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Dirk Nowitzki Biography
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Boston Globe , May 28, 2006, p. C9.
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX), June 21, 2006; September 27, 2006.
Houston Chronicle , July 1, 1998, p. 6.
New York Times , February 7, 2001, p. D1.
Sport , March 1999, p. 38.
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Sports Illustrated for Kids , June 1, 2003, p. 23; March 1, 2005, p. 18.
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Online
"Dirk Nowitzki," NBA.com, http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dirk_nowitzki/printable_player_files.html (September 16, 2006).
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Dirk Nowitzki's journey from Germany to Dallas to the Hall of Fame
Dirk Nowitzki’s unique talent and immeasurable impact will be recognized in Springfield.
His shot became his signature, that signature became a statue. It’s planted there now for the long term, emblematic of Dirk Nowitzki himself, who came to the Dallas Mavericks a quarter century ago and never left.
Resplendent in white bronze, 24 feet high, over on the right wing of Victory Plaza outside the American Airlines Center, Nowitzki is immortalized in the shooting form that earned him so many of his 35,223 points (regular and postseason). It earned him a bevy of admirers, too, among peers and rivals like Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and LeBron James who adopted the big German sharpshooter’s one-legged fadeaway as both a tactic and an homage.
“The Dirk,” as that shot has been dubbed, is here to stay. Both as a weapon – “the equivalent of what Abdul-Jabbar did with his sky hook,” one opposing coach said the other day, both awed and irritated by its effectiveness – and as a tribute, frozen in time, the distil
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Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki – Forever #Fourtyone
Dirk Nowitzki was born in Würzburg, Germany on June 19, 1978. He began his professional career with Würzburg DJK in the Bundesliga and then impressed NBA coaches and scouts with 33 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 steals at the 1998 Nike Hoop Summit. Consequently, Dirk became the ninth pick in the NBA draft, with an arranged trade that sent him from Milwaukee to Dallas.
Dirk Nowitzki in Hall of Fame
Dirk Nowitzki is the first German to be inducted into the Basketball “Hall of Fame”. As announced by the custodians of the Hall of Fame in Houston, Texas, the Würzburg native is one of six former professionals and coaches to receive the special honor in 2023.
Dirk Nowitzki played 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, ending his active career in 2019, and is the sixth highest point scorer in league history (31’560) and the most prolific scorer born outside the United States.
With the Mavericks, who retired his back number 41 under the hall ceiling in January 2022, “German wunderkind” Dirk Nowitzki
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