The Suns Used #NationalThreadTheNeedleDay To Remind Us That Steve Nash Was Awesome

Steve Nash was so incredibly good in his prime. As the point guard for the Phoenix Suns from 2004-12 — including a few years running their revered “Seven Seconds or Less” offense — Nash was able to cement his place as one of the best basketball players of his generation. In fact, Nash became one of four men since the turn of the century to win back-to-back MVP awards, taking home the trophy in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

The thing Nash did so well was understand the game and use his inherent sense of timing and anticipation to set up his teammates perfectly. Today, the official Suns Twitter account decided to look back on some of his most eye-catching dimes as part of #NationalThreadTheNeedleDay.

This one showed off Nash’s ability to see the entire floor and when his teammates were wide open, even if he wasn’t looking directly at them.

Another showed off the general fearlessness and confidence that Nash displayed when throwing passes that were risky. This particular highlight had him splitting Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge before curling his arm around Aldridge to set up Amar’e Stoudemire.

Here’s a similar highlight, only it includes three defenders, one of which is Brad Miller, who got dunked on.

This one might be my favorite, as Nash just knew that Jason Richardson was going to be wide open as he dove to the basket, so he dropped the ball off and set the former dunk champion up.

Head over to the Suns Twitter account to check out the rest. And if you feel compelled to try some of these the next time you’re playing pickup, we wouldn’t blame you.