Nowitzki Popular in Native Germany Despite His Sport

2007/10/29 02:31:15 @NBA.com: News

In the SEATTLE TIMES, Matthew Schofield writes "Germans love the Dirk Nowitzki story: the young local man who travels halfway around the world to play among giants, in a city known mainly as a nighttime TV soap opera, to conquer in a game few Germans care about. Although he's the NBA's returning most valuable player, the Dallas Mavericks' 7-foot forward remains a story Germans don't really understand."
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