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OverviewAI-generated
Steve Nash is a Canadian, British, and South African former professional basketball player, film producer, coach, and businessperson. Born in Johannesburg in 1974, he played as a point guard for the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles Lakers. He was drafted by the Phoenix Suns and attended Santa Clara University. His career concluded in 2015.
Nash has received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, All-NBA Team selection, J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award, and induction into Canada's Walk of Fame. He represented the United States and Canada in international competitions, including the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 1993 Summer Universiade, and the 1999 and 2001 Tournaments of the Americas. He resides in Victoria and Johannesburg and is the sibling of Martin Nash.
Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- 365 Positive Spiritual Quotes
- Blue Ridge 2020
- Power of More
- Basketball Basics
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-08-19
- Active to
- 2020-10-06
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,910
- Total plays
- 6,374
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Steve+Nash">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 84,879x
- Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using
<b>lme4</b>
· 2015 · cited 75,873x
- Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics
· 1995 · cited 42,167x
- WGCNA: an R package for weighted correlation network analysis
· 2008 · cited 23,771x
- River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles
· 1970 · cited 19,212x
via Crossref · CC0
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
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- Canada
via TheSportsDB
~40 min read
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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