From teammates with the Dallas Mavericks to co-workers, Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash has a strong bond with Dirk Nowitzki. Ahead of the 2026-27 season, Nowitzki addressed Mavericks' Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving joining forces for the first time this upcoming season. After Nash and Nowitzki's first season NBA analysts for Amazon Prime, Steve reflected on his close relationship with Dirk.

In jest, Nash says he's already tired of being around Nowitzki as broadcasters before revealing how close the two have become over the years, per Mavericks reporter Noah Weber.

“Yes, I’m sick of Dirk (jokingly). Entirely way too much time together,” Nash joked. “But it’s been an incredible journey to play with someone in very impressionable formative years in the league together to both persevere and build careers for ourselves and then be friends and family friends for life. That means a lot. From your career, you take certain things, but nothing's more valuable that relationships; to have that friendship. And have our families be like family is an amazing gift from our careers.”

Steve Nash on his relationship with Dirk Nowitzki:

“Yes, I’m sick of Dirk (jokingly). Entirely way too much time together. But it’s been an incredible journey to play with someone in very impressionable formative years in the league together to both persevere and build careers… pic.twitter.com/fMwgcGai9X

— Noah Weber (@noahweber00) September 19, 2026

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Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki played six seasons together with the Mavericks from 1998 to 2004. After the Phoenix Suns traded Nash to the Mavs ahead of his third season in 1998, Dallas selected Nowitzki ninth overall in the 1998 draft.

Nash, who agreed to a five-year, $65 million contract to return to the Suns in 2004, a landmark deal at the time, would go onto win back-to-back MVP awards in 2006. At the same time, Nowitzki led the Mavericks to the Finals in 2006, losing to the Miami Heat, 4-2, before avenging that defeat in a Finals rematch against Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, and Chris Bosh in 2011.