2011 Steve Nash Showdown in Chinatown

Steve Nash held his 4th annual Showdown in Chinatown benefiting the Steve Nash foundation June 22nd. It was a huge success, a little rain did not dampen their spirits on the field. Hundreds of fans surrounded the Sara D. Roosevelt Park to cheer on the guys. Teams consisted of star studded NBA players Tony Parker, Grant Hill, Jared Dudley, Raja Bell, Brandon Jennings, Leandro Barbosa and Marcin Gortat who tried their very hardest to keep up with guys like Giuseppe Rossi of Spain’s Villareal, Demba Ba of England’s West Ham United, and of course, Youri Djokael and Patrick Vieira, a pair of 1998 World Cup Champions with France. 

Steve Nash's brother Martin, brother in law Manny Malhotra and father John also got in on some action playing on Nash's team, which ended up coming up on top! Here are a few photos from the event and recap video of all the excitement at the fourth annual Steve Nash Charity showdown in Chinatown. 

 

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Steve Nash and HIS Whitecaps

You may or may not be aware of the fact that Steve Nash is a majority owner of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC that finally became a MLS expansion team this year after being founded in 2009. He is part owner with three other guys with deep pockets and a passion for soccer in Vancouver! Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo and Jeff Mallett. Steve Nash's own brother Martin Nash use to be a midfielder for the Whitecaps until his retirement before the start of the 2011 season, he is now a Staff Coach for the Whitecaps FC. 

Steve Nash and brother Martin Nash at the 2009 Showdown in China  Town

Steve Nash bending it like Beckham @ Residency Training Camp 09

Steve Nash @ Residency Training Camp 09

Steve Nash @ Residency Training Camp 09

The Nash kids were all born into soccer with his dad playing semi professional soccer. Both his younger sibling's Martin and Joann all played soccer through their university careers. You can see the Nash's did not lack any athletic talents!

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Throw Back Thursday

Gonna make this a quick one! Enjoying Game 5 of the NBA finals Mavericks currently up 2!

Here is Nash in his original Suns uniform from his draft days! He hasn't changed much besides his hair!
Enjoy the NBA finals guys!

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Nicknames for Steve Nash

Bleacher Report did a great feature on Steve Nash & the endless possibilities of nicknames for him! Phoenix Suns: Nicknames for the NBA's Best Point Guard Steve Nash "Every good basketball player needs a good nickname. But how do you condense all that is Steve Nash into a singular name? Those words/phrases above just don't do him justice. He's more than "all that and a bag of chips." In 9 slides they covered all the possible nickname Nash could have, some better than others! My favorite being "NASHional Treasure" & "One eyed Stevie Wonder". Take a look yourself which are your favorite? 

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Let's all have a pint with Steve Nash!

Steve Nash was spotted at the Heat and Mavericks game 2 in Miami  on June 2nd, with his new special lady!
He tweeted while at the game: "How can I watch the game when I just got a thousand texts for being on tv?! Been there before people... #kindofabigdeal" While being caught on camera checking his phone more than watching the game! Ha what a great sense of humor! 

Steve Nash tweeted a picture after the game while in the locker room with Dirk, looks to be like he was having a pint with Dirk! 

And when Steve & Dirk gets together...things get wild as the passed has proven! 

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Throw Back Thursday..on Saturday

Really don't have much for this week, didn't have time to do much digging! But i was re-reading Long Shot and thought it would be cool to share some of the pictures i've passed along my read! Here are two from his college days. 1st one with Magic Johnson & 2nd on the balcony of his dorm at Santa Clara!

Steve hasn't changed much besides his haircut! 

P.S I don't own any of these pictures as much as i wish i did!

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