We’ve been lucky the last 20 years to watch a guy who’s openly only still playing because he feels good and — most importantly — because he still has a blast on the floor. All the extra stuff Dirk Nowitzki has to go through to get ready for a game, from his diet to his training schedule and even the surgery he’s now in recovery from, is worth it because basketball is fun. (It helps that he’s still capable of shooting 40 percent from 3.)
Anyway, the Mavericks didn’t end up with the record they wanted in 2017-18, but they still did some really funny and cool things on the floor.