The 2015 offseason served as a revolving door for the Dallas Mavericks. Players came and went -- some came and went more in a more duplicitous manner than others -- leaving the Mavericks with a newly minted roster of players looking to prove their worth. Amidst the chaos of dealmaking during the free agent frenzy, Mark Cuban and the front office reached out to Dirk Nowitzki's longtime best friend Steve Nash. The former two-time MVP retired in March, but Marc Stein reports that the Mavericks got in touch with Nash during the summer months:
Sources said as recently as late June -- when Nash played in longtime teammate Dirk Nowitzki's annual charity baseball game -- the Dallas Mavericks were still hoping to lobby Nash to consider unretiring and reuniting with Nowitzki as a spot-duty point guard for the coming season.