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id="toc-2000–01_season:_First_All-NBA_and_playoff_appearances-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2001–02_season:_First_All-Star_selection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2001–02_season:_First_All-Star_selection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.2.3 2001–02 season: First All-Star selection </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2001–02_season:_First_All-Star_selection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2002–03_season:_First_Western_Conference_Finals_appearance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002–03_season:_First_Western_Conference_Finals_appearance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.2.4 2002–03 season: First Western Conference Finals appearance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002–03_season:_First_Western_Conference_Finals_appearance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2003–04_season:_Playoff_disappointment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2003–04_season:_Playoff_disappointment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.2.5 2003–04 season: Playoff disappointment </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2003–04_season:_Playoff_disappointment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Franchise_player_(2004–2010)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Franchise_player_(2004–2010)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3 Franchise player (2004–2010) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Franchise_player_(2004–2010)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2004–05_season:_First_All-NBA_First_Team_selection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004–05_season:_First_All-NBA_First_Team_selection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3.1 2004–05 season: First All-NBA First Team selection </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004–05_season:_First_All-NBA_First_Team_selection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2005–06_season:_First_NBA_Finals_appearance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2005–06_season:_First_NBA_Finals_appearance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3.2 2005–06 season: First NBA Finals appearance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2005–06_season:_First_NBA_Finals_appearance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006–07_season:_NBA_MVP_and_franchise_record_in_wins" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006–07_season:_NBA_MVP_and_franchise_record_in_wins"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3.3 2006–07 season: NBA MVP and franchise record in wins </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006–07_season:_NBA_MVP_and_franchise_record_in_wins-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2007–08_season:_First_triple-double" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2007–08_season:_First_triple-double"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3.4 2007–08 season: First triple-double </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2007–08_season:_First_triple-double-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008–09_season:_Playoff_upset" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008–09_season:_Playoff_upset"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3.5 2008–09 season: Playoff upset </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008–09_season:_Playoff_upset-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2009–10_season:_20,000_points" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2009–10_season:_20,000_points"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.3.6 2009–10 season: 20,000 points </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2009–10_season:_20,000_points-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Championship_season_(2010–2011)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Championship_season_(2010–2011)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.2.4 Championship season (2010–2011) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Championship_season_(2010–2011)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Post-championship_and_final_years_(2011–2019)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Post-championship_and_final_years_(2011–2019)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3 Post-championship and final years (2011–2019) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-championship_and_final_years_(2011–2019)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2011–12_season:_Naismith_Legacy_Award" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2011–12_season:_Naismith_Legacy_Award"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.1 2011–12 season: Naismith Legacy Award </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2011–12_season:_Naismith_Legacy_Award-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2012–13_season:_Surgery_and_missing_playoffs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2012–13_season:_Surgery_and_missing_playoffs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.2 2012–13 season: Surgery and missing playoffs </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2012–13_season:_Surgery_and_missing_playoffs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2013–14_season:_Magic_Johnson_Award" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2013–14_season:_Magic_Johnson_Award"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.3 2013–14 season: Magic Johnson Award </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2013–14_season:_Magic_Johnson_Award-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014–15_season:_10,000_rebounds" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014–15_season:_10,000_rebounds"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.4 2014–15 season: 10,000 rebounds </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014–15_season:_10,000_rebounds-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2015–16_season:_Final_playoff_appearance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2015–16_season:_Final_playoff_appearance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.5 2015–16 season: Final playoff appearance </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2015–16_season:_Final_playoff_appearance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016–17_season:_NBA_Teammate_of_the_Year_and_30,000_points" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016–17_season:_NBA_Teammate_of_the_Year_and_30,000_points"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.6 2016–17 season: NBA Teammate of the Year and 30,000 points </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016–17_season:_NBA_Teammate_of_the_Year_and_30,000_points-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2017–18_season:_Season-ending_surgery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2017–18_season:_Season-ending_surgery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.7 2017–18 season: Season-ending surgery </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2017–18_season:_Season-ending_surgery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018–19_season:_Final_season" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018–19_season:_Final_season"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2.3.8 2018–19 season: Final season </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018–19_season:_Final_season-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_team_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_team_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 National team career </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_team_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Player_profile" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Player_profile"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Player profile </div> </a> <ul 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data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Дзірк Навіцкі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дзірк Навіцкі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D1%96" title="Дырк Навіцкі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дырк Навіцкі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Дирк Новицки – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Дирк Новицки" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Boarisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki" title="Dirk Nowitzki – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dirk Nowitzki" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li 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For others with the surname, see <a href="/wiki/Nowitzki_(surname)" title="Nowitzki (surname)">Nowitzki (surname)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #0064B1 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BBC4CA !important;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1978-06-19) June 19, 1978 (age 46) <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed height</th><td class="infobox-data">7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Listed weight</th><td class="infobox-data">245 lb (111 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #0064B1 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BBC4CA !important;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/NBA_draft" title="NBA draft">NBA draft</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998</a>: 1st round, 9th overall pick</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Selected by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Playing career</th><td class="infobox-data">1994–2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Power_forward" title="Power forward">Power forward</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: left;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data">41</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #0064B1 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BBC4CA !important;">Career history<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;">1994–1998</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/DJK_W%C3%BCrzburg" title="DJK Würzburg">DJK Würzburg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998</a>–<a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBA_season" title="2018–19 NBA season">2019</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em;text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #0064B1 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BBC4CA !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2007</a>)</li> <li>14× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2002 NBA All-Star Game">2002</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2012 NBA All-Star Game">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2014 NBA All-Star Game">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2015 NBA All-Star Game">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2019 NBA All-Star Game">2019</a>)</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2005</a>–<a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2009</a>)</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Second_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Second Team">All-NBA Second Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2011</a>)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Third_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA Third Team">All-NBA Third Team</a> (<a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/50%E2%80%9340%E2%80%9390_club" title="50–40–90 club">50–40–90 club</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Three-Point_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Three-Point Contest">NBA Three-Point Contest</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a></li> <li>No. 41 <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks#Retired_numbers" title="Dallas Mavericks">retired by Dallas Mavericks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_Bundesliga_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Bundesliga MVP">German Bundesliga MVP</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_Bundesliga_Top_Scorer" title="Basketball Bundesliga Top Scorer">German Bundesliga Top Scorer</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_Basketball_World_Cup_Most_Valuable_Player" title="FIBA Basketball World Cup Most Valuable Player">FIBA World Cup MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_MVP" title="FIBA EuroBasket MVP">FIBA EuroBasket MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2005" title="EuroBasket 2005">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_2000%E2%80%932020_Dream_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team">FIBA EuroBasket Dream Team</a> (2020)</li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/Euroscar_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Euroscar Player of the Year">Euroscar Player of the Year</a> (2002–2006, 2011)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Europe_Men%27s_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award">FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year</a> (2005, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Europa" title="Mr. Europa">Mister Europa Player of the Year</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silbernes_Lorbeerblatt" title="Silbernes Lorbeerblatt">Silbernes Lorbeerblatt</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="German Sports Personality of the Year">German Sports Personality of the Year</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laureus_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award">Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award</a> (2020)</li> <li>No. 14 retired by <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team#Retired_numbers" title="Germany men's national basketball team">Germany national team</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #0064B1 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2.5px solid #BBC4CA !important;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Career statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">Points</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">31,560 (20.7 ppg)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; line-height: 1.2em"><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height: 1.2em">11,489 (7.5 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.IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>German pronunciation: <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˈdɪʁk noˈvɪtski]</a>, <span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/5\/5f\/De-Dirk_Nowitzki.ogg\/De-Dirk_Nowitzki.