Dirk Nowitzki's Hilarious Reaction to Major Steve Nash News on Tuesday
NBA legends Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash are teammates again. According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Nash is joining Amazon Prime's NBA coverage team starting next season.
Amazon announced in January that Taylor Rooks would be its studio host, with Nowitzki and former Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin hired as the network's first studio analysts.
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Nowitzki and Nash were teammates on the Dallas Mavericks from 1998-99 to 2003-04. Nash left the Mavericks in the summer of 2004 for the Phoenix Suns, ending his tenure with Nowitzki. They reached the Western Conference Finals in 2003 and went 222-106 from 2000-2004.
Considered the greatest player in Dallas' franchise history, Nowitzki had a hilarious reaction to Nash being hired by Amazon on Tuesday.
Nowitzki has turned out to be a funny ex-player to follow on X. He has posted several funny things on social media since retiring from the NBA in 2019.
Nash, who retired from the NBA in 2014, replaced JJ Redick as LeBron James' podcast co-host on "Mind the Game." Redick, of course, now coaches James on the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Nowitzki and Nash are two of the best players in NBA history. They have combined to win three MVPs and one championship.
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Nash won two MVPs with the Suns, while Nowitzki won one MVP, one title, and one Finals MVP with the Mavericks. While they didn't win a championship together, Nash and Nowitzki were a formidable one-two punch during their time with the Mavericks.
Nowitzki and Nash are in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and on the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. It should be fun to see the NBA icons work for Amazon next season.
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