Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki, even after nearly two decades of being set in his basketball ways, is not afraid of change. Not even the kind of change that demands he jump to center full-time for the Dallas Mavericks. He’s always been a shooter in the body of a center, but now he may actually start playing center. [...]

Dirk Nowitzki has mad respect for Stephen Curry. He just has no desire to emulate him. Per Tim Cato of Mavs Moneyball: I asked Dirk about Steph last night pic.twitter.com/QEqAfgHqKo — tim cato (@tim_cato) February 29, 2016 So this is pretty much the standard answer when asked if you have any inkling, or even the [...]

According to Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Dirk Nowitzki is so vain, he probably thinks this article is about him. Related: It is about him. Chris Ballard published something of an outtakes piece over at Sports Illustrated using juicy tidbits that couldn’t make it to his feature story—which you should read. Of everything Ballard shared, [...]

With Peyton Manning more than likely playing in his last NFL game this Sunday it got me thinking about all of the great NBA superstars of the 2000s era whose careers are quickly coming to an end. Many of the players, people like myself grew up watching and competing for titles and NBA awards, may [...]

Rival NBA general managers know not to bother the San Antonio Spurs when it comes to talking turkey on one of their key players. Which is so Spurs. Here’s what Yahoo Sports’ Bobby Marks, who spent ample time as an assistant general manager with the Brooklyn Nets, wrote in his trade-deadline primer for San Antonio: [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is rocking a fresh new hairdo these days and his teammates think he now looks like a 7’1″ version of Ellen DeGeneres. He decided to tweet the Ellen Show this information during the during the Suns-Mavs game in Dallas last night as he sat out for rest purposes… Whole team calls me Ellen [...]

And the Kobe Bryant love-fest soldiers on. Only this time it’s another fellow Future Hall of Famer who is indulging in some Black Mamba nostalgia. Following the Dallas Mavericks’ win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, Dirk Nowitzki laid down the following praise for Kobe Bryant, per the Associated Press’ Greg Beacham: Dirk [...]

Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]

Dirk has quietly been putting together a renaissance season at the age of 37 and like a fine wine he shot seems to get better with age (unlike another certain NBA superstar of Dirk’s era who is nicknamed Vino…). Through 19 games of the 2015-16 NBA season, Dirk is shooting 50.4% from the field, 44.6% [...]

Hey, guess what? Tyson Chandler isn’t above holding a grudge against the Dallas Mavericks. For some reason, it feels like Chandler played in Dallas forever, when nothing could be further from the truth. Just two of his 14 NBA seasons have been spent in a Mavericks uniform, but because he won a title with them, [...]