Steve Nash : The 2005-2010 seasons

As time is drawing near for the 38 year old point guard Steve Nash and retirement is in the horizon, let us reminisce what is probably one of the greatest statistical stretch of seasons ever. We may talk about Michael Jordan's dominance in the 80's and 90s, Wilt Chamberlain's scoring and rebounding numbers in the 60's, Oscar Robertson's triple double averages in the 1961 and 1962 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar's dominance in the 1970s, and John Stockton's dominance among point guards in terms of amount of assists from the late 80's to mid 90's.

What Steve Nash did from the 2005-2010 seasons was unprecedented. During this time, he shot more than or equal to 50% field goals, 90% free throws (in the 2006-07 season, he did shoot 89.9% from the free throw line. Let's just round that up to 90% for this moment), 40% from the 3 point line, 10 assists a game (in the 2008-09 season he did average 9.7 assists a game, but let's just round that up to 10 for this moment). These are incredible offensive numbers. We are talking about mastery in precision shooting that has not been seen in the NBA since Larry Bird.

Let's take a look at this by the numbers. Here is the list of players who shot better than 50% from the field, and 90% from the free throw line:


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To add to the statistics that detail his shooting performances, he was a good point guard who passed the ball at ease. Here are the list of NBA players who shot better than 50% from the field and averaged 10 assists a game in a season:


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A unique offensive player at his player at the finest. Unfortunately, the same could not be said about his defensive skills, as he was known to be a defensive liability on several occasions. I do not think we will see another player like Steve Nash.