{"id":91970,"date":"2024-08-23T11:12:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T15:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=91970"},"modified":"2024-08-23T11:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T15:12:44","slug":"dallas-mavericks-legend-dirk-nowitzki-unlikely-to-coach-in-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/23\/dallas-mavericks-legend-dirk-nowitzki-unlikely-to-coach-in-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks Legend Unlikely to Coach in Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, NBA fans have seen numerous former players become head coaches. In the league today, there are a handful of successful head coaches who began their NBA career on the court. This includes coaches like Jason Kidd<\/a>, Chauncey Billups<\/a>, Steve Kerr<\/a>, and Doc Rivers<\/a>, among others. The coaching landscape in the NBA is always changing. Many coaches eventually fizzle out of the league, whereas others emerge as time goes on. One thing that seems like it will not change, however, is the absence of a certain Hall of Famer on the sideline. In a recent interview with Cesare Milanti<\/a>, Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki<\/a> said he does not plan on becoming a coach anytime in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I see coaching in my future. Things could change very quickly, but I don\u2019t see myself as a team coach. I see more myself as an individual coach. I go to all the big tournaments with FIBA, we have a family office in Dallas. I\u2019m learning new things and new interests. I will stick around basketball, not sure in which capacity,” Nowitzki said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The 46-year-old retired from the NBA in 2019 and remains one of the greatest players in league history. As Nowitzki mentioned, he “will stick around basketball.” However, it seems that a future coaching gig is not in his future.<\/p>\n

Dallas Mavericks Legend Unlikely to Coach in Future<\/h2>\n

Dirk Nowitzki Praises Former Teammate, Current MVP Candidate<\/h3>\n

In his interview with Milanti, Nowitzki sang his praises for current Mavericks star Luka Doncic<\/a>. The two played together for one year during the 2018-19 season. Despite playing with Doncic only as a rookie, Nowitzki said he knew the Slovenian star was destined for greatness in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transition was pretty smooth for him. I played with him for one year, my last one. We all didn\u2019t know how good he was. He was the MVP of the EuroLeague, but that didn\u2019t mean anything when he came to the NBA. From the first practice, I knew how he felt about the game,” Nowitzki said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Doncic has played six seasons in the league so far. In that time, he is a five-time All-NBA selection, a five-time All-Star, a one-time scoring champ, and is the reigning Western Conference Finals MVP. Additionally, he took home the Rookie of the Year award in 2019. Last season was easily the best year of his career so far. He finished in the top three of MVP voting<\/a> for the first time and led his team to the NBA Finals<\/a>. Nowitzki spoke highly of Doncic and his “wicked basketball IQ.”<\/p>\n

\u201cHe plays like a 35-year-old: wicked basketball IQ, what he sees on the floor I never saw. He knows how to handle big moments. We talk about basketball often, but I don\u2019t need to mentor him anything. He\u2019s an incredible talent and player. It was fun seeing him transitioning to the NBA. The start of something special, we\u2019ve been witnessing greatness from him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Last Word on Dirk Nowitzki<\/h3>\n

Nowitzki is one of the greatest NBA players in history. Coaching seems like it is out of the picture for him. However, it is fair to assume that, if he changes his mind, teams will reach out to him in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For years, NBA fans have seen numerous former players become head coaches. In the league today, there are a handful of successful head coaches who began their NBA career on the court. This includes coaches like Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups, Steve Kerr, and Doc Rivers, among others. The coaching landscape in the NBA is always […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":83577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,30,2,62,3],"tags":[115,161,190,218,1133,528],"class_list":["post-91970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","tag-chauncey-billups","tag-dirk-nowitzki","tag-doc-rivers","tag-jason-kidd","tag-luka-doncic","tag-steve-kerr"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}