Steve Nashs 18-year career could be at its end. The Los Angeles Lakers confirmed on Thursday night that the 40-year-old point guard will miss the entire 2014-2015 NBA season with nerve damage in his back. Nash, who has appeared in only 65 games in two years with the Lakers, experienced a setback in his recovery last week when lifting luggage. He played in 15 games with the Lakers last year, starting just 10. Drafted in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns (15th overall) out of Santa Clara, the Victoria, B.C. native is an eight-time All-Star and was the leagues MVP twice in 2005 and 2006 as a member of the Suns. After two seasons in Phoenix after being drafted, Nash was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in the summer of 1998. He spent seven seasons with the Mavericks before returning to the Suns as a free agent in 2004. Following eight more seasons in the desert, Nash was courted by the Toronto Raptors before signing with the Lakers. 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The Mavericks avoided a season sweep by the Nuggets, who ran away with a win in Denver two weeks ago to hand Dallas its longest losing streak at three games. Dallas (42-28) got a boost in the playoff race when Miami rallied from seven down in the last 3 1/2 minutes to beat Memphis 91-86 Friday night. Joey Votto Jersey . Ribery, who won UEFAs best player in Europe award for the 2012-13 season, helped Bayern Munich win the Champions League and Bundesliga and German Cup titles. Messi, winner of the last four Ballon dOr awards in voting by coaches, team captains and media, was injured late in the season and could not prevent Barcelona from being beaten by Bayern in the Champions League semifinals. MINNEAPOLIS -- Yu Darvish showed up to the ballpark on Wednesday with his stiff neck feeling much better, and the Texas Rangers were able to breathe a sigh of relief knowing their Japanese ace wont have to join a long list of teammates on the disabled list. Darvish was scratched from his start on Tuesday night because of that neck discomfort, but Rangers manager Ron Washington said before a game against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday that the right-hander will start at Washington on Sunday. Darvish had an MRI on Tuesday that showed there was nothing to be concerned about and he was able to get through a workout at Target Field on Wednesday with no issues. Washington chose to just skip Darvishs turn in the rotation rather than bump him back a day or two to make sure that Darvish is as close to 100 per cent as possible before he returns to the mound. "One thing about Yu Darvish, if he wont be 100 per cent, hell let us know," Washington said. Darvish is 4-2 with a 2.35 ERA, the fourth-best in the league and has 71 strikeouts in 61 1-3 innings. 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