House 09, 2018, at the induction ceremony of the Naismith Hall of Fame in the United States, countless basketball players gathered to witness the birth of a new history.
13 new members joined this hall of honor, and among them are the "Son of the Wind" in Phoenix City, which we are familiar with: Steve Nash .
He is one of the few players who have not won the NBA championship and was selected for the Hall of Fame. What skills did he stand out? Let's go to this NBA superstar.
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Steve Nash
Baidu Encyclopedia introduces this son of the Wind as follows:
Steve Nash, born on February 7, 1974 in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a former Canadian professional basketball player. He plays as a point guard and is nicknamed "Son of the Wind".
Steve Nash was selected by Phoenix Suns in the first round in the 1996 NBA Draft. He joined the Dallas Mavericks in 1998, returned to the Suns in 2004, won the NBA regular season MVP for two consecutive years in 2005-06, and signed with Los Angeles Lakers in 2012.
8 times selected for the NBA All-Star lineup, 7 times selected for the NBA All-Star Team (3 times first team, 2 times second team, 2 times third team), won the NBA assist king 5 times, and won the championship of the NBA All-Star Skills Challenge twice.
won the James Walter Kennedy Citizen Award in 2007 and was selected into the "5-4-9 Club" four times (2-point shooting percentage 50+%; 3-point shooting percentage 40+%; free throw shooting percentage 90+%).
On March 22, 2015, Steve Nash officially announced his retirement.
Steve Nash is the ninth guard in NBA history to win the MVP, and the third guard to win the MVP again. He is also the first international player to win the regular season MVP since Olajuwon , and is also one of the representative figures of the NBA96 Golden Generation.
On October 31, 2015, the Suns held a retirement ceremony for Steve Nash, and Nash was awarded the "Ring of Honor". At the same time, Suns players also wore Nash commemorative socks to pay tribute to the legendary superstar.
On June 13, 2017, Steve Nash, who served as the player development consultant for the Golden State Warriors, won the 2016-17 NBA championship with the team.
On April 1, 2018, Steve Nash was selected for the Nai Smith Basketball Celebrity Memorial.
Nash spoke a lot in his heart in his speech at the Hall of Fame award-winning speech. The most attractive one is this sentence: Even if the goal is achieved, don’t stop working hard .
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Nash published a speech on the induction of the Hall of Fame
Nash is not a talented person. Many famous basketball players, such as Flying Man Jordan , have shown their talents during his student days. And Nash has never revealed any sign of "genius".
The university is an infamous NCAA school - Santa Clara University . At that time, he suffered from congenital cervical forward movement, had no advantage in height or weight, had a modest jump, and was also called "the worst defense" by the head coach, which almost made him give up basketball.
But Nash's greatness is also reflected in this. The more you get hit, the more you will be able to polish your skills.
As a person who is determined to enter the NBA, he knows that head-on battles will only make him suffer more, so he began to look for his own advantages.
He knows that there are many experts in the NBA, and his characteristic is flexibility. So, he deliberately trained his field vision and pass control ability.
Finally, in the star-studded 96 Golden Generation , Nash entered the NBA with 15 picks. In front of him were the famous Iverson, Kobe, and the Marbury , which later helped the Beijing team build a new dynasty.
"You don't have to be the chosen son of God. If you persist when you question yourself, everything will suddenly become clear." Nash said.
He did do it too. After the Suns, Mavericks, , and Lakers, he announced his retirement on March 22, 2015.
When he retired, he left a lot of data worth showing off: 10,335 assists; he won the NBA regular season MVP for two consecutive years; and the organizational core of the team with the highest offensive efficiency in the NBA for 9 consecutive seasons.
's only regret is that he has never won even an NBA regular season championship as an athlete.
But this did not affect his greatness at all. On September 8, 2018, Nash was finally inducted into the highest hall of honor in basketball: the Naismith Hall of Fame.
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Kobe
Once a reporter asked Kobe "Why can you be so successful?"
Kobe asked back "Do you know what Los Angeles looks like every morning at four o'clock?"
The reporter shook his head, Kobe continued, "The sky is full of stars, the lonely lights, and there are very few pedestrians."
”At four o'clock every morning, Los Angeles is still in the darkness, I get up and walk on the streets. A day has passed, and the darkness in Los Angeles has not changed at all; two days have passed, more than ten years have passed, but I have become a muscle-strong, physically strong, and with a high shooting percentage.”
Although Nash’s achievements cannot be comparable to Kobe, this is also a true portrayal of him.
From a college student who dreams of entering the NBA to gaining a foothold in the NBA, Nash has paid hardships that ordinary people cannot achieve. But his ambition is not only that, so even if he achieved his initial dream, he did not stop working hard, even if the NBA champion is so close to him and so far away.
The famous Japanese musician Joe Hashi said that today I want to surpass yesterday I, tomorrow I want to surpass today I, aim to create better music and constantly surpass myself.
This is the attitude of an excellent person toward success.
