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Pace pushers: with Steve Nash at the controls, the Suns are off and running--but they're not the only team fast-breaking more this season.(NBA)

The Sporting News

| December 06, 2004 | Deveney, Sean | COPYRIGHT 2004 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Strange transition. One day you're an unencumbered bachelor living in Dallas, playing with the team you joined when you were an apple-cheeked 24-year-old the team you helped lead from the tumult of 20 wins to the triumph of 60, and ... well, just like that, you're 30, the father of two, living in Phoenix and the veteran leader of a bunch of whippersnappers who were in the tater tot line at the high school cafeteria back when you were starting your NBA career. Steve Nash, this is your life.

In July, Nash left the Mavericks after signing a five-year free-agent contract worth more than $60 million with the Suns. He then took over the role of team leader with his ...

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