Dirk Nowitzki has unfortunately missed time this season due to a sore Achilles, but in his absence new Maverick Harrison Barnes has stepped up and dazzled in his first run as the go-to guy on an NBA team.
“He’s been phenomenal for us,” Nowitzki told reporters in New York, according to Basketball Insiders. “We isolate him some and we post him some. He’s been shooting the ball well. He’s been the real deal for us, and he’s only 24. He’s a workhorse. We’ve got to lock him out of the gym, at times, he’s in there so much.