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"audio"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"De-Dirk Nowitzki.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/De-Dirk_Nowitzki.ogg/De-Dirk_Nowitzki.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button">audio</a><a href="/wiki/File:De-Dirk_Nowitzki.ogg" title="File:De-Dirk Nowitzki.ogg">ⓘ</a>; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> player who is a special advisor for the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">National Basketball Association</a> (NBA).<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m),<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> he is widely regarded as one of the greatest <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forwards</a> of all time and is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time.<a href="#cite_note-3">[a]</a> In 2021, he was selected to the <a href="/wiki/NBA_75th_Anniversary_Team" title="NBA 75th Anniversary Team">NBA 75th Anniversary Team</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> In 2023, Nowitzki was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a> An alumnus of the <a href="/wiki/DJK_W%C3%BCrzburg" title="DJK Würzburg">DJK Würzburg</a> basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998 NBA draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> and was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks, where he played his entire 21-year NBA career. Nowitzki led the Mavericks to 15 <a href="/wiki/NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Playoffs">NBA playoff appearances</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 NBA Playoffs">2001</a>–<a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 NBA Playoffs">2012</a>; <a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 NBA Playoffs">2014</a>–<a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 NBA Playoffs">2016</a>), including the franchise's first <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals" title="NBA Finals">NBA Finals</a> appearance in <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006</a> and its only NBA championship in <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011</a>. Known for his scoring ability, versatility, accurate outside shooting, and trademark one-legged <a href="/wiki/Fadeaway" title="Fadeaway">fadeaway jump shot</a>, Nowitzki won the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player Award</a> in 2007 and the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award</a> in 2011. Nowitzki is the only player ever to <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_players_who_have_spent_their_entire_career_with_one_franchise" title="List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise">play for a single NBA franchise for 21 seasons</a>. He is a 14-time <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars">All-Star</a>,<a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a> a 12-time <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA</a> Team member,<a href="#cite_note-auto-8">[7]</a> the first European player to start in an All-Star Game,<a href="#cite_note-auto-8">[7]</a> and the first European player to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player Award.<a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> Nowitzki is the highest-scoring foreign-born player in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a> He is the first Maverick voted onto an All-NBA Team<a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a> and holds several <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks_all-time_roster#Statistics_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Mavericks all-time roster">all-time Mavericks franchise records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> On December 10, 2012, he became the first non-American player to receive the <a href="/wiki/Naismith_Award" title="Naismith Award">Naismith Legacy Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> Following his retirement, Nowitzki stood sixth on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_career_scoring_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders">NBA all-time scoring list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-points-14">[13]</a> In international play, Nowitzki led the <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Germany men's national basketball team">Germany national team</a> to a bronze medal in the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a> and silver in <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2005" title="EuroBasket 2005">EuroBasket 2005</a>, and was the leading scorer and <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">MVP</a> in both tournaments. He is also the first German men's player to have his <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team#Retired_numbers" title="Germany men's national basketball team">number retired</a>, receiving this honor in September 2022. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Born in <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>, Germany, Dirk Werner Nowitzki comes from an athletic family: his mother Helga Nowitzki (née Bredenbröcker) was a professional basketball player and his father Jörg-Werner was a <a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">handball</a> player who represented <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">Germany</a> at the highest international level.<a href="#cite_note-sauer1220-15">[14]</a> Helga was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Germany_women%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Germany women's national basketball team">West Germany national team</a> that participated at the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_Women_1966" title="EuroBasket Women 1966">1966 EuroBasket Women</a>.<a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a> His older sister Silke Nowitzki, a local champion in track and field, also became a basketball player and now works for the NBA in International TV.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> Nowitzki was a very tall child; most of the time he stood above his peers by a foot or more.<a href="#cite_note-sauer1220-15">[14]</a> He initially played handball and <a href="/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a>. He managed to become a ranked junior tennis player in the German youth circuit, but soon grew tired of being called a "freak" for his height and eventually turned to basketball.<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> Watching the <a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team" title="1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team">1992 U.S. Olympic basketball "Dream Team"</a> also caused Nowitzki to gravitate towards basketball.<a href="#cite_note-crain-19">[18]</a> After joining the local <a href="/wiki/DJK_W%C3%BCrzburg" title="DJK Würzburg">DJK Würzburg</a>, the 15-year-old attracted the attention of former German international basketball player <a href="/wiki/Holger_Geschwindner" title="Holger Geschwindner">Holger Geschwindner</a>, who spotted his talent immediately and offered to coach him individually two to three times per week. After getting both the approval of Nowitzki and his parents, Geschwindner put his student through an unorthodox training scheme: he emphasized shooting and passing exercises, and shunned weight training and tactical drills, because he felt it was "unnecessary friction".<a href="#cite_note-Sauer2022-20">[19]</a> Furthermore, Geschwindner encouraged Nowitzki to play a musical instrument and read literature to make him a more complete personality.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer2022-20">[19]</a> After a year, the coach was so impressed with Nowitzki's progress that he advised him, "You must now decide whether you want to play against the best in the world or just stay a local hero in Germany. If you choose the latter, we will stop training immediately, because nobody can prevent that anymore. But if you want to play against the best, we have to train on a daily basis." After pondering this lifetime decision for two days, Nowitzki agreed to enter the full-time training schedule, choosing the path to his eventual international career. Geschwindner let him train seven days a week with DJK Würzburg players and future German internationals <a href="/wiki/Robert_Garrett_(basketball)" title="Robert Garrett (basketball)">Robert Garrett</a>, <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Willoughby" class="extiw" title="de:Marvin Willoughby">Marvin Willoughby</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Demond_Greene" title="Demond Greene">Demond Greene</a>, and in the summer of 1994, then 16-year-old Nowitzki made the DJK squad.<a href="#cite_note-21">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Professional career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="DJK_Würzburg_(1994–1998)">DJK Würzburg (1994–1998)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: DJK Würzburg (1994–1998)">edit</a>]</div> When Nowitzki joined the team, DJK played in <a href="/wiki/German_basketball_league_system" title="German basketball league system">Germany's second-tier level league</a>, the <a href="/wiki/2._Basketball_Bundesliga" title="2. Basketball Bundesliga">Second Bundesliga</a>, South Division. His first trainer was Pit Stahl, who played the tall teenager as an outside-scoring <a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">forward</a> rather than an inside-scoring <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> to utilise his shooting skills.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1995_in_basketball" title="1995 in basketball">1994–95 Second Bundesliga season</a>, ambitious DJK finished as a disappointing sixth of 12 teams; the rookie Nowitzki was often benched and struggled with bad school grades, which forced him to study rather than work on his game.<a href="#cite_note-23">[22]</a> In the next <a href="/wiki/1996_in_basketball" title="1996 in basketball">1995–96 Second Bundesliga season</a>, Nowitzki established himself as a starter next to <a href="/wiki/Finnish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Finnish people">Finnish</a> star forward Martti Kuisma and soon became a regular double-digit scorer: after German national basketball coach <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Bauermann" title="Dirk Bauermann">Dirk Bauermann</a> saw him score 24 <a href="/wiki/Point_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Point (basketball)">points</a> in a DJK game, he stated that "Dirk Nowitzki is the greatest German basketball talent of the last 10, maybe 15 years."<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1997_in_basketball" title="1997 in basketball">1996–97 Second Bundesliga season</a>, Nowitzki averaged 19.4 points per game and led DJK again to second place after the regular season, but could not help his team gain promotion.