Just like Miami Heat and NBA legend, Dwyane Wade, the Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki is amid his farewell tour. Nowitzki is retiring after this season, and today, with the Cleveland Cavaliers playing Nowitzki, Cleveland big, Kevin Love, touched on how much Nowitzki’s trailblazing ways as a stretch big have influenced him and so many other big men throughout the league.
Nowitzki is one of the best all-around shooters in NBA history, and with the way he’s been able to pull opposing rim protectors away from the basket with his great range, it’s a key reason why modern NBA bigs now often are volume shooters from three-point land.