The mild-mannered Dirk Nowitzki has never been one for flash or drama, but in an interview with Yahoo Sports, he said something his old rivals did that felt “disrespectful.”
Nowitzki’s sole NBA championship came in 2011 when an underdog Mavericks squad defeated the Heat in six games to shock the sports world. Nowitzki was dealing with an illness in Game 4 and Miami stars LeBron James and Dwayne Wade could be seen on camera mocking him by fake coughing before the team’s shoot-around for Game 5 in Miami.
“Honestly, I just felt like it was a little disrespectful,” he said. “But it didn’t add to my motivation if that makes sense.”
