NBA The German rejects the offer of the point guard to accompany him on the Nets bench
Steve Nash y Dirk Nowitzki They made a great friendship with the Dallas Mavericks (“I think they personally clicked because they both liked to drink beer.”, assured his technician Don Nelson) during the six seasons – from 1998 to 2004 – that they shared a dressing room in the Texas franchise.
Six years in which they also proved to be two of the players who best understood the game and who had the best chemistry on the court. An understanding that the Canadian point guard also wanted in his first NBA coaching adventure on the Brooklyn Nets bench.
Nash wanted his old partner by his side, but eventually had to choose Jacque Vaughn after the German rejected his friend Nash’s offer. For now, Nowitzki prefers to park his jump to the bench and seems to be clear that doing so will be with the Dallas Mavericks, the franchise in which he played 21 years in the NBA.
“I don’t know if it could be anywhere other than this,” Nowitzki said in an interview with Morning News. “Also I think the timing is not the best. I love being with my family. I’m so saturated with basketball that I haven’t even thought about it. “
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