There have been few players who have impacted the NBA quite like Steve Nash did and that impact really started to take shape during his time with the Dallas Mavericks. Nash and Dirk Nowitzki quickly became a duo to be feared and they took the league by storm, bringing the Mavs from the bottom of the league to a regular playoff team.
Not only were Nash and Dirk a deadly duo on the court, they were also great friends off of it. This is why it was so heartbreaking to see Nash leave during that fateful free agency in the summer of 2004.