On the eve of another momentous occasion for Dirk Nowitzki, the greatest Maverick of them all, who never toots his own horn, said he thinks he did, indeed, get one thing right.
He had a feeling years ago that there would be one thing above all others that he would miss when he retired from the NBA.
“I miss the stuff I always thought I’d miss,” he said Tuesday. “The adrenaline of making a big shot, either silencing the crowd – sit down – or making a big shot at home and the crowd’s going wild.