<a href="#cite_note-25">[24]</a> In the following <a href="/wiki/1998_in_basketball" title="1998 in basketball">1997–98 Second Bundesliga season</a>, Nowitzki finished his "<a href="/wiki/Abitur" title="Abitur">Abitur</a>" (German <a href="/wiki/A-level" title="A-level">A-levels</a>), but had to do compulsory military service in the <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr" title="Bundeswehr">Bundeswehr</a> which lasted from September 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998;<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> The 18-year-old, who had grown to 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall, made progress, leading DJK to a 36:4-point total (in Germany, a victory gives 2:0 points and a loss 0:2) and ending as leading scorer with 28.2 points per game. In the promotion playoffs, DJK finally broke its hex, finishing at first place with 14:2 points and earning <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> to the next higher league; Nowitzki was voted "German Basketballer of the Year" by the German BASKET magazine.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> Abroad, Nowitzki's progress was noticed. A year later, the teenager participated in the <a href="/wiki/Nike,_Inc." title="Nike, Inc.">Nike</a> "Hoop Heroes Tour", where he played against NBA stars like <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a>. In a 30-minute show match, Nowitzki outplayed Barkley and even <a href="/wiki/Slam_dunk" title="Slam dunk">dunked</a> on him, causing the latter to exclaim: "The boy is a genius. If he wants to enter the NBA, he can call me."<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> On March 29, 1998, Nowitzki was chosen to play in the <a href="/wiki/Nike_Hoop_Summit" title="Nike Hoop Summit">Nike Hoop Summit</a>, one of the premier talent watches in U.S. men's basketball. In a match between the U.S. talents and the international talents, Nowitzki scored 33 points on 6-of-12 shooting, 14 <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounds</a> and 3 <a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">steals</a> for the internationals<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> and outplayed future US NBA players <a href="/wiki/Rashard_Lewis" title="Rashard Lewis">Rashard Lewis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Harrington" title="Al Harrington">Al Harrington</a>. He impressed with a combination of quickness, ball handling, and shooting range, and from that moment a multitude of European and NBA clubs wanted to recruit him.<a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dallas_Mavericks_(1998–2019)">Dallas Mavericks (1998–2019)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Dallas Mavericks (1998–2019)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Difficult_start_(1998–1999)">Difficult start (1998–1999)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Difficult start (1998–1999)">edit</a>]</div> Projected to be the seventh pick in the <a href="/wiki/1998_NBA_draft" title="1998 NBA draft">1998 NBA draft</a>, Nowitzki passed up many college offers and went directly into the NBA as a <a href="/wiki/Prep-to-pro" class="mw-redirect" title="Prep-to-pro">prep-to-pro</a> player.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer47-29">[28]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> selected Nowitzki with the ninth pick in the draft and traded him to the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks">Dallas Mavericks</a> in a multi-team deal; future star point guard <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> came to Dallas in the same trade.<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> Nowitzki and Nash quickly became close friends.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer4951-31">[30]</a> Nowitzki became only the fourth German player in NBA history, following <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">pivots</a> <a href="/wiki/Uwe_Blab" title="Uwe Blab">Uwe Blab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Welp" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Welp">Christian Welp</a> and All-Star <a href="/wiki/Swingman" title="Swingman">swingman</a> <a href="/wiki/Detlef_Schrempf" title="Detlef Schrempf">Detlef Schrempf</a>, who was a 35-year-old veteran of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> when his young compatriot arrived. Nowitzki finished his DJK career as the only Würzburg player to have ever made the NBA.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> In Dallas, Nowitzki joined a franchise which had last made the playoffs in 1990. <a href="/wiki/Shooting_guard" title="Shooting guard">Shooting guard</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Michael Finley</a> captained the squad, supported by 7-foot-6-inch (2.29 m) center <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Bradley" title="Shawn Bradley">Shawn Bradley</a> (once a number two draft pick) and team scoring leader <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Ceballos" title="Cedric Ceballos">Cedric Ceballos</a>, an ex-Laker forward. The start of the season was delayed by the <a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_lockout" title="1998–99 NBA lockout">1998–99 NBA lockout</a>, which put the entire season in jeopardy. In limbo, Nowitzki returned to DJK Würzburg and played thirteen games before both sides worked out a late compromise deal that resulted in a shortened NBA schedule of only 50 games.<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> When the season finally started, Nowitzki struggled. Played as a <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a> by coach <a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a>, the 20-year-old felt overpowered by the more athletic NBA forwards, was intimidated by the expectations as a number nine pick, and played bad defense; hecklers taunted him as "Irk Nowitzki", omitting the "D" which stands for "defense" in basketball slang.<a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a> He only averaged 8.2 points and 3.4 rebounds in 20.4 minutes of playing time.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> Looking back, Nowitzki said: "I was so frustrated I even contemplated going back to Germany. ... [the jump from Second Bundesliga to the NBA] was like jumping out of an airplane hoping the parachute would somehow open." The Mavericks only won 19 of their 50 games and missed the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""Big_Three"_era_(1999–2004)">"Big Three" era (1999–2004)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: "Big Three" era (1999–2004)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="1999–00_season:_Improving_as_a_sophomore">1999–00 season: Improving as a sophomore</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1999–00 season: Improving as a sophomore">edit</a>]</div> On January 4, 2000, team owner <a href="/wiki/Ross_Perot_Jr." title="Ross Perot Jr.">Ross Perot Jr.</a> sold the Mavericks to Internet billionaire <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban">Mark Cuban</a> for $280 million. Cuban quickly invested into the Mavericks and restructured the franchise, attending every game at the sidelines, buying the team a $46 million <a href="/wiki/Boeing_757" title="Boeing 757">Boeing 757</a> to travel in, and increasing franchise revenues to over $100 million. Nowitzki lauded Cuban, stating that he "created the perfect environment ... we only have to go out and win."<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a> As a result of Nelson's tutelage, Cuban's improvements and his own progress, Nowitzki significantly improved in his second season. Nowitzki averaged 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 <a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">assists</a> per game in 35.8 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> He was voted runner-up in the <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Improved_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Improved Player Award">NBA Most Improved Player Award</a> behind <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Rose" title="Jalen Rose">Jalen Rose</a>, and made it into the NBA All-Star Sophomore squad.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> The 7-foot-0-inch (2.13 m) Nowitzki also was chosen for the <a href="/wiki/Three-Point_Contest" title="Three-Point Contest">Three-Point Contest</a>, becoming the tallest player ever to participate.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer77-38">[37]</a> While he improved on an individual level, the Mavericks missed <a href="/wiki/2000_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 NBA Playoffs">the playoffs</a> after a mediocre 40–42 season.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer77-38">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2000–01_season:_First_All-NBA_and_playoff_appearances">2000–01 season: First All-NBA and playoff appearances</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2000–01 season: First All-NBA and playoff appearances">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01 NBA season</a>, Nowitzki further improved his averages, recording 21.8 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> As a sign of his growing importance, he joined team captain Finley as only one of two Mavericks to play and start in all 82 games, and had 10 games in which he scored at least 30 points.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> Nowitzki became the first Maverick ever to be voted into the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA</a> squads, making the Third Team.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> In addition, his best friend Nash became a valuable point guard, and with Finley scoring more than ever, pundits took to calling this trio the "Big Three" of the Mavericks.<a href="#cite_note-Bolavip-39">[38]</a> Posting a 53–29 record in the regular season,<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a> the Mavericks reached <a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 NBA Playoffs">the playoffs</a> for the first time since 1990.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> As the fifth seed, they were paired against the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Utah_Jazz_season" title="2000–01 Utah Jazz season">Utah Jazz</a>, who were led by point guard <a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">John Stockton</a> and power forward <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a>. The Mavericks won the series in five games, setting up a meeting with their Texas rivals, the <a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_San_Antonio_Spurs_season" title="2000–01 San Antonio Spurs season">San Antonio Spurs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer8990-42">[41]</a> The Mavericks lost the first three games of the series, and Nowitzki fell ill with the flu and later lost a tooth after a collision with Spurs guard <a href="/wiki/Terry_Porter" title="Terry Porter">Terry Porter</a>. After a Game 4 win, Nowitzki scored 42 points and grabbed 18 rebounds in Game 5, but could not prevent a deciding 105–87 loss.<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2001–02_season:_First_All-Star_selection">2001–02 season: First All-Star selection</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2001–02 season: First All-Star selection">edit</a>]</div> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02 NBA season</a>, Nowitzki signed a six-year, $90 million contract extension, which made him the second-highest-paid German athlete after <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> He continued to improve, averaging 23.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Nowitzki was voted into the All-NBA Second Team and into his first All-Star Game.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> After making <a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 NBA Playoffs">the playoffs</a> with a 57–25 record,<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> the Mavericks swept <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Minnesota_Timberwolves_season" title="2001–02 Minnesota Timberwolves season">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> in the first round; Nowitzki averaged 33.3 points per game.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> In the second round, the Mavericks met the <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2001–02 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a> and rival power forward <a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Chris Webber</a>. After splitting the first two games, Kings coach <a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Rick Adelman</a> changed his defensive scheme, assigning <a href="/wiki/Hedo_T%C3%BCrko%C4%9Flu" title="Hedo Türkoğlu">Hedo Türkoğlu</a> to cover Nowitzki. Türkoğlu would use his agility to play Nowitzki tightly, and if the taller Maverick tried to post up Türkoğlu, Webber would <a href="/wiki/Double_team" title="Double team">double team</a> Nowitzki.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer104-47">[46]</a> In Game 3 in Dallas, the Mavericks lost, 125–119; Nowitzki scored only 19 points and said: "I simply could not pass Türkoğlu, and if I did, I ran into a double team and committed too many turnovers."<a href="#cite_note-Sauer104-47">[46]</a> In Game 4, Nowitzki missed two potentially game-deciding jump shots, and the Mavericks lost, 115–113, at home. In Game 5, the Mavericks were eliminated, 114–101.