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NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS™ will feature the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and the 2005 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs conducting training camps in October 2006 and competing against top European basketball clubs in seven European cities in five countries.

Want to know more about the key players taking part in Italy? Look no further.


Steve Nash (NBAE/Getty)

Steve Nash, Phoenix Suns

Nickname: Nashy
Height: 1.91 m
Position: Guard
Born: Johannesburg, South Africa

Honors
• Was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in 2005 and 2006 – the first Canadian ever to receive the award.
• Was selected for the NBA’s All Star Game in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006
• Led the NBA in assists in 2005 and 2006.
• Was voted National College Player of the Year in 1999 while at Duke University.

Hobbies
• Steve is interested in global politics as well as literature and art. He also spends a lot of his off-season travelling, particularly to the United Kingdom where he has family.
• Steve oversees the Steve Nash Foundation to help underprivileged kids in North America and Latin America, where his wife comes from. He hosts an annual charity basketball game in Vancouver.

Fun Facts
• His brother, Martin, is a professional soccer player who is a member of the Canadian national team. Steve loves the game and supports English Premierships side Tottenham Hotspur..
• He’s been name-checked in songs by Nelly Furtado and Cam’ron and made a cameo appearance in the 2002 film ‘Like Mike’.
• He was named in GQ magazine’s Best Dressed List in 2005


David Hawkins, Lottomatica Roma

David Hawkins, Lottomatica Roma

Nickname: Hawk
Height: 1.93
Position: Guard
Born: Washington, USA

Honors
• Was named Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Italian Cup.

Hobbies
• Likes watching DVDs, listening to music and travelling.

Fun Facts
• Played for the Houston Rockets on the pre-season tour of China in 2004. He has also played summer league basketball with the New York Knicks, Washington Wizards and the Philadelphia 76ers.
• He attended college at Temple University in Philadelphia
• Named his first child Nike