Cuban wanted to build his franchise around the younger Nowitzki and did not want to risk signing the 30-year-old Nash to a long-term deal, and offered Nash a four-year deal worth about $9 million annually, with a fifth year partially guaranteed.
Cuban je oko mladog Nowitzkog htio izgraditi novu momčad za budućnost franšize i nije želio riskirati s višegodišnjim ugovorom s već pomalo veteranskim igračem, i ponudio Nashu četverogodišnji ugovor vrijedan oko 9 milijuna dolara po sezoni, s mogućnošću produženja na još jednu godinu.