Steve Nash, the point guard for a Los Angeles Lakers team that is battling to hold onto the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs, was spotted at a Los Angeles bar mitzvah last weekend, despite not being Jewish.

The reason: the bar mitzvah was for 13-year -old Michael Feinberg, the son of former Soros Fund Management executive Jeffrey Feinberg, according to a TMZ report. Sources close to Feinberg informed TMZ that he is a big-time basketball fan with many friends in the NBA, including Nash.

Soros Fund Management is run by the wealthiest hedge fund manager in the world, George Soros, who is worth about $19 billion. Feinberg has achieved much success himself. He branched out from Soros in 1999 and started JLF Asset Management, doing well enough to have a shot at purchasing the Brooklyn Nets in 2009.

Feinberg's wife Stacey has quite the basketball pedigree as well. She is the daughter of famed late sports agent Bob Woolf, who represented Celtics' legends Larry Bird and John Havlicek. Woolf has also represented football star Doug Flutie and television personality Larry King.

On the court, the 39-year-old Nash's age has shown a bit in his first season wearing purple and gold. Nash has averaged 14.4 points and 8.5 assists per game during his illustrious career, but this year those numbers are down to 12.7 points and 6.8 assists, while he shares a backcourt with ball-dominating shooting guard Kobe Bryant. Nash's peak came in the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons when he won back-to-back NBA MVP awards. Nash is shooting nearly 44 percent from 3-point range, however, as he has seen his role shift from creator to spot-up shooter.

At 36-33 the Lakers are two and a half games ahead of the Utah Jazz for the coveted eighth seed in the Western Conference. As of now, the Lakers are projected to meet the San Antonio Spurs in the playoffs. At 52-16 the Spurs boast the second-best record in the NBA.

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