<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> However, Nowitzki received a consolation award: the <a href="/wiki/Gazzetta_dello_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Gazzetta dello Sport">Gazzetta dello Sport</a> voted him as "European Basketballer of the Year", his 104 votes lifting him over second-placed <a href="/wiki/Dejan_Bodiroga" title="Dejan Bodiroga">Dejan Bodiroga</a> (54) and Stojakovic (50).<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2002–03_season:_First_Western_Conference_Finals_appearance">2002–03 season: First Western Conference Finals appearance</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2002–03 season: First Western Conference Finals appearance">edit</a>]</div> Before the <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03 NBA season</a>, Don Nelson and Mark Cuban put more emphasis on defense, specializing in a zone anchored by prolific shotblockers <a href="/wiki/Raef_LaFrentz" title="Raef LaFrentz">Raef LaFrentz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Bradley" title="Shawn Bradley">Shawn Bradley</a>. The Mavericks won their first fourteen games, and Finley, Nash and Nowitzki were voted "Western Conference Players of the Month" in November 2002.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> In that season, Nowitzki lifted his averages again, now scoring 25.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> He led the Mavericks to a franchise-high 60–22 record, which earned them the third seed: as a result, the Mavericks had to play sixth seed <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Portland_Trail_Blazers_season" title="2002–03 Portland Trail Blazers season">Portland Trail Blazers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 NBA Playoffs">2003 NBA Playoffs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> Now playing in a best-of-seven series instead of the former best-of-five, the Mavericks quickly won the first three games, but then completely lost their rhythm and the next three. In Game 7, Nowitzki hit a clutch three to make it 100–94 with 1:21 left and the Mavericks won 107–95. "This was the most important basket of my career", he later said, "I was not prepared to go on vacation that early."<a href="#cite_note-Sauer114-52">[51]</a> In the next round, the Mavericks met the Kings again, and the series went seven games. Nowitzki delivered a clutch performance in Game 7; he scored 30 points, grabbed 19 rebounds, and played strong defense, leading the Mavericks to a series-deciding 112–99 win.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer114-52">[51]</a> In the Western Conference Finals, the Mavericks met the Spurs again. In Game 3, Nowitzki went up for a rebound and Spurs guard <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a> collided with his knee, forcing him out of the series. Without their top scorer, the Mavericks ultimately lost in six games.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer117-53">[52]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2003–04_season:_Playoff_disappointment">2003–04 season: Playoff disappointment</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2003–04 season: Playoff disappointment">edit</a>]</div> After Dallas traded starting center <a href="/wiki/Raef_LaFrentz" title="Raef LaFrentz">Raef LaFrentz</a> to Boston for forward <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Walker" title="Antoine Walker">Antoine Walker</a>, Nelson decided to start Nowitzki at center.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> To cope with his more physical role, Nowitzki put on 20 lb (9.1 kg) of muscle mass over summer, sacrificed part of his agility, and put more emphasis on defense rather than scoring.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> Nowitzki's averages fell for the first time in his career, dropping to 21.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game,<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> but he still led the Mavericks in scoring, rebounding, steals (1.2 spg) and blocks (1.35 bpg).<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> These figures earned him nominations for the All-Star Game and the All-NBA Third Team.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> Compiling a 52–30 record, the Mavericks met their familiar rivals the <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Sacramento_Kings_season" title="2003–04 Sacramento Kings season">Sacramento Kings</a> in the playoffs once again, but were eliminated in five games.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Franchise_player_(2004–2010)">Franchise player (2004–2010)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Franchise player (2004–2010)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg/220px-Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg/330px-Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg/440px-Dirk_nowitzki_mavs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1129" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki (#41) was the face of the Mavericks franchise from 2004 to 2019.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2004–05_season:_First_All-NBA_First_Team_selection">2004–05 season: First All-NBA First Team selection</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2004–05 season: First All-NBA First Team selection">edit</a>]</div> Before the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05 NBA season</a>, the Mavericks were re-tooled again. Center <a href="/wiki/Erick_Dampier" title="Erick Dampier">Erick Dampier</a> was acquired from the <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a> in an eight-player trade.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> Also, Nowitzki's close friend and fellow international teammate <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a> left Dallas and returned to the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">free agent</a>,<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> going on to win two Most Valuable Player awards with the Suns.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a> During the season, long-time head coach Don Nelson resigned, and his assistant <a href="/wiki/Avery_Johnson" title="Avery Johnson">Avery Johnson</a> took on head coaching duties.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> In the midst of these changes, Nowitzki stepped up his game and averaged 26.1 points a game (a career high) and 9.7 rebounds; and his 1.5 blocks and 3.1 assists were also career-high numbers.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> On December 2, 2004, Nowitzki scored 53 points in an overtime win against the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a>, a career best.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> Nowitzki was voted to the All-NBA First Team for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> He also placed third in the league's <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">MVP</a> voting, behind Nash and <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a>. However, the Mavericks had a subpar <a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NBA Playoffs">2005 NBA Playoffs</a> campaign. In the first round, Dallas met <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> scoring champion <a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">Tracy McGrady</a> and 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) center <a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao Ming</a>. The Rockets took a 2–0 series lead before the Mavericks won three games in a row. After losing Game 6, Dallas won Game 7 convincingly and won the series even though Nowitzki struggled with his shooting.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Mavericks met the Phoenix Suns, the new club of Nash. They split the first four games before the Suns won the last two games. In Game 6, which the Mavericks lost in overtime, Nowitzki was not at his best: he scored 28 points, but also sank only 9 of his 25 field goal attempts<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> and missed all five of his shots in overtime.<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2005–06_season:_First_NBA_Finals_appearance">2005–06 season: First NBA Finals appearance</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 2005–06 season: First NBA Finals appearance">edit</a>]</div> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06 NBA season</a>, veteran Mavericks captain <a href="/wiki/Michael_Finley" title="Michael Finley">Michael Finley</a> was waived,<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> leaving Nowitzki as the last player remaining from the Mavericks' "Big Three" of Nash, Finley, and himself. Nowitzki averaged 26.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 2.8 assists during the season. Not only was this his third 2,000-point season, but his scoring average of 26.6 points was highest ever by a European.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> He improved his shooting percentage, setting personal season records in <a href="/wiki/Field_goal_percentage" title="Field goal percentage">field goals</a> (48.0%), <a href="/wiki/Three-pointer" class="mw-redirect" title="Three-pointer">three-point</a> shots (40.6%) and <a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">free throws</a> (90.1%).<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> During the 2006 All-Star Weekend in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, Nowitzki scored 18 points to defeat <a href="/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics" title="Seattle SuperSonics">Seattle SuperSonics</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">Ray Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_Wizards" title="Washington Wizards">Washington Wizards</a> guard <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Arenas" title="Gilbert Arenas">Gilbert Arenas</a> in the Three-Point Contest.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> Nowitzki paced Dallas to a 60-win season. The team finished with the third-best record in the league behind the defending champion <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> and the defending Eastern Conference champion <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Pistons" title="Detroit Pistons">Detroit Pistons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> As in the 2004–05 season, he finished third in the league's MVP voting, this time behind Nash and <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a>. He was again elected to the first team All-NBA squad.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> Nowitzki averaged 27.0 points, 11.7 rebounds, and 2.9 assists in the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> In the opening round, the Mavericks swept the <a href="/wiki/Memphis_Grizzlies" title="Memphis Grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a>, 4–0, with Nowitzki making a clutch three-pointer in the closing seconds of Game 3 which tied the game and forced overtime. In the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Mavericks played against the San Antonio Spurs again. After splitting the first six games, the Mavericks took a 20-point lead in Game 7 before Spur <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a> broke a tie at 101 by hitting a 3 with 30 seconds left. On the next play, Nowitzki completed a three-point play, which tied the game at 104. In the end, the Mavericks won, 119–111, and Nowitzki ended the game with 37 points and 15 rebounds.<a href="#cite_note-damp-67">[66]</a> Nowitzki commented: "I don't know how the ball went in. Manu hit my hand. It was a lucky bounce."<a href="#cite_note-damp-67">[66]</a> The Mavericks advanced to the Western Conference Finals, where they again met the Suns. Nowitzki scored a playoff career high 50 points to lead the Mavericks to a victory in the crucial Game 5 with the series tied at 2;<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> the Mavericks won the series in six games and faced the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Heat" title="Miami Heat">Miami Heat</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_Finals" title="2006 NBA Finals">2006 NBA Finals</a>. A content Nowitzki commented: "We've been a good road team all season long, we believed in each other. We went through some ups and downs this season, but the playoffs are all about showing heart and playing together."<a href="#cite_note-phx2006-69">[68]</a> Of Nowitzki's performance, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> columnist <a href="/wiki/Bill_Simmons" title="Bill Simmons">Bill Simmons</a> wrote, "Dirk is playing at a higher level than any forward since <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">[Larry] Bird</a>."<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> The Mavericks took an early 2–0 Finals lead, but then gave away a late 15-point lead in a Game 3 loss.<a href="#cite_note-game3-71">[70]</a> Nowitzki only made 20 of his last 55 shots in the final three games as the Mavericks lost the Finals series, 4–2, to the Heat. The German was criticized by ESPN as "clearly ... not as his best this series" and remarked: "That was a tough loss (in Game 3) and that really changed the whole momentum of the series."