Notice: This article will be split into multiple sections in Dirk Nowitzki's timeframe. This is the first installment of the article.Prelude: The fadeaway, the drive, the trey, the baseline jumper, he has it all. Dirk Nowitzki at 245 pounds and standing at exactly 7 feet has stepped up his game from previous seasons, also ending up as a 3rd-place MVP candidate. Even though he claimed he was tired of great individual seasons and wanted to win, you cannot leave him out.It all started back in Wurzburg, Germany. Dirk was born on June 19th, 1978 (June 19th is actually my mom's birthday, as well :happy0144: ) All this blonde, blue-eyed German had with him was athletic parents (his father played handball and his mother played on the German women's national basketball team) and height. Everything else Dirk has had to discover throughout the years. International Attention: At the 1997 Hoop Summit, Dirk led the international junior team to a surprise victory over the U.S. junior team with 33 points :dribble: . Charles Barkley even recently claimed that he illegally offered Dirk money to attend auburn for college . As he said it, "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying."Transfering to the NBA:Donnie Nelson, then Mavericks GM, claimed that Dirk would be a sure Rookie of the Year. However, Nowitzki didn't even make the Rookie Team! Seriously, though, when he came to America, his English made him an alien .Would his career turn out as well as Nellie planned it out to be? Find out in The German Bomber: Part II !This article was written by Waqas.
