How come the Mavericks did not keep Steve Nash?

[Boogak]

Straight from the horse's mouth, here's what Mark Cuban's blog has to say about it:

It was Steve's choice to leave for money. It was my choice not to pay him the money.

 

[will889]

Originally posted by: Boogak
Straight from the horse's mouth, here's what Mark Cuban's blog has to say about it:

It was Steve's choice to leave for money. It was my choice not to pay him the money.

Plausible deniability. Cuban screwed up, and it wasn't just with Nash. Clearly he should have kept Nash, and later Devin Harris. Both were colossal screw ups.

 

[fstime]

Originally posted by: jjsole
Iirc, Dallas offered ~$60m and Phoenix offered ~$65m. Cuban didn't think he was worth $65m and didn't try to match Phoenix, so Nash bolted. He did want to stay in Dallas, but he wasn't enchanted that Cuban didn't match it, so he went for the cash and a fresh start (with an old team).

 

[dbk]

Mavs look god awful. Where's the defense? Why is George getting minutes. Why is he in the NBA??? WHYYYY???