That year, Nash was 30. Prior to that, he played for the Dallas Mavericks for six seasons, was selected for two All-Stars and two All-Stars teams, and helped the Mavericks reach the Western Conference finals in the 2003 playoffs. However, in the 2003-04 season, after the Mavericks signed two scorers, antoine walker and jamison, Nash's tactical position in the team plummeted, averaging 14.5 points and 8.8 assists per game. In the eyes of Mavericks management, he became unimportant.
At that time, it seems that with the growth of age, the physical condition and competitive level of white-point guards have inevitably declined. Considering his frequent injury history, when the Suns offered Nash a six-year, 63-million-dollar contract on the free market, and Nash, who was in love with Dallas, wanted his old club to match, mark cuban, who had always been generous, hesitated. He thinks the price offered by the Sun for Nash is a bit expensive, and prefers to throw the money to Eric Dampier in the free market.
So, he gave the star point guard to the Phoenix Suns, a fishing club, which won only 29 games in 2003-04, ranking second from the bottom in the West. But what everyone, including mark cuban, never dreamed was that this frail old cowboy on horseback was reborn in phoenix nirvana and gave birth to a pair of gorgeous wings! Spread your wings for nine days and shine under the attention of the world!
In 2004-05, he averaged 1 1 shots, 15.5 points 1.5 assists, 50.2% shooting percentage, 43. 1% three-point shooting percentage and 88.7% free throw percentage. The most amazing thing is that he led the Suns, who won only 29 games last season, to 62 wins that shocked everyone! Let the team average 1 10.4 points in the NBA in the past ten years, and let the team go from the penultimate in the west to the first in the league! Won the league regular season MVP! In the playoffs, he even inspired himself to average 23.9 points and 1 1.3 assists, leading this inexperienced Suns to pass the Grizzlies first, and then beat their old club, the Mavericks, all the way to the Western Conference finals!
In the 2005-06 season, Amar'e Stoudemire, the team's top scorer, was reimbursed due to injury, and Johnson, the top scorer on the outside line, went to Atlanta to set up another door. Because Nash didn't have the best player before, people predicted that even if his organizational talent was superb, it would be without rice. However, in the general decline of the outside world, Nash, 3 1 year-old, continued to be magical, turning the stone into gold, leading the Suns to rank second in the West with 54 wins and ranking first in the league with 108.4 points per game. Nash was also selected to the "180 Club" with an average shooting percentage of 5 1.2%, a three-point shooting percentage of 43.9% and a free-throw shooting percentage of 92. 1%. He averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 assists per game, and once again became the assists king in the league, and was selected as the best team for some time. And once again lead the team to the western conference finals!
In the 2006-07 season, 32-year-old Nash averaged 18.6 points and1.6 assists per game, hitting 53.2%, 45.5% and 89.9% for three consecutive years, becoming the league's assists king, the best team player in the league, ranking second in MVP voting in the regular season, and leading the team to play 666.
With his joining, Phoenix Suns quickly became the top team in the league, which led to a qualitative change in the whole team. In D 'Antoni's "seven seconds or less" offensive system, Nash inspired his ability to the extreme and unexpectedly became one of the best players in the league. He obviously made his teammates better. Many people can only use "magic" to describe his game influence on the offensive end, because he is like a legendary magician. It seems that as long as he reaches out and blows, everything in the team will become beautiful and practical.
So back to the game, what is the strength of Steve Nash, a white old point guard who is 1.95438+0 meters tall but can't even dunk a basket? How on earth did he influence the game?
First of all, it is his organizational ability.
Steve nash is a real master passer. In his day, he and jason kidd could perfectly interpret the true meaning of point guards on the court by passing the ball.
His passing is fast, free and easy, seemingly desperate, but in fact, every serve is well thought out.
He has a super processor, which can quickly analyze the calculation results in fast-paced and short-term offensive rounds, and he can see those fleeting opportunities. No matter in the process of long hair flying, fast break and storm, or positional warfare, he always puts himself in a favorable position where he can make a variety of choices. His pass is often instantly activated into a score on the way to the first time or the second before the teammate's opportunity comes. He is very keen on speed. In the short pass, he tends to pass with one hand, which is not stable enough in the eyes of many coaches, just because he found that after receiving the ball, the one-handed pass is 0.3 seconds faster than the two-handed pass, so his teammates will have 0.3 seconds more time to shoot. In a long oblique pass, he will smash the pass with his penetrating hands.