<a href="#cite_note-heat2006-72">[71]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2006–07_season:_NBA_MVP_and_franchise_record_in_wins">2006–07 season: NBA MVP and franchise record in wins</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 2006–07 season: NBA MVP and franchise record in wins">edit</a>]</div> In the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07 season</a>, Nowitzki shot a career-best 50.2% from the field, recorded averages of 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 3.4 assists,<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> and led the Mavericks to a franchise-high 67 wins and the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference in the <a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 NBA Playoffs">2007 NBA Playoffs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> He averaged 50% from the field, 40% for three-pointers, and 90% from the free-throw line, becoming (at the time) only the fifth player in NBA history to join the <a href="/wiki/50%E2%80%9340%E2%80%9390_club" title="50–40–90 club">50–40–90 club</a>. Nowitzki was touted as the overwhelming favorite for the Most Valuable Player award and was expected to lead the Mavericks to an easy win against the eighth-seed <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" title="Golden State Warriors">Golden State Warriors</a>, despite the Warriors having won all three regular-season meetings against Dallas. However, the Mavericks ended up losing to the Warriors in six games, marking the first time a No. 8 seed had beaten the No. 1 seed in a best-of-seven series in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-warriorshistory-74">[73]</a> In the clinching Game 6, Nowitzki shot just 2–13 from the field for only eight points.<a href="#cite_note-warriorshistory-74">[73]</a> Defended by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Jackson" title="Stephen Jackson">Stephen Jackson</a>, Nowitzki averaged nearly five points less than his regular-season average in that series and shot 38.3% from the field as compared to 50.2% during the regular season.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> He described that loss as a low point in his career: "This series, I couldn't put my stamp on it the way I wanted to. That's why I'm very disappointed."<a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> In spite of this historic playoffs loss, Nowitzki was named the NBA's regular-season Most Valuable Player and beat his friend and back-to-back NBA MVP Nash with more than 100 votes. He also became the first European player in NBA history to receive the honor.<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2007–08_season:_First_triple-double">2007–08 season: First triple-double</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2007–08 season: First triple-double">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dirkn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dirkn.jpg/220px-Dirkn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dirkn.jpg/330px-Dirkn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dirkn.jpg/440px-Dirkn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1668" data-file-height="2502" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki, 2008</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NowitzkiWizards1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/NowitzkiWizards1.jpg/220px-NowitzkiWizards1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/NowitzkiWizards1.jpg/330px-NowitzkiWizards1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/NowitzkiWizards1.jpg/440px-NowitzkiWizards1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2197" data-file-height="2893" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki shoots his fade-away jump shot in 2008.</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08 campaign</a> saw another first-round playoff exit for Nowitzki and the Mavericks. Despite a mid-season trade that brought veteran NBA All-Star <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> to Dallas, the Mavericks finished seventh in a highly competitive Western Conference. Nowitzki averaged 23.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, and a career-high 3.5 assists for the season.<a href="#cite_note-playoff08-77">[76]</a> In <a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 NBA Playoffs">the playoffs</a>, they faced rising star <a href="/wiki/Chris_Paul" title="Chris Paul">Chris Paul</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>, and were eliminated in five games.<a href="#cite_note-playoff08-77">[76]</a> The playoff loss led to the firing of Avery Johnson as head coach and the eventual hiring of <a href="/wiki/Rick_Carlisle" title="Rick Carlisle">Rick Carlisle</a>. The few positive highlights that season for Nowitzki were his first career triple-double against the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Bucks" title="Milwaukee Bucks">Milwaukee Bucks</a> on February 6, 2008, with 29 points, 10 rebounds, and a career-high 12 assists, and on March 8, 2008 (34 points against the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Nets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jersey Nets">New Jersey Nets</a>), when he surpassed <a href="/wiki/Rolando_Blackman" title="Rolando Blackman">Rolando Blackman</a> with his 16,644th point to become the Mavericks' all-time career points leader.<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2008–09_season:_Playoff_upset">2008–09 season: Playoff upset</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 2008–09 season: Playoff upset">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09 NBA season</a> saw Nowitzki finish with averages of 25.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists. He was fourth in the league in scoring, and garnered his fourth <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_First_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA First Team">All-NBA First Team</a> selection. He also made the 2009 All-Star game, his eighth appearance. Nowitzki led Dallas to a tight finish towards the <a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a>, finishing 50–32 for the season (6th in the West), after a slow 2–7 start. In the playoffs, the German led Dallas to an upset win over long-time rival San Antonio (the third seed), winning the first-round series, 4–1. The Mavericks, however, fell short against the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Nuggets" title="Denver Nuggets">Denver Nuggets</a>, 4–1, in the second round, with Nowitzki averaging 34.4 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 4 assists in the series. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="2009–10_season:_20,000_points">2009–10 season: 20,000 points</h5>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2009–10 season: 20,000 points">edit</a>]</div> The Mavericks finished the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2009–10 NBA season</a> as the second seed for the <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 NBA Playoffs">2010 NBA Playoffs</a>. Notable additions to the squad were multiple All-Stars <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caron_Butler" title="Caron Butler">Caron Butler</a>, with the latter coming in the second half of the season. On January 13, 2010, Nowitzki became the 34th player in NBA history—and the first European—to hit the 20,000-point milestone, while ending the regular season with averages of 25 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1 block. He was selected to the 2010 All-Star Game, his ninth appearance. The Mavericks faced off against San Antonio once more in the first round of the playoffs, but for the third time in four seasons, they failed to progress to the next round. Nowitzki became a free agent after the season, but signed a four-year, $80 million deal to remain in Dallas.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Championship_season_(2010–2011)">Championship season (2010–2011)</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Championship season (2010–2011)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg/220px-Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg/330px-Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg/440px-Nowitzki-v-wizards1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="2328" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki posting up <a href="/wiki/Rashard_Lewis" title="Rashard Lewis">Rashard Lewis</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11</a> season, the Mavericks traded for center <a href="/wiki/Tyson_Chandler" title="Tyson Chandler">Tyson Chandler</a>.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> Nowitzki was injured in the middle of the season, but finished the regular season with averages of 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. Despite missing nine games, Nowitzki was selected to the All-Star Game for the tenth time. The Mavericks defeated Portland in the first round of the playoffs and swept the two-time defending champion Lakers in the Conference Semifinals. In the Conference Finals, they faced the <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City_Thunder" title="Oklahoma City Thunder">Oklahoma City Thunder</a> and their All-NBA duo of <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Kevin Durant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russell_Westbrook" title="Russell Westbrook">Russell Westbrook</a>. In Game 1, Nowitzki scored 48 points and set an NBA record of 24 consecutive free throws made in a game as well as a record for most free throws in a game without a miss. In Game 4, with Dallas leading the series 2–1, Nowitzki scored 40 points to rally his team from a 99–84 fourth-quarter deficit to a 112–105 overtime victory. Dallas won the Western Conference title in Game Five. In the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011 NBA Finals</a>, Dallas once again faced the Miami Heat, which had acquired All-Stars <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Chris Bosh</a> before the season began. During a Game 1 loss in Miami, Nowitzki tore a tendon in his left middle finger; however, MRIs were negative, and Nowitzki vowed that the injury would not be a factor. In Game 2, he led a Dallas rally from an 88–73 fourth-quarter deficit, making a driving left-handed layup over Bosh to tie the series at 1. Miami took a 2–1 series lead after Nowitzki missed a potential game-tying shot at the end of Game 3. Despite carrying a 101 °F (38 °C) fever in Game 4, he hit the winning basket to tie the series yet again at 2, evoking comparisons to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a>'s "Flu Game" against Utah in the <a href="/wiki/1997_NBA_Finals" title="1997 NBA Finals">1997 NBA Finals</a>. Dallas went on to win the next two games, with Nowitzki scoring 10 fourth-quarter points in the series-clinching game in Miami. The championship was the first in the history of the franchise.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> Nowitzki was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-championship_and_final_years_(2011–2019)">Post-championship and final years (2011–2019)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Post-championship and final years (2011–2019)">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011–12_season:_Naismith_Legacy_Award">2011–12 season: Naismith Legacy Award</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 2011–12 season: Naismith Legacy Award">edit</a>]</div> As Dallas celebrated their title, the NBA was in a <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_lockout" title="2011 NBA lockout">lockout</a> that ended on December 8, 2011. The defending champions lost core players, such as <a href="/wiki/DeShawn_Stevenson" title="DeShawn Stevenson">DeShawn Stevenson</a>, <a href="/wiki/J._J._Barea" title="J. J. Barea">J. J. Barea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a>, and Tyson Chandler, while adding <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Odom" title="Lamar Odom">Lamar Odom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delonte_West" title="Delonte West">Delonte West</a>, and veteran all-star <a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Vince Carter</a> in free agency. The Mavericks played only two preseason games, which led to a slow start for Nowitzki. Nowitzki made his 11th straight All-Star game appearance in <a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2012 NBA All-Star Game">Orlando</a>. Nowitzki led his team in scoring 45 times during the season. Nowitzki's streak of 11 seasons with 1,500 points came to an end after scoring 1,342 in the shortened NBA season. Dallas clinched the seventh spot in the West, and were matched against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the <a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 NBA Playoffs">2012 NBA Playoffs</a>. The Thunder swept the Mavericks in four games. