Steve Nash: The Most Overrated NBA Superstar

Let me start off by saying, Steve Nash is a great point guard, probably the best in the NBA. But he is overrated. Marked especially by the fact that he has two MVP awards.

Contrary to popular belief , just because you are great doesn't mean you're exempt from being overrated. Even the legendary Michael Jordan has been overrated several times, when he is put into a god-like untouchable status. Overrated doesn't mean he's bad, just that people think he's better then he is. I just had to give the English lesson to some of you people out there.

People love to give Steve Nash all the credit for "making his teammates better", but what they fail to realize, is that Steve Nash didn't make Shawn Marion, Joe Johnson, Amare Stoudemire, or Boris Diaw good or great players. Of course he helped, he is a great point guard with terrific point guard, with terrific vision, so traditionally he's going to help players put points on the board. Something he has definitely helped Raja Bell with, who wouldn't be anywhere near the shooter that he is without Nash, and playing in the Phoenix Suns style of play.

The Suns spread the floor better then any other team. Everyone from their one to their four are excellent 3 point shooters. They also get much more possessions the most teams in the league, combine that with their run and gun system, and you have the best offense in the league. But you also have the biggest stat inflating system in the league as well. Steve Nash would never average what he does if he played in a set half court system, such as with the Spurs, or the Mavericks.

What about the myth that Steve Nash makes his teammates better? Well he does, just not the level that is believed. Does anybody remember the fact that Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks got better when Nash left? Amare Stoudemire was already becoming a great player before Steve Nash went to the Suns, if you watched Suns games the seasons before Nash, you would know this. The combination of Amare Stoudemire out a in 2004 and Stephon Marbury being their point guard is why they lost.