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'They're two of the best passing point guards this league has ever seen': Dirk Nowitzki dishes on Hall of Fame inductees Steve Nash, Jason Kidd

Steve Nash, bound for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, was Dirk Nowitzki's best friend in his early NBA years.

The two had a special relationship. And it was made more fun because they ended up playing on a team that became one of the greatest offensive forces in the league.

"He took me out on the road so I wouldn't sit around all the time and be homesick," Nowitzki said Friday night. "We had a heck of a team. We had the perfect coach in Nellie (Don Nelson, also a hall of famer) who let us do our thing.