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012–13_season:_Surgery_and_missing_playoffs">2012–13 season: Surgery and missing playoffs</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 2012–13 season: Surgery and missing playoffs">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg/220px-Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg/330px-Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg/440px-Dirk_Nowitzki_high_fives_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki in 2013</figcaption></figure> Before the season, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Jason Kidd</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Terry" title="Jason Terry">Jason Terry</a> left the Mavericks in free agency. Nowitzki underwent knee surgery in October 2012 and missed the first 27 games of the season.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> He returned on December 23, 2012, in a game against <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> In January 2013, Nowitzki and some of his teammates made a pact not to shave their beards until the team reached .500. They were often called "The Beard Bros."<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> On April 14, 2013, after a fadeaway jumper in a game against the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Hornets" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans Hornets">New Orleans Hornets</a>, Nowitzki became the 17th player in NBA history to score 25,000 points. The Mavs went on to win the game and climbed back to .500 with a 40–40 record, and Nowitzki shaved his beard.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> However the Mavericks missed the playoffs for the first time since Nowitzki's second season, ending their 12-year playoff streak. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013–14_season:_Magic_Johnson_Award">2013–14 season: Magic Johnson Award</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2013–14 season: Magic Johnson Award">edit</a>]</div> On January 29, 2014, Nowitzki scored his 26,000th point in a 115–117 loss to the Houston Rockets. In 35 minutes of play, he recorded 38 points, 17 rebounds, and 3 assists.<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a> On March 12, 2014, in a 108–101 victory over the Utah Jazz, Nowitzki finished the game with 31 points and passed <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a> on the NBA scoring list with 26,426 points.<a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a> On April 8, 2014, Nowitzki scored his 26,712th point, passing Oscar Robertson to move to the 10th position on the all-time scoring list.<a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> Nowitzki led the Mavericks back to the playoffs where they faced their in-state rival <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs" title="San Antonio Spurs">San Antonio Spurs</a> in the first round. Dallas lost the series in seven games, and the Spurs went on to win the <a href="/wiki/NBA_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA championship">NBA championship</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014–15_season:_10,000_rebounds">2014–15 season: 10,000 rebounds</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2014–15 season: 10,000 rebounds">edit</a>]</div> On July 15, 2014, Nowitzki re-signed with the Mavericks<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> to a reported three-year, $25 million contract. He was also reunited with former championship teammate Tyson Chandler, who was traded to Dallas after a three-year stint with New York. However, longtime teammate <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> signed with the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Cavaliers" title="Cleveland Cavaliers">Cleveland Cavaliers</a> before the season.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> On November 11, 2014, Nowitzki scored 23 points to surpass <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> as the highest-scoring player born outside the United States, as the Mavericks came from 24 points down to defeat Sacramento, 106–98. Nowitzki hit a jumper from just inside the three-point line early in the fourth quarter to pass Olajuwon at No. 9, and he finished the night at 26,953 career points.<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a> Six days later, Nowitzki became the fourth player in NBA history to eclipse 27,000 career points with the same franchise, joining Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> On December 26 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Nowitzki passed <a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Elvin Hayes</a> for eighth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> He went on to pass <a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">Moses Malone</a> for seventh place on the NBA's all-time scoring list on January 5, 2015, in a 96–88 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets.<a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> He recorded his 10,000th career rebound on March 24 against the San Antonio Spurs,<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a> and scored his 28,000th career point on April 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> The Mavericks finished the regular season as the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference with a record of 50–32. They faced the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Rockets" title="Houston Rockets">Houston Rockets</a> in the first round of the <a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_Playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 NBA Playoffs">playoffs</a> and lost the series in five games. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015–16_season:_Final_playoff_appearance">2015–16 season: Final playoff appearance</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2015–16 season: Final playoff appearance">edit</a>]</div> On November 11, 2015, Nowitzki scored a season-high 31 points in a 118–108 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. He also grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds and passed former teammate <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Marion" title="Shawn Marion">Shawn Marion</a> for 15th on the all-time career rebounding list.<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> On December 23, Nowitzki moved past <a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> into sixth place on the NBA's career scoring list, then made the go-ahead basket with 19.2 seconds left in overtime to help the Mavericks defeat the Brooklyn Nets, 119–118.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> On February 21, he scored 18 points against the Philadelphia 76ers, becoming the sixth player in NBA history to reach 29,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> On March 20, he set a new season high with 40 points in a 132–120 overtime win over the Portland Trail Blazers. His 20th career 40-point game was his first since January 2014, and the first by a 37-year-old since <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> in 2000–01.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> In Game 4 of the Mavericks' first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Nowitzki passed <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Elgin Baylor</a> (3,623 points) for 15th on the NBA's career playoff scoring list.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> The Mavericks lost the series four games to one.<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016–17_season:_NBA_Teammate_of_the_Year_and_30,000_points">2016–17 season: NBA Teammate of the Year and 30,000 points</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2016–17 season: NBA Teammate of the Year and 30,000 points">edit</a>]</div> On July 27, 2016, Nowitzki re-signed with the Mavericks.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> Nowitzki missed several games early in the season with Achilles tendon problems.<a href="#cite_note-mavs-clips-107">[106]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> On March 7, 2017, in a 122–111 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, Nowitzki became the sixth player in NBA history to score 30,000 regular-season points. He also became the first international player to reach the milestone and one of only three to score all 30,000-plus with one team—the others being <a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">Karl Malone</a> (Utah Jazz) and <a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> (L.A. Lakers).<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> The Mavericks finished the season with a 33–49 record and missed the NBA Playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> Following the 2016–17 season, Nowitzki exercised his player option to become a free agent; this move allowed the Mavericks to re-sign him with less money and be able to pursue other free agents.<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017–18_season:_Season-ending_surgery">2017–18 season: Season-ending surgery</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2017–18 season: Season-ending surgery">edit</a>]</div> On July 6, 2017, Nowitzki re-signed with the Mavericks on a two-year, $10 million contract (with a team option on the second year).<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> On February 5, 2018, in a 104–101 loss to the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Los_Angeles_Clippers_season" title="2017–18 Los Angeles Clippers season">Los Angeles Clippers</a>, Nowitzki became the sixth player in NBA history to reach 50,000 career minutes.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> On February 28, 2018, in a 111–110 overtime loss to the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Oklahoma_City_Thunder_season" title="2017–18 Oklahoma City Thunder season">Oklahoma City Thunder</a>, Nowitzki reached 31,000 career points.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> On March 17, 2018, in a 114–106 loss to the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Brooklyn_Nets_season" title="2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season">Brooklyn Nets</a>, Nowitzki played in his 1,463rd game, moving past <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> into fifth place in the NBA career list.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> He had season-ending ankle surgery on April 5 after appearing in 77 of the first 78 games.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> The Mavericks finished the season with a 24–58 record and missed the NBA Playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018–19_season:_Final_season">2018–19 season: Final season</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2018–19 season: Final season">edit</a>]</div> On July 23, 2018, Nowitzki re-signed with the Mavericks for the 2018–19 season.<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> With his season debut on December 13, 2018, he set the NBA record for the most seasons played with the same team (21), breaking a tie with Kobe Bryant, who spent 20 seasons with the Lakers. He also became the fifth player in NBA history to play 21 seasons, tying an NBA record.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> Nowitzki was named to his 14th All-Star game as a special team roster addition.<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> On March 18, 2019, Nowitzki became the sixth-highest scoring player of all time, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Wilt Chamberlain</a>'s 31,419 points in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_New_Orleans_Pelicans_season" title="2018–19 New Orleans Pelicans season">New Orleans Pelicans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> In his team's final home game of the season, a 120–109 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Suns" title="Phoenix Suns">Phoenix Suns</a> on April 9, Nowitzki scored 30 points, and announced his retirement in an emotional ceremony during which <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Kemp" title="Shawn Kemp">Shawn Kemp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Scottie Pippen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Detlef_Schrempf" title="Detlef Schrempf">Detlef Schrempf</a> appeared on the court to give laudatory speeches for Nowitzki.<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> One day later, he played his final NBA game, recording a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds in a 105–94 loss to the Spurs.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_team_career">National team career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: National team career">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg/270px-Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg/405px-Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg/540px-Dirk_Nowitzki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="584" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki played for the <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Germany men's national basketball team">German national basketball team</a> from 1997 to 2015.