All this is to make the ball pass to teammates faster. Contrary to Nash's weak body, his passing moment is extremely explosive. Just like a pistol that fires instantly after pulling the trigger, when he musters all his strength to let the ball explode, people will always hear a bang in his mind, and then his teammates will finish the attack like athletes who will jump to the ground when they hear the starting gun.
He can change the game by passing the ball.
On April 29, 2007, in Game 4 of the Sun-Lakers series, Kobe scored a game-high 3 1 point, but Nash took away the victory with 23 assists.
In the competition:
-Nash pretended to feed Stoudemire in the low post, but suddenly his wrist shook and he launched a long arc, leading Marion to jump high under the basket and complete the layup;
-High pick-and-roll, Nash got the ball to the right of the free throw line and was surrounded by four Lakers. In the crowd, he watched the shooter on the left-wing three-point line, lifted the ball and rushed to Stoudemire in the restricted area, but after the ball came out, it bounced along the edge of Kwame Brown in front of him and hit Marion's hand lying in ambush on the other side of the restricted area, helping the latter to pull up and attack the basket directly.
-The teammate missed the shot and he picked up the long rebound. Seeing that four players were crowded under the basket, he took advantage of the situation and quickly put the ball into Stoudemire's hand under the basket to help him dunk directly.
-Turn the ball to the teammates around you with your wrist constantly during the March to help them hit the jump shot;
-Nash stopped the ball high, Stoudemire waited at the basket, and three Lakers players blocked it in the middle, but Nash passed the ball to Odom's right rib at a strange angle in front of him. The ball then passed Wharton's hand in the process of falling low, and then landed in front of Kwame Brown. Brown bent down and stretched out his arm to stop, but the ball bounced right through the narrow gap between his left leg and left arm! Magic runs through three people and is sent to Stoudemire to help him dunk with both hands;
-During the transition, Vujacic passed the ball into the restricted area. Five defenders of the Lakers are nearby. Nash jumped, leaned forward, looked out of the right-wing three-point line, and waved his arm to Marion who followed. But just when people thought he was going to pass the ball to Marion for a layup, he quickly set the ball in mid-air and threw it to the bottom corner for three points, giving Barbossa a three-point space.
He can always create a variety of passing options for himself, thus creating a lot of scoring opportunities for his teammates, all because his wonderful passing skills can turn many opportunities that are not considered opportunities in the eyes of others into easy scoring. The real touchstone turns into gold.
Then, it is his shooting ability.
Nash was the most accurate shooting point guard in NBA history before Steve Curry, the "God of Shooting". His career three-point shooting percentage is as high as 42.8%. In the 2007-08 season, his 3-point shooting rate even reached an astonishing 47%. In 2006-07, he even filmed a hot shooting season that was rare in history. His hands felt as hot as flames in any corner of the court. At this point, even Stephen Curry didn't do it.
Nash's shot is fast and accurate, and almost every hit is in direct contact with the basket, just like an excellent diver will not cause unnecessary splash when entering the water. Sending him to the free throw line is sending him to score, and his career free throw percentage is as high as 90.4%! As for the sum of three hit rates, his value is as high as 182.2, even slightly higher than Curry's 18 1.8, which is the highest among all players who have played more than 200 games.
In addition, he is an epic master of pick and roll.
After quickly holding the ball and advancing to the frontcourt, you will quickly pick and roll with your teammates and open the team's attack. After the pick-and-roll is over, he will bypass the cover sideways and observe the defender's response. If the defender chooses to bypass behind the cover, he will seize the space and shoot directly from a long distance; If the defender chooses to squeeze through the front of the cover, Nash will break through the basket. Once the defender makes up the defense, his pass will find the teammate who is vacated by them. If he doesn't make up the defense in time, then you will see Nash with long hair riding the wind and waves and easily sending the ball into the net. Even if someone gets stuck in the basket, he has an exaggerated jump shot to throw the ball into the basket. If the defenders choose to double-team him directly after the pick-and-roll, they can only wish them and Huashan good luck. ......
