“There’s the best shooting big man in the world!”: On his debut as a guest analyst, Dirk Nowitzki roasts Karl-Anthony Towns for calling himself the greatest shooting big of all-time

Akash Murty | 22/12/2021
"There's the best shooting big man in the world!": On his debut as a guest analyst, Dirk Nowitzki roasts Karl-Anthony Towns for calling himself the greatest shooting big of all-time

Mavericks’ legend Dirk Nowitzki has his say about ‘the Greatest shooting Big of all time’ take by Karl-Anthony Towns

Dallas Mavericks fans do not have much to celebrate since the start of the 2021-22 season. Six days into 15 December, they still do not have any good trade news since they last traded for Kristaps Porzingis back in 2019.

But they got a chance to reminisce about the good old days when they took on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bally Sports Southwest announced that the franchise great, Dirk Nowitzki, will join Mark Followill on the broadcast against the Wolves.

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The former Mavericks big man had a media-shy personality throughout his career 21-year NBA career and even after the retirement. But he didn’t shy away from sarcastically calling out the Wolves big man when he mic’d up Tuesday night at the American Airlines Center.

Dirk Nowitzki teases Karl-Anthony Towns

A guest analyst for the night, Nowitzki throughout the match praised Karl-Anthony Towns’ game, as the Wolves big man scored 26 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 blocks. But the Dallas big remembered a recent take by KAT about the best big man shooter of all time.

Towns wasn’t far off if you go to the technicalities of positions in the NBA. The 7 feet tall Dirk Nowitzki was a power forward because of the style of his play. The icon for the one-legged fadeaway was a 14-time All-Star. The 2007 Most Valuable Player might not be listed as Center but is by far with the biggest margin is the greatest big man shooter of all time.

Although Towns might end his career making more 3s than Dirk as he started his career in the 3-point era, Nowitzki started in the late 90s and still has 3.4 attempts per game from downtown to KAT’s four. But what could prove a mountain for Towns is Dirk’s career points. Dirk had something more to say about KAT’s claim later in the game.

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Dirk has 31,500 points in one of the longest NBA careers. Towns might cross that mark if he stays this consistent for at least 13-14 more seasons, as he has just crossed the 10,000 points mark in his 7th year.

Post Edited By: Raahib Singh
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Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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