Phoenix Suns legend, Steve Nash, should be a 3-time NBA MVP

The Phoenix Suns were title perennial contenders in the mid-2000s. While Steve Nash won two MVP awards, he really should have won three.

Steve Nash, the 8-time NBA All-Star and 2018 basketball Hall of Fame inductee, is undoubtedly a Phoenix Suns legend, but something is missing. Everybody knows Steve Nash has won 2 MVP awards during his NBA career, but he should have a third trophy on his résumé.

At the start of the 2006-07 NBA season, Nash was the back-to-back reigning MVP, and the Phoenix Suns were a top 2 seed each year. Phoenix was a contender with guys like Leandro Barbosa (who would turn out to be the 2007 sixth man of the year), Boris Diaw, Shawn Marion, and Amar’e Stoudemire. Led by…