Before his team’s loss to the Mavericks on Christmas Day, one of LeBron James’s greatest adversaries was celebrated with a statue outside of American Airlines Center and the four-time champion had some special praise for him.
Dirk Nowitzki’s signature fadeaway is one of the most iconic moves in sports history, so when it was first announced Dallas would be building his very own statue, everyone knew what it would look like—including James, who said he was the best international NBA player ever.
“It had to be a fadeaway, one leg,” he said.