Mavs Ex Coach Carlisle on Dirk: ‘Greatest Superstar Teammate’
Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki will be crossing off the final item on his basketball career’s to-do list this coming weekend by becoming a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. As Nowitzki prepares to be inducted in Springfield, Steve Aschburner of NBA.com conducted interviews with people close to Nowitzki’s career in a Hall of Fame profile, which included some glowing words from former Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle. “He was the greatest superstar teammate that I’ve ever seen,” Carlisle said. “He had a really humble demeanor, he knew who he was, he knew what his responsibility was.” Not…
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