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 ingin membangun dinastinya sekeliling Nowitzki yang lebih muda, dan tidak mau beresiko mengontrak 30-tahun-Nash dengan jangka panjang, dan menawarkan Nash 4 tahun senilai $9 juta pertahun, dengan tahun kelima hampir dipastikan.