Later his family moved to Victoria, British Columbia and now he has British as well as Canadian citizenship. He studied at the Mount Douglas Secondary School in Saanich. He continued his education at the St. Michaels University School, which was a private boarding school in Victoria. He started basketball and even was named as Player of the Year at his province.

During the College years he had success too. He also was awarded after the 1992 season with a scholarship by Santa Clara. He made his first appearance as a professional player being a team member for the Phoenix Suns in the 1996. His rookie year was not so good and he managed 10.5 minutes a game. In the next season he showed much better result. In the 1998 he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks team.

In the new team he showed itself as an incredible formidable point guard. He made his appearances in all 40 games with an average of 7.9 points and 2.9 rebounds. The next season he averaged 15.6 points and 7.3 assists.

In the 2003 Steve became a free agent. Afterwards, he wanted to join the Cuban team and to sign with them a long term contract. In the end he signs a deal with Phoenix again. He got one more stellar campaign during the 2006-2007 season and average 18.6 points and a career-high 11.6 assists per match. He appeared in 81 games in the 2007–2008 season. At he end Steve led his team to 55 wins and the sixth seed during the 2008 NBA Playoffs.

In the 2012, he was traded again to the Los Angeles Lakers team. Later he considered signing with New York or Toronto teams, but in the end he decided that LA was the best choice. He announced his retirement from playing basketball on March 21, 2015. He refused the deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, which wanted him as a backup for Kyrie Irvin. He did it due to both his health concerns. He also wanted to retire as a Laker because he likes the club.

The 1999 season was pretty awful for Nash due to his ankle injury. He missed a lot of the season’s games. There is no information about his stats at the popular resource fangraphs.

Steve was married twice. He met his first wife Alejahra Amarilla in the 2001. Four years later they tied their married knot. After more than ten years of marriage, they got to divorce. Steve and his ex wife are blessed with three children, beautiful twins Lola and Bella and son Matteo.

He married again in the 2016 to volleyball player Lilla Frederick. His salary is about 8.5 million dollars while total net worth is approximately 95 million. He is available in the social sites like Twitter and Facebook.