Canadian basketball star Steve Nash (C) calls together Chinese fans and players for a photograph after playing a pickup game of basketball at the Dongdan courts in central Beijing on August 30, 2009. Nash, a two-time NBA most valuable player with the Phoenix Suns in Beijing for promotional and charity work, played a few 3-on-3 half-court games with local regulars and then crossed over to the soccer pitch to do likewise with the ball kickers. The background shows Beijing's landmark Tiananmen Gate in a poster celebrating the 60th anniversary of China's ruling communist party on October 1. Getty Images logo Getty Images 30 months ago

Canadian basketball star Steve Nash (C) calls together Chinese fans and players for a photograph after playing a pickup game of basketball at the Dongdan courts in central Beijing on August 30, 2009. Nash, a two-time NBA most valuable player with the Phoenix Suns in Beijing for promotional and charity work, played a few 3-on-3 half-court games with local regulars and then crossed over to the soccer pitch to do likewise with the ball kickers. The background shows Beijing's landmark Tiananmen Gate in a poster celebrating the 60th anniversary of China's ruling communist party on October 1.

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