Kristaps Porzingis (r.) will face childhood hero Dirk Nowitzki for the first time Monday night when the Mavericks visit the Knicks.
Dirk Nowitzki's fadeaway jumper off one foot isn't as famous as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sky hook and it hasn't been marketed the way Michael Jordan's gravity-defying dunk has been immortalized in a Nike logo for all eternity.
But Dirk's signature move is just as lethal.
“That one-leg shot...it's really hard to guard,” Kristaps Porzingis says. “I still got to get that mid-range (shot). And the 3-pointer. I have a lot of learning to do from him.