Rick Carlisle showed up with an old friend for Dirk Nowitzki’s street-name unveiling.
More accurately, he was wearing an old friend. A stinky old friend. It smelled like garbage, although he used a less-than-G-rated word to describe it.
He came to the latest tribute to Nowitzki’s greatness for the Mavericks, the city of Dallas and the NBA in the same suit that he wore on June 12, 2011 – the Game 6 victory in the NBA finals that gave the Mavericks their only NBA championship.
“If this suit looks a little scraggly . .