Texas Chuck wrote:garrick wrote:That's the reality of small market teams that can't ever attract the superstar All stars to their teams.
The Suns have not had a major free agent sign with them in awhile and Nash was not considered a top tier FA when he resigned with the Suns.
Almost all their stars have come by way of trades or by drafts and for these small market teams the Lebrons, Durant's and Melos are not even going to remotely consider signing with a small market team like Dallas.
First I've heard that Dallas is a small market.... Dallas is a large market team with an owner who has been willing to spend huge money(only Knicks paid more in luxury tax).
And Nash was absolutely considered a top free agent. Other than Kobe who was never leaving LA, he was the #1 free agent available that year. Was he seen as the MVP candidate he became in Phoenix? No. But this was an all-NBA PG. People knew he was freaking good at basketball.
I have to disagree here, at the time there were concerns he was already on the decline because he was already in his 30's and remember neither Dallas nor the rest of the league though he was worth what the Suns offered him.
He averaged 14ppg and 7.7 assists per game the prior season with the Mavs and while the league considered him a great talent he was not considered an elite NBA player up until that point.