5 Harsh Realities of Steve Nash's Career

#4 A 2-time MVP?

To be blunt, Shaquille O'Neal deserved the MVP in 2005. While both the Heat and the Suns rocketed up the wins chart after the addition of Shaq and Nash respectively, the Lakers, Diesel's former team, plummeted down the rankings.

And there is a good argument to be made he should not have won in 2006 too. LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and Kobe Bryant deserved it more.

A lot of intangibles were taken into account while voting in those years and there were players with stronger statistical resumes in 2005 and 2006 who possibly had a better case for the hardware.

So, maybe he should not have had an MVP to his name in those years. But, to be fair, he should have won the award in 2007 when he was an absolute monster and at the peak of his powers.

#5 Never a champion

Steve Nash never competed for an NBA title. Heck, he never reached an NBA Finals for that matter. For a career glittering with accolades, zero NBA Finals is as big a blotch as any.

The reasons can vary from untimely injuries to teammates to bad breaks like league suspensions to Nash's prime coinciding with Dirk's, Kobe's and Duncan's.

But, the fact of the matter is he was never the best player on the best team. As a matter of fact, he has played the most number of NBA Playoffs game without reaching the NBA Finals.

For all his wizardry and brilliance on the court, his best was never good enough.