After a ton of fireworks during NBA free agency, fans will be adjusting to new faces in unfamiliar area codes. We’ll also see a few players don different jersey numbers–Kevin Durant with No. 7 and Anthony Davis with No. 3– for the first time next season.
Both of those numbers, while new to the players, are engraved in the minds of sports fans and forever associated with other athletes. The Dallas Mavericks were privileged to be the only home for the athlete that is undoubtedly the gatekeeper of the No. 41–Dirk Nowitzki.