels University School
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- 2005 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- 2005 All-NBA Team
- 2005 Best NBA Player ESPY Award
- 2006 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- 2006 All-NBA Team
- 2007 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
- 2007 All-NBA Team
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Basketball player — see all → · Film producer — see all → · More people from South Africa →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.