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Kevin Durant Hints Dirk Nowitzki Had Better Career Than Dwyane Wade?

Kevin Durant suggest Dirk Nowitzki may have had the most celebrated career of the 2023 Hall of Fame class
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Kevin Durant Hints Dirk Nowitzki Had Better Career Than Dwyane Wade?
Kevin Durant Hints Dirk Nowitzki Had Better Career Than Dwyane Wade?

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Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade and former Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki are forever linked. 

They faced each other twice in the NBA Finals and were inducted in this year's Hall of Fame class together. Still, Phoenix Suns standout Kevin Durant seemed to think Nowitzki had a better career than Wade. 

Despite Wade having more titles, Durant suggested on a Boardroom podcast that Nowitzki is the headliner of the class. 

"I see Dirk finishing it off," Durant said. "Longest career, just most storied career."

Wade and Nowitzki have often spoken of their rivalry. Wade led the Heat past the Mavericks in 2006 to win the first championship in franchise history. Nowitzki then pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the NBA when the Mavs knocked off the LeBron James-led Heat in the 2011 Finals. 

Regardless, both players are sharing the same spotlight. 

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Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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