</figcaption></figure> Nowitzki began playing for the <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Germany men's national basketball team">German national basketball team</a> in 1997. In his debut tournament, the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_1999" title="EuroBasket 1999">EuroBasket 1999</a>, the 21-year-old rookie emerged as the main German scorer, but Germany finished seventh and failed to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2000 Olympic Games</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2001" title="EuroBasket 2001">EuroBasket 2001</a>, Nowitzki was top scorer with 28.7 points per game, and narrowly lost the MVP vote to Serbian player <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Peja Stojaković</a>. Germany reached the semi-finals and were close to beating host nation <a href="/wiki/Turkey_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkey national basketball team">Turkey</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Hedo_T%C3%BCrko%C4%9Flu" title="Hedo Türkoğlu">Hedo Türkoğlu</a> hit a three-point <a href="/wiki/Buzzer_beater" title="Buzzer beater">buzzer beater</a> to tie it, and the Turks eventually won in overtime.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer125129-129">[128]</a> Germany then lost, 99–90, against <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Spain national basketball team">Spain</a>, and did not win a medal. However, with averages of 28.7 points and 9.1 rebounds, Nowitzki led the tournament in both statistics, and was voted to the All-Star team.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> Back home, the German basketball team attracted up to 3.7 million television viewers, a German basketball record at the time.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer125129-129">[128]</a> Nowitzki earned his first medal when he led Germany to a bronze medal in the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a>. In the quarter-finals against the <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Pau Gasol</a>-led Spain, Spain was up 52–46 after three-quarters, but then Nowitzki scored 10 points in the last quarter and led Germany to a 70–62 win.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer129140-131">[130]</a> In the semi-finals, his team played against the <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentina national basketball team">Argentinian</a> team led by <a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Manu Ginóbili</a>, but despite leading, 74–69, four minutes from the end and despite Argentina losing Ginobili to a foot injury, the South Americans won, 86–80.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer129140-131">[130]</a> However, the Germans won 117–94 against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand national basketball team">New Zealand</a> in the consolation finals and won bronze, and Nowitzki, as <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup_Top_Scorer" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup Top Scorer">the tournament's top scorer</a>, (24.0 points per game),<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> was elected the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup MVP">tournament MVP</a>. Back in Germany, over four million television viewers followed the games, an all-time record in German basketball history.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer129140-131">[130]</a> In a preparation game for <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2003" title="EuroBasket 2003">EuroBasket 2003</a>, Nowitzki suffered a foot injury after a collision with French player <a href="/wiki/Florent_Pi%C3%A9trus" title="Florent Piétrus">Florent Piétrus</a>; as a result, Nowitzki played inconsistently and was also often target of hard fouls.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer140145-133">[132]</a> In the decisive second-round match against <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy national basketball team">Italy</a> (only the winner was allowed to play the medal round), Germany lost, 86–84, finished ninth and did not qualify for the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2004 Olympic Games</a>. Nowitzki scored 22.5 points per game (third overall), but in general seemed to lack focus and dominance due to his injury.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer140145-133">[132]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2005" title="EuroBasket 2005">EuroBasket 2005</a>, Nowitzki led a depleted German squad into the Finals, beating title favorites <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Slovenia national basketball team">Slovenia</a> in the quarter-finals and Spain in the semi-finals on the way. EuroBasket pundits praised Nowitzki in both matches: against Slovenia (76–62), the forward scored a game-high 22 points and commented: "The Slovenians underestimated us. They said we were the team they wanted and that was wrong, you shouldn't do that in the quarter-finals."<a href="#cite_note-euro2005-134">[133]</a> Against Spain (74–73), Nowitzki scored a game-high 27 points and scored the decisive basket: down by one and with only a few seconds to go, he drove on Spanish forward <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Garbajosa" title="Jorge Garbajosa">Jorge Garbajosa</a>, and hit a baseline jump shot over Garbajosa's outstretched arms with 3.9 seconds to go. The German later commented: "It was indescribable. Garbajosa kind of pushed me towards the baseline so I just went with it."<a href="#cite_note-euro2005-134">[133]</a> Despite losing the Finals, 78–62, to the <a href="/wiki/Greece_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Greece national basketball team">Greeks</a>, Nowitzki was <a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_Top_Scorer" title="FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer">the tournament's leading scorer</a> (26.1 per game),<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a> and second-leading rebounder (10.6 per game), and shot blocker (1.9 per game), and he was also voted <a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_MVP" title="FIBA EuroBasket MVP">the Most Valuable Player of the tournament</a>.<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> When he was subbed out towards the end of the final, Nowitzki received a standing ovation from the crowd, which he later recalled as "one of the best moments of [his] career".<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a> The German team was awarded a silver medal.<a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2006 FIBA World Championship">2006 FIBA World Championship</a>, Nowitzki led the German team to an eighth place and commented: "It's tough luck. But overall, finishing eighth in the world is not bad."<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg/220px-Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg/330px-Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg/440px-Dirk_Nowitzki_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki playing for Germany in 2015</figcaption></figure> In the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2007" title="EuroBasket 2007">EuroBasket 2007</a>, in which the top three teams automatically qualified for the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2008 Olympics</a>, Nowitzki led Germany to a fifth place. He was the leading scorer with 24.0 points per game.<a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> The fifth place meant that Germany fell short of direct qualification, but was allowed to participate in the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Olympic_Qualifying_Tournament_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008">2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament</a>. Nowitzki led Germany into a decisive match against <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rico national basketball team">Puerto Rico</a> for the last remaining slot. In that crucial match, he scored a game-high 32 points and was vital for the 96–82 win which sent the German basketball team to their first Olympics since the <a href="/wiki/Basketball_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics" title="Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a>.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> Nowitzki was <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_national_flag_bearers" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers">chosen to be the flag bearer</a> for the German Olympic Team at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_Opening_Ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony">Opening Ceremony</a> for the 2008 Olympics. Nowitzki led the German team to a tenth-place finish, and averaged 17.0 points and 8.4 rebounds for the tournament.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> In 2009, Nowitzki skipped the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2009" title="EuroBasket 2009">EuroBasket 2009</a>. In July 2010, he said that he would skip the <a href="/wiki/2010_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2010 FIBA World Championship">2010 FIBA World Championship</a>. In summer 2011, Nowitzki played with Germany in the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2011" title="EuroBasket 2011">EuroBasket 2011</a>, where the team reached ninth place. In 2015, Nowitzki <a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">captained</a> Germany at the <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2015" title="EuroBasket 2015">EuroBasket</a>. They won only one game, and were eliminated in the group stage, on home soil.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a> In January 2016, Nowitzki officially announced his retirement from Germany's national team.<a href="#cite_note-145">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> In his career with Germany's senior men's national team, he averaged 19.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> Nowitzki was named the <a href="/wiki/Euroscar_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Euroscar Award">Euroscar European Basketball Player of the Year</a> by the Italian sports newspaper <a href="/wiki/Gazzetta_dello_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="Gazzetta dello Sport">Gazzetta dello Sport</a> for five years running from 2002 to 2006 and again in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> He was also named the <a href="/wiki/Mister_Europa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mister Europa">Mister Europa European Player of the Year</a> by the Italian sports magazine <a href="/wiki/Superbasket" class="mw-redirect" title="Superbasket">Superbasket</a> in 2005, and the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Europe_Men%27s_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award">FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year</a> twice in 2005 and 2011.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> He was named to the <a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_2000%E2%80%932020_Dream_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team">FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team</a> in 2020.<a href="#cite_note-FIBA-149">[148]</a> The <a href="/wiki/German_Basketball_Federation" title="German Basketball Federation">German Basketball Federation</a> (DBB) honored Nowitzki with a jersey (number 14)<a href="#cite_note-150">[b]</a> <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_basketball_team#Retired_numbers" title="Germany men's national basketball team">retirement</a> in September 2022, ahead of <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2022" title="EuroBasket 2022">EuroBasket 2022</a>.<a href="#cite_note-151">[149]</a> The ceremony was held on September 2, immediately before Germany's EuroBasket opening game against <a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="France men's national basketball team">France</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lanxess_Arena" title="Lanxess Arena">Cologne</a>. DBB also announced that a replica of Nowitzki's national team jersey would hang from the arena rafters at all future Germany men's home games.<a href="#cite_note-152">[150]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Player_profile">Player profile</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Player profile">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg/220px-FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg/330px-FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg/440px-FreiwurfNowitzki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="517" /></a><figcaption>Nowitzki shooting a free-throw against the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Bobcats" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Bobcats">Charlotte Bobcats</a> on November 11, 2005</figcaption></figure> Nowitzki was a versatile frontcourt player who mostly played the <a href="/wiki/Power_forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Power forward (basketball)">power forward</a>, but also played <a href="/wiki/Center_(basketball)" title="Center (basketball)">center</a> and <a href="/wiki/Small_forward" title="Small forward">small forward</a> in his career. An exceptional shooter for his size, Nowitzki made 88% of his free throws, nearly 50% of his field goal attempts and nearly 40% of his 3-point shots, and won the <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game#Three-Point_Shootout" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006 NBA All-Star Three-Point Contest</a>.