Dirk Nowitzki

Dirk Nowitzki

Nowitzki at Frankfurt am Main in 2011
No. 41 – Dallas Mavericks
Position	Power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1978-06-19) June 19, 1978 (age 38) Würzburg, West Germany
Nationality	German
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career	1994–present
Career history
1994–1998	DJK Würzburg
1998–present	Dallas Mavericks
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2011) NBA Finals MVP (2011) NBA Most Valuable Player (2007) 13× NBA All-Star (2002–2012, 2014–2015) 4× All-NBA First Team (2005–2007, 2009) 5× All-NBA Second Team (2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2011) 3× All-NBA Third Team (2001, 2004, 2012) 50–40–90 club (2007) NBA Three-Point Shootout champion (2006) NBA Shooting Stars champion (2010) BBL Most Valuable Player (1999) FIBA World Cup MVP (2002) FIBA World Cup top scorer (2002) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (2005) 3× FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer (2001, 2005, 2007) 6× Euroscar Player of the Year (2002–2006, 2011) 2× FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year (2005, 2011) Mister Europa Player of the Year (2005) Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (2011) German Sports Personality of the Year (2011)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Germany World Championship 2002 USA EuroBasket 2005 Serbia & Montenegro

Dirk Werner Nowitzki (German pronunciation: [ˈdɪʁk ˈvɛʁnɐ noˈvɪtski]) (born June 19, 1978) is a German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). An alumnus of Röntgen Gymnasium and the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and immediately traded to the Mavericks, where he has played since. Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), Nowitzki is considered to be among the greatest power forwards of all time.

Nowitzki led the Mavericks to 15 NBA Playoffs (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise's first Finals appearance in 2006 and only championship in 2011. He is a 13-time All-Star, a 12-time All-NBA Team member, and the first European player to start in an All-Star Game, as well as the first to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award (2007). Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA-history and the sixth player to achieve over 30,000 regular-season points. He is also one of seven players who achieved a 50–40–90 season (2007). He is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team and holds several all-time Mavericks franchise records.Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Nowitzki are the only players to achieve four consecutive 30-point, 15-rebound post-season games (2001–2002).