His coach called him a Top-10 player. Not just right now, mind you. Of all-time. The media wanted to shrug. They’d heard such praise tossed around before. Yes, he’d been a perennial All-Star. An All-NBAer. Maybe the best non-sports car export ever created in Germany. Perhaps even: the best shooter in the league’s modern era. But Miami had the biggest of Big 3s. And they were finally on their championship verge, ready to deliver on nearly a year’s worth of hype. For more than a decade, Dirk Nowitzki had amazed the masses with his shooting skills. And in this championship series, tha ...