达拉斯小牛欧文-马克-库班承认了他在2004年让纳什自由转会离开小牛的遗憾。
纳什在达拉斯的六个赛季里打了两场全明星赛，在场上和场下都和德克·诺维茨基建立了紧密的联系。
当时这位NBA偶像希望能与小牛队重整旗鼓，但库班不想长期效力于纳什，他认为他最好的日子已经过去了。达拉斯以每年900万美元的价格向纳什提供了一份为期四年的合同，而太阳队开出的6年期6300万美元的报价远远超过了这个价格。
当库班不符合交易条件时，这位控卫把他的天赋带回了凤凰城，在那里他开始了自己的名人堂生涯。
库班在接受埃坦·托马斯的“复赛”采访时再次重申了他对没有续约纳什的遗憾。
“这是我有史以来最大的错误。甚至没有接近，我最大的错误。小牛的老板说，他在前一年受伤，上场时间越来越少，我们的医生说，他可能有一些问题，而教练尼尔森（Don Nelson）说，他可能有一些问题。所以我们给了他一个我们认为很好的报价，但后来菲尼克斯来了，就击败了这个报价。
“我永远不会忘记，因为他打电话给我，他说：‘他们给我的价格比迈克·毕比还高’，而迈克·毕比刚刚拿到了一份大合同。“我在竞技场办公室的日历上写着：‘纳什：迈克·比比·钱比。’”
纳什将自己在太阳队的表现提升到了一个新的水平，在他的第一个赛季里赢得了62场比赛，并在2004-05和2005-06赛季连续获得MVP，尽管从未获得过冠军。
小牛的老板说，尽管纳什在迈克·德安东尼的“七秒或更少”的风格下取得了巨大的成功，但显然纳什对库班怀有两年的怨恨。
“这是我有史以来最大的错误。甚至不接近，这是我最大的错误。纳什因此恨我很久了。我们现在很好。”pic.twitter.com/diIn2vMZdj
-亚历克斯·肯尼迪（@AlexKennedyNBA）2020年10月31日
不管怎样，德克·诺维茨基带领马克·库班的小牛队在2011年夺得NBA总冠军。杰森·基德，史蒂夫·纳什的2018年篮球名人堂入选者，在那次锦标赛中是首发控卫。
原标题：
Steve Nash hated Mavs owner Mark Cuban for a long time after 2004 free agency snub
原文：
Dallas Mavericks owener Mark Cuban has been on record admitting his regret for allowing Steve Nash walk away from the Mavs in free agency in 2004.
Nash made two All-Star games in six seasons in Dallas and developed a tight bond with Dirk Nowitzki, on and off the court.
The NBA icon was looking to re-up with the Mavs back then, but Cuban didn’t want to commit long-term to Nash–thinking his best days were behind him. Dallas offered Nash a four-year deal at about $9 million annually, which was outmatched by the Suns’ offer of six-years, $63 million.
When Cuban didn’t match the deal, the point guard took his talents back to Phoenixâwhere he began his Hall of Fame career.
Speaking to Etan Thomas on “The Rematch“, Cuban re-iterated his regrets about not re-signing Nash.
“That’s my biggest mistake ever. Not even close, my biggest mistake ever. He had been injured the year before and his minutes were declining, and our doctor was like, ‘He may have some issues.’ And coach [Don Nelson] was like, ‘He may have some issues.’ So we made him what we thought was a great offer, but then Phoenix came in and just beat that offer,” the Mavs owner said.
“I’ll never forget, because he called me up and he goes: ‘They offered me more than Mike Bibby,’ and Mike Bibby had just gotten a big contract. “And I have it down on this calendar at my office at the arena still, it says: ‘Nash: Mike Bibby Money.’
Nash elevated his game to a new level with the Suns, winning 62 games in his first season on his way to back-to-back MVPs in 2004-05 and 2005-06, though never a title.
Despite all the success he instantly achieved in Mike D’Antoni’s “Seven Seconds or Less” style, Nash evidently held a two-year grudge against Cuban, according to the Mavs owner.
"That's my biggest mistake ever. Not even close, it's my biggest mistake ever. Nash hated me for a long time because of it. We're good now." pic.twitter.com/diIn2vMZdj
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) October 31, 2020
For what it’s worth, Dirk Nowitzki led Mark Cuban’s Mavericks to an NBA championship in 2011. Jason Kidd, Steve Nash’s fellow 2018 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, was the starting point guard during that championship run.
