Dirk Nowitzki: Mavericks ‘got all the talent in the world’
By Mike Dyce
The Dallas Mavericks whiffed on some big free agents this summer, but they found a young superstar in the making in Chandler Parsons. They brought back center Tyson Chandler, and brought in veterans like Jameer Nelson and Raymond Felton.
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But do they have enough talent to make another championship run? Future hall of famer Dirk Nowitzki thinks they have the talent to make a run, it is just about piecing it all together.
“We got all the talent in the world,” Nowitzki said, via the Dallas Morning News. “We just got to make it work. The chemistry has got to be there. The top teams in the league are loaded and stacked. We have to work hard during the season and get the highest seed possible and we’ll go from there.”
Nowitzki reiterated his priority for team success over personal accolades.
“Just winning is all it’s really about when you get old,” he said. “When you’re young, making All-Star Games and stuff like that is fun. But once you get old it’s all about being on a winning team. Winning is the only thing that matters, so after the championship (in 2011), we had a couple down years. So yeah, we got a good group again this year. We should fit together pretty well. Just going for it and have some fun and win.”
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