Ultimately, Nash chose to sign elsewhere, inking a three-year, $28 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. He joined Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Dwight Howard on what was supposed to be a ...

Nash eventually would accept a deal with $8 million less to join the Lakers in a sign-and-trade deal. “To play in Canada, to play for the Raptors, to play in front of those fans in that arena ...