Dirk Nowitzki has been replaced by Chandler Parsons in the unofficial role as the lead recruiter for the Dallas Mavericks, but he’s still more than willing to roll out the welcome mat for LaMarcus Aldridge this summer. “We’d love to have him,” Nowitzki said Tuesday at a Mavs youth camp on the campus of the Episcopal School of Dallas. “He’s a great midrange shooter. He plays bigger than he is on the defensive end. He’s a good rebounder on both ends of the floor and on that left block, he’s a beast. So I mean, he’s a really, really good player.” Aldridge is also an All-Star power forward, which gives him something in common with Nowitzki. However, Nowitzki has made it clear that he’d be happy to move to the bench to accommodate the homecoming of Aldridge, arguably the best NBA player ever produced by the Dallas Independent School District. The Mavs and San Antonio Spurs are considered the top threats to persuade Aldridge to leave the Portland Trail Blazers. Nowitzki, a 17-year veteran and the seventh-leading scorer in NBA history, said during exit interviews after the Mavs’ season ended that he’d accept a transition to a sixth-man role in the right circumstances. He isn’t wavering on that as the Mavs prepare for a free agency period in which Aldridge and Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan will be their top targets. “We want to get better. That’s no question,” Nowitzki said. “We want to go further in the playoffs. We’ve been ousted twice in the first round the last two years and whatever I got to do, I’m ready to help. I know that, at 37, I can’t be the No. 1 option if we want to play for the championship. That’s just normal. That’s how the cycle goes.” - See more at: http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/mavericks/post/_/id/4705341/dirk-wed-love-to-have-lamarcus-aldridge
