2023-08-12 17:00:00
The “Wunderkid”. A German product, that is to say a guarantee of efficiency, quality and reliability. Dirk Nowitzki will return to the Hall of Fame tonight. A well-deserved reward for someone who almost carries a beautiful piece of Mavericks history on his broad shoulders.
What to say ? Dirk Nowitzki is a player who will no longer be produced. Yeah, eternal loyalty debate in a championship where the thirst for victory and the desire to shine make players go where the weather is the best to achieve these goals. Leaving a trace does not necessarily mean winning a title. To leave a good mark is to win one. To enroll among the legends of this game is to face extreme adversity to take your lifelong team to the highest peak in basketball. In any case, this is the way chosen by Dirk Nowitzki. And that’s why he will be honored tonight. A winner, a talent of a purity rarely achieved. A standard for a European basketball certainly accepted but still poorly judged in the NBA of the early 2000s.
Because in the game, Dirk Nowitzki has won everything. By opening the doors. First European MVP in history, NBA champion in 2011 after a magnificent campaign, MVP of the Finals. 14 All-Star Game selections, 12 All-NBA team selections, sixth-highest scorer in history (31,560 points). A name that resonates wherever the great spectacle of American basketball goes. A name that resonates immensely louder on the streets of Dallas. Absolute legend of the franchise, the man who brought absolute joy to the Mavericks. Best scorer in the history of the club… and damn, faithful man. 21 years in the same team, absolute record which will certainly never be beaten. Because Dirk looks straight ahead. Because he accepted bitter failures like in 2007, a way to build an armored steel mind. An almost happy memory on the evening of June 12, 2011, when he won a magnificent title against the Heat of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Without any All-Star teammates around him. A great leader, who belongs only among the greatest, in the Springfield Hall of Fame.
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