Dirk Nowitzki responds to J.J. Barea calling him 'ugly'

Dirk Nowitzki, who has mastered the art ofbeing funny on Twitter, had a pretty great comeback for his Mavericks teammate J.J. Barea.

When Barea was shown the rookie bobblehead Dirk that some of the first fans at the Mavericks-Nuggets game this week got, the 33-year-old guard loudly said, "He was ugly early, and he's still ugly now."

Ouch.

But Nowitzki was ready and had this to say:

Barea, as you may know, is not the tallest guard in the NBA, standing at about 6 feet.

Illustration by Peyo, IMPS

I'm sure this is far from the first time these two have joked around with each other. They've been teammates for a total of nine seasons so far.

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