How many of y'all saw Nash on the Mavericks? Was he an all-time great then? And he was playing under Nellie. The architect of small ball. He was the same exact player in Phx, but played faster in D'Antoni's SSOL offense. Then when Terry Porter was the coach, had them playing that slower half court offense, the team struggled, and Nash was back to his Mav stats (like 16 & 8), and the numbers picked back up with Gentry bringing back a modified SSOL offense. D'Antoni offense turned Felton to a 20 & 9 PG, Duhon at like 12 & 7.
Kidd improved team W's when he arrived 3x (3 Js, Phx went from 27 W's to 53, Nets), and was never an MVP...including turning into a team's leading scorer, as a PG that couldn't score. John Stockton avg over 12 apg for like 8-9 seasons with a few seasons of 14apg (with 17ppg). To put it in perspective even more, Terry Porter has maybe 4-5 seasons of 16 + & 9, and is only a 2 time all-star. Fat Lever was close to a triple double for 4-5 years and is only a 2x All-Star. Rod Strickland never been an All-Star...KJ, Tim Hardaway...etc were 20+ & 10 PGs and aren't even considered for anything.
Nash is a great PG, a Top 10 PG (possibly Top 7 due to that Phx stretch), but other players did what he did, some did more things better and don't get the recognition he does. He also only excelled playing one style of ball.
If anything, the Suns that are the most disrespected are KJ & Matrix.