Newly retired Steve Nash participated in the Nowitzki charity baseball game and he was back as Nowitzki’s teammate, perhaps for the first time since they were in the Mavericks’ starting lineup at the end of the 2003-04 season.
Nash said he had not played baseball in close to 30 years.
As for Nowitzki, Nash seemed a bit unimpressed with his good friend’s ability to cross over to other sports besides basketball, even soccer, at which Nash is proficient.
“Even though he grew up in Germany, I don’t think he played soccer,” Nash said. “That’s my evaluation of his soccer ability.