NEW ORLEANS - Six years ago this week, LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and several other NBA All-Stars left the comforts of a high-rise hotel in downtown New Orleans for a short, sobering bus ride to a devastated neighbourhood a few miles away. I think nobody really knew how bad it still was," Nowitzki recalled from the NBA's "Day of Service" during 2008 All-Star weekend. The 6-foot-11 Dallas ...