Dirk Nowitzki and Zaza Pachulia have a bet on who will dunk more
The starting frontcourt for the Dallas Mavericks isn't filled with a ton of high-flying athletes. At the 4 and the 5, veterans Dirk Nowitzki and Zaza Pachulia might be the most ground-bound duo in the whole league.
But Nowitzki and Pachulia have a friendly gentleman's bet to encourage more big time dunks: whoever has the most jams at the end of the season wins.
Right now, Pachulia is in the lead. He's up 7-3 in dunks for the season, which might be tough for Dirk to catch.
But the two players agreed to an amendment that's going to give Zaza some trouble. Here's more from Tim MacMahon at ESPN.com:
"Zaza Pachulia foolishly agreed to modify the terms of his gentlemen’s dunking bet with Dirk Nowitzki. Pachulia has an insurmountable 7-3 dunks lead this season, so he accepted Nowitzki’s proposal to credit the sweet-shooting 7-footer one dunk for every 10 3-pointers made. Nowitzki has knocked down 37 3s this season, making the official tally on the bet 7-6 in Pachulia’s favor. “He’ll never catch me,” Pachulia said, but the smart money is now on the big German."
