INDIANAPOLIS - The hints have been abundant in recent weeks, if you watched the Mavericks and listened to coach Rick Carlisle closely enough.
Yes, Luka Doncic began this season as a forward. Power forward, matter of fact. He’s also played small forward, shooting guard and, during Dennis Smith Jr.’s various absences, point guard.
But let the record show that on this Saturday night, Jan. 19 of 2019, about 90 minutes before his Mavericks got throttled by Indiana, 111-99, at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, coach Rick Carlisle finally (begin italic) came out and said it, (end italic), when asked to compare Doncic and Larry Bird.