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It should be no secret that Steve Nash<\/a> is considered one of the best point guards in the history of the NBA. Nash might be remembered by younger fans as the former head coach of the Brooklyn Nets<\/a>, who, despite having generational talent, failed ever to make an appearance in the NBA Finals with Nash at the helm.<\/p>\n As a player, Nash was an eight-time All-Star, five-time assist champ, and two-time MVP who played on the Suns, Mavericks, and Lakers during his 18-year career. His best seasons, 2005 and 2006, saw him win MVP while playing for the Suns.<\/p>\n Largely thanks to the dominance of the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs during Nash\u2019s prime, his Suns were never able to get a crack in the NBA Finals. Despite that, his two MVPs make a clear-cut case for him to be considered one of the NBA\u2019s top players ever. Or does it?<\/p>\n During the two seasons that Steve Nash was awarded the MVP, he posted averages of 17.2 points, 11 assists, 3.8 rebounds, and 0.9 blocked shots. He shot a staggering 43% from deep, but that was on only 3.6 attempts per game, which are hardly Steph Curry\u2019s numbers. During those two seasons, his Suns came in first and second in the NBA Western Conference and averaged 58 wins per season, although both the 2005 and 2006 Suns fell in the Western Conference Finals to the Spurs and Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n This is where the case that Nash was a fraud becomes ever more apparent. This year\u2019s Indiana Pacers\u2014yes, the lowly Indiana Pacers\u2014are on track to win 50 games and currently sit fourth in the Eastern Conference. The Indiana Pacers traded superstar Domantas Sabonis away last season for Buddy Heild and Tyrese Haliburton in a move that was clearly a tank job, but the Pacers have flourished. Due to Nash winning two MVPs in the past, it is plainly clear that Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> deserves to win the league\u2019s highest honor.<\/p>\n This season, Tyrese Haliburton, in year three of his NBA career, is posting more points, rebounds, and assists than Steve Nash did in his two best years. On top of that, Haliburton is shooting an elite 38% from deep on seven attempts per game and has racked up twice the number of assists that Nash did during his prime. Nash was never a great defender, and Haliburton is elite. One is clearly the more well-rounded player.<\/p>\nSteve Nash never deserved the MVP.<\/h2>\n
Haliburton is having a better season for the Indiana Pacers than MVP Nash.<\/h2>\n