Every NBA team’s greatest shooter of all time

Phoenix Suns: Steve Nash

Another talented member of the 1996 NBA Draft — and the chairman of the 50-40-90 club (he has a league-best four seasons with those numbers) — Steve Nash’s time in Phoenix can be broken down into two parts. The Suns drafted him in 1996, but following two seasons in the desert, he was traded to Dallas for the lump sum of Pat Garrity, Martin Muursepp and Bubba Wells and a first round pick that eventually became Shawn Marion. Nash was nowhere near the star he would become at the time, but that trade still seems pretty one-sided.

After teaming up with Dirk Nowitzki in Dallas, for six years, Nash left to rejoin the Suns after Mavericks’ owner Mark Cuban didn’t “back up the brinks trunk” to quote Isaiah Thomas. Awaiting for him in Phoenix was Marion and Mike D’Antoni.

Under D’Antoni’s leadership, Nash became the conductor of the famed seven seconds or less offense in the mid-2000’s. In his second go-round, Nash was given total control  of the offense and he was able to turn the Suns into an offensive juggernaut that the NBA will never forget. His ability as a passer and unselfish play were two big reasons why he helped D’Antoni’s system flourish, but Nash was also one of the deadliest shooters in the NBA despite not often looking for his own shot.

When he did look to the rim, Nash connected on 43.5 percent of his 3-pointers in 10 seasons in the Valley of the Sun. From 2004-2007, Nash won the MVP twice and finished as the runner up to Dirk once. Nash had every shot in his repertoire that a guard needed and when the defense slept on him he would always make them pay.