<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> ?How could you let Steve Nash go?? It?s a question I?m going to hear for a long time. It?s a question Mavs fans deserve an answer to. As best I can, I will try to go through all the logical, illogical, emotional and financial scenarios that we explored in putting together the offer that we thought would keep Steve a Dallas Maverick for the rest of his career. When I first got to the Mavs, Steve?s name was one that was often included in our trade proposals. At the time, he was an often injured, unproven point guard of a team that hadn?t been to the playoffs in 10 years with a brand new, long-term contract. As is often the case in the NBA, the best deals are the ones that you don?t do. During and following the ?99-?00 season, we explored several deals that included Steve. In every single case, no team wanted Steve and his contract. It seems so stupid looking back. It also seems like it was only yesterday. It was almost 5 years ago. That?s the thing about the NBA, seasons don?t go by quickly, but the years do. One day a player is untradeable from a perennial loser, the next day he is a star on a perennial playoff team?and vice versa. Fortunately, we didn?t become a victim of our stupidity. The talent, work ethic and perseverance that Donnie and Nellie saw in Steve blossomed.</div> Full Article Article courtesy of Mark Cuban/BlogMaverick.com This is very good article explaining why and how the Nash deal went down, along with his personal relationship with the guy. Mark is a class act by doing this, no other owner would give an explanation like this.
Im just sad to see Nash go. I mean its going ot be hard to get used to not having him, but thats just the way things go sometimes.
