{"id":836442,"date":"2018-08-10T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T16:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=836442"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:09:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:09:33","slug":"dirk-nowitzki-praises-mavs-additions-of-jordan-doncic-html-h1p1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/dirk-nowitzki-praises-mavs-additions-of-jordan-doncic-html-h1p1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Nowitzki praises Mavs&#8217; additions of Jordan, Doncic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a rough season for the Dallas Mavericks in 2017-18, Mavs fans have a lot to look forward to in the future as a result of recent moves. Since the 2016-17 season, the Mavericks have added Harrison Barnes, and DeAndre Jordan along with Luka Doncic and Dennis Smith Jr. as draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Maverick and 2011 NBA Champion Dirk Nowitzki has watched the Mavericks additions, and has a high approval rating for said moves. Nowitzki talked to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mavs.com\/nowitzki-excited-about-jordan-doncic-and-the-mavs-other-offseason-acquisitions\/\">Dwaine Price of Mavs.com<\/a>\u00a0and broke down the acquisitions.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I think we should be a lot better than last year. That&#8217;s not a secret.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think\u00a0DeAndre (Jordan)\u00a0should be great for what we do for our system. When you&#8217;re in (Rick Carlisle\u2019s) system the (center position) has a great roll presence, a great rim presence on both ends. And there&#8217;s obviously not a lot (of centers) that are better at that \u2013 he might even be the best at that in the league.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The upward trend of the Mavericks future could be a reason why Nowitzki is\u00a0unsure if he will retire soon.\u00a0Dennis Smith Jr. certainly showed ability to create at explosive measures, taking strides shooting the ball as well.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoopsProvider\/status\/1027944461316378624<\/p>\n<p>With a presence in the paint like DeAndre Jordan &#8212; who averaged over 15 rebounds per game last season for the Clippers, the Mavericks&#8217; rebounding struggles are no more. Going forward, Dirk can mentor new draft pick Luka Doncic as well &#8212; molding him into a formidable NBA pro as his career comes to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a rough season for the Dallas Mavericks in 2017-18, Mavs fans have a lot to look forward to in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":621509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605048737,610259210,605048470,703639074],"tags":[76536,207910],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dirk Nowitzki praises Mavs&#039; additions of Jordan, Doncic - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/dirk-nowitzki-praises-mavs-additions-of-jordan-doncic-html-h1p1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dirk Nowitzki praises Mavs&#8217; 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