Stephen John Nash was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Welsh mother, Jean, and English father, John, on 7 February 1974. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association, where he was an eight-time All-Star and a seven-times All-NBA selection. He was named the ninth-greatest point guard of all time by ESPN in 2006. Nash has been a co-owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer since the team entered the league in 2011. From 2012 to 2019, he served as general manager of the Canadian men’s national team.
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Stephen John Nash was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to a Welsh mother, Jean, and English father, John, on 7 February 1974. His family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, when he was 18 months old, before settling in Victoria, British Columbia. After a successful high school basketball career in British Columbia, Nash earned a scholarship to Santa Clara University in California. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association, where he was an eight-time All-Star and a seven-times All-NBA selection. In 2006, he was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Nash has been a co-owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer since the team entered the league in 2011. From 2012 to 2019, he served as general manager of the Canadian men’s national team, for whom he played from 1991 to 2003, making one Olympic appearance and being twice named FIBA AmeriCup MVP. Nash was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2007 and invested to the order in 2016, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Victoria in 2008. He has been honoured for his contributions to various philanthropic causes. Nash is the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National basketball Association. He was named the ninth-greatest point guard of all time by ESPN in 2006. He is also ranked as one. of the top players in NBA league history in three-point shooting, free throw shooting, total assists, and assists per game. In grade eight, he told his mother that one day he would play in the NBA and become a star.
Nash often played soccer and ice hockey with his younger brother Martin, and he did not start playing basketball until he was 12 or 13 years old. In the 1991–92 season, he led his team in his final year to the British Columbia AAA provincial championship title. Nash led the Broncos to a WCC Tournament title and an upset over No. 2 seeded Arizona in the second round of the 1992–93 NCAA Tournament. While playing basketball during his senior season, Nash averaged 21. 3 points, 11. 2 assists and 9. 1 rebounds per game for the Broncos. He became a free agent after the 2003–04 season and returned to the Phoenix Suns. In 2004–05 he led the Suns to the Western Conference Finals and was named MVP again in the 2005–06 season and was runner-up for a third consecutive MVP to Nowitzki in 2006–07. At that time, it had been five years since the Broncos appeared in the NCAA tournament. That changed when Nash led them to a big round win over the No.2 seeded Arizona Wildcats in the 1992-93 season. He also won the West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 1993. Nash graduated from Santa Clara as the team’s all-time leader in assists and was taken as the 15th pick in the 1996 NBA draft by the Suns. He made minimal impact and was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1998. In his fourth season with the Mavericks, Nash was voted to his first NBA All-Stars and had earned his first All- NBA selection.
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