Because Nash and Stoudemire are one of the best pick-and-roll combinations in NBA history.
Besides, this is just the simplest routine. In fact, Nash's pick-and-roll attack is really enchanting and changeable. He has no speed and explosiveness, but he knows how to use his offensive containment to tease the defensive nerves of the opposing team. In the area around the free throw line, he can instantly radiate deterrence to the whole half with him as the core.
In the 2004-05 season, when Nash was present, the offensive efficiency of the Suns was 120.3, while when he was absent, the offensive efficiency of the team was only 102.9! The middle difference is 17.5438+0! This is the offensive influence of Nash's terror.
In the Western Conference semifinals in 2005, in Game 4 of the Suns-Mavericks series, Nash scored 48 points with a shooting percentage of 7 1.4% with only four free throws! Therefore, if Nash is selfish on the court, he is fully capable of raising his average score to about 25 points. But obviously, Nash never cared about such data. He doesn't want to get that many points at all. Even when he scored 48 points, Nash felt a little ashamed because he just wanted to help the team win.
But we never doubted that Nash was a deadly killer.
In the sixth game of the series against Mavericks in 2005, the Suns trailed by 3 points in the last 22 seconds before the end.
Nash started to pick and roll with the ball, causing the Mavericks to change their defense. After seeing Marion's obvious dislocation advantage over Terry, Nash passed the ball, but Marion immediately passed it back. After understanding the meaning of his teammates, Nash did not hesitate. He faced his former teammate Nowitzki and launched a decisive attack. After dribbling and shaking continuously, he quickly passed it and scored two points in the layup. At last 14.2 seconds, the difference is reduced to only 1 minute. Then the Suns took foul tactics, and stackhouse made two free throws, once again pulling the difference to 3 points.
Seeing that there was not much time left, Nash decided to put all his eggs in one basket. After catching the ball in the backcourt, his long hair soared. After rushing to the three-point line, pull out your gun and shoot angrily! Is it too busy, the electricity can't fly, the basketball goes directly to the net, and the score is equalized instantly! Drag the game into overtime to bring the sun back to life. In overtime, Nash played well, leading the Suns to beat the Mavericks, scoring 39 points 12 assists and 9 rebounds, and successfully completing revenge.
In those years when Nash wore the Sun 13 jersey, he saved the team many times at critical moments: running for the Nets, winning the Warriors with three points and breaking through the Raptors with one point. He also hit a magical three-pointer against Kidd, dragging the game into the first overtime ... At the last moment of the game, the "Sun God" was still shining!
After thousands of years, he is the real totem and god of the phoenix sun.
In 2009, Nash played a losing season with O 'Neill, who was very different from his style, and missed the playoffs. Everyone thought that Nash, 35, should go to a more competitive team to compete for a championship ring of his own, but he signed a three-year contract with the Suns and chose to stay, just like a real king would not abandon his kingdom at will. The following year, Stoudemire, Jason Richardson, Grant Hill, robin lopez and Drazic, as well as Dudley and Channing Frye who came back from injury, miraculously passed the Trailblazers and Spurs and reached the Western Conference finals again!
At the age when ordinary people have already retired, he still averages 16.5 points 1 1 assists, and his three-phase shooting percentage is 50.7%, 42.6% and 93.8%. He once again entered the "180 Club", became the king of assists in the league again, and was selected as the second best team in the league. The true god of health control.
He created a team that should have been rebuilt only two steps away from the finals, and he turned decay into magic. He is a real team leader, always making his teammates better, always trying to unite them, and his teammates are very willing to follow in his footsteps.
Until the summer of 20 12, all Sun fans couldn't bear to see him continue to waste the afterglow here. Nash, at the age of 38, left Phoenix with the gratitude and farewell of Suns fans, and went to the Los Angeles Lakers to pursue the championship dream that has been close at hand but always out of reach. But it was not until he announced his retirement and became a player development consultant for the Warriors that he really got the first chance to get close to the championship trophy in his life.
When others were at the party, I gave them a gentle kiss. Only self-knowledge is the only way to taste.
He has regrets all his life, but he has no regrets all his life.
After retiring for many years, he was elected to the naismith Hall of Fame and had his own stand at the home of the Suns. The most important thing is that he lives as smartly as he did on the court.