<a href="#cite_note-stats-35">[34]</a> In the 2006–07 season, Nowitzki became only the fifth member of the NBA's <a href="/wiki/50%E2%80%9340%E2%80%9390_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="50–40–90 Club">50–40–90 Club</a> for players who shot 50% or better from the field, 40% or better on three-pointers, and 90% or better on free-throws in a single season while achieving the NBA league minimum number of makes in each category.<a href="#cite_note-153">[151]</a> Nowitzki's shooting accuracy, combined with his long seven-foot frame and unique shooting mechanics (such as having a release point above his head), made his jump shots difficult to contest. Before the start of the 2011 NBA Finals, LeBron James called Nowitzki's one-legged <a href="/wiki/Fadeaway" title="Fadeaway">fadeaway</a> the second most unstoppable move ever, behind only <a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>'s skyhook.<a href="#cite_note-154">[152]</a> Additionally, Nowitzki could drive to the basket from the perimeter like few men his size were able to do.<a href="#cite_note-PF-155">[153]</a> NBA.com lauded his versatility by stating: "The 7–0 forward who at times mans the pivot can strike fear in an opponent when he corrals a rebound and leads the break or prepares to launch a three-point bomb."<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> said the best way to guard Nowitzki was to "get a cigarette and a blindfold".<a href="#cite_note-156">[154]</a> Later on in his career, Nowitzki also developed an unorthodox post-up game, often backing down his opponents from the free-throw line or near the middle of the key, opening up the floor for multiple passing angles should a double team come his way.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2022, to commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary <a href="/wiki/The_Athletic" title="The Athletic">The Athletic</a> ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Nowitzki as the 21st greatest player in NBA history.<a href="#cite_note-157">[155]</a> Nowitzki was the sixth player in NBA history, and the first European, to hit the 30,000-point milestone.<a href="#cite_note-points-14">[13]</a> Apart from being the Mavericks' all-time leader in points, rebounds, field goals, field goal attempts, 3-pointers, 3-point attempts, blocks, free throws, and free-throw attempts, Nowitzki made the <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Game" title="NBA All-Star Game">NBA All-Star</a> games fourteen times and the <a href="/wiki/All-NBA_Team" title="All-NBA Team">All-NBA Teams</a> twelve times. He was voted <a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA MVP</a> of the 2006–07 NBA season, becoming the first European player to receive the honor, as well as the MVP of the 2011 NBA Finals. Other achievements include winning the 2006 <a href="/wiki/Three-Point_Contest" title="Three-Point Contest">Three-Point Contest</a> and the 2017 NBA <a href="/wiki/Twyman%E2%80%93Stokes_Teammate_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award">Teammate of the Year</a> award, being voted <a href="/wiki/Euroscar" title="Euroscar">European Basketballer of the Year</a> five times in a row by <a href="/wiki/La_Gazzetta_dello_Sport" title="La Gazzetta dello Sport">La Gazzetta dello Sport</a>. He was the leading scorer and <a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">MVP</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a>, and <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2005" title="EuroBasket 2005">EuroBasket 2005</a> tournaments.<a href="#cite_note-158">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[157]</a> Nowitzki is the only player to record at least 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, 1,200 steals, 1,200 blocks and 1,500 three-point field goals.<a href="#cite_note-160">[158]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NBA_career_statistics">NBA career statistics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: NBA career statistics">edit</a>]</div> <table class="toccolours" style="white-space: nowrap;"> <caption>Legend </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;">  GP </td> <td>Games played </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black">  GS  </td> <td>Games started </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> MPG  </td> <td>Minutes per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> FG%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Field_goal_(basketball)" title="Field goal (basketball)">Field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> 3P%  </td> <td style="padding-right: 8px"><a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">3-point field goal</a> percentage </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> FT%  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_throw" title="Free throw">Free throw</a> percentage </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> RPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">Rebounds</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> APG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Assist_(basketball)" title="Assist (basketball)">Assists</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> SPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steal_(basketball)" title="Steal (basketball)">Steals</a> per game </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;"> BPG  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Block_(basketball)" title="Block (basketball)">Blocks</a> per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> PPG  </td> <td>Points per game </td> <td style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black"> Bold  </td> <td>Career high </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #afe6ba; border: 1px solid black;"> †  </td> <td>Won an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_champions" title="List of NBA champions">NBA championship</a></td> <td style="background-color: #CFECEC; border: 1px solid black;"> *  </td> <td>Led the league</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Regular season">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_NBA_season" title="1998–99 NBA season">1998–99</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1998–99 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>47</td> <td>24</td> <td>20.4</td> <td>.405</td> <td>.206</td> <td>.773</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>8.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_NBA_season" title="1999–2000 NBA season">1999–00</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="1999–2000 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td>81</td> <td>35.8</td> <td>.461</td> <td>.379</td> <td>.830</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>17.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_NBA_season" title="2000–01 NBA season">2000–01</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>82</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">82*</td> <td>38.1</td> <td>.474</td> <td>.387</td> <td>.838</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>2.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_NBA_season" title="2001–02 NBA season">2001–02</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>76</td> <td>76</td> <td>38.0</td> <td>.477</td> <td>.397</td> <td>.853</td> <td>9.9</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>23.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_NBA_season" title="2002–03 NBA season">2002–03</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>39.0</td> <td>.463</td> <td>.379</td> <td>.881</td> <td>9.9</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>25.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_NBA_season" title="2003–04 NBA season">2003–04</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2003–04 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>37.9</td> <td>.462</td> <td>.341</td> <td>.877</td> <td>8.7</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>21.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NBA_season" title="2004–05 NBA season">2004–05</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2004–05 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>78</td> <td>38.7</td> <td>.459</td> <td>.399</td> <td>.869</td> <td>9.7</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>26.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_NBA_season" title="2005–06 NBA season">2005–06</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>81</td> <td>38.1</td> <td>.480</td> <td>.406</td> <td>.901</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>2.8</td> <td>.7</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>26.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NBA_season" title="2006–07 NBA season">2006–07</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2006–07 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>78</td> <td>78</td> <td>36.2</td> <td>.502</td> <td>.416</td> <td>.904</td> <td>8.9</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.8</td> <td>24.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NBA_season" title="2007–08 NBA season">2007–08</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>36.0</td> <td>.479</td> <td>.359</td> <td>.879</td> <td>8.6</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.9</td> <td>23.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_NBA_season" title="2008–09 NBA season">2008–09</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2008–09 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>81</td> <td>37.7</td> <td>.479</td> <td>.359</td> <td>.890</td> <td>8.4</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>25.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NBA_season" title="2009–10 NBA season">2009–10</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>81</td> <td>80</td> <td>37.5</td> <td>.481</td> <td>.421</td> <td>.915</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>.9</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>25.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NBA_season" title="2010–11 NBA season">2010–11</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>73</td> <td>73</td> <td>34.3</td> <td>.517</td> <td>.393</td> <td>.892</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.6</td> <td>23.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NBA_season" title="2011–12 NBA season">2011–12</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>62</td> <td>62</td> <td>33.5</td> <td>.457</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.896</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.5</td> <td>21.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_NBA_season" title="2012–13 NBA season">2012–13</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2012–13 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>53</td> <td>47</td> <td>31.3</td> <td>.471</td> <td>.414</td> <td>.860</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.7</td> <td>17.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NBA_season" title="2013–14 NBA season">2013–14</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2013–14 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>80</td> <td>80</td> <td>32.9</td> <td>.497</td> <td>.398</td> <td>.899</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>2.7</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.6</td> <td>21.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NBA_season" title="2014–15 NBA season">2014–15</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2014–15 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>29.6</td> <td>.459</td> <td>.380</td> <td>.882</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>1.9</td> <td>.5</td> <td>.4</td> <td>17.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_NBA_season" title="2015–16 NBA season">2015–16</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>75</td> <td>75</td> <td>31.5</td> <td>.448</td> <td>.368</td> <td>.893</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.7</td> <td>18.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_NBA_season" title="2016–17 NBA season">2016–17</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>54</td> <td>54</td> <td>26.4</td> <td>.437</td> <td>.378</td> <td>.875</td> <td>6.5</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.7</td> <td>14.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NBA_season" title="2017–18 NBA season">2017–18</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2017–18 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>77</td> <td>77</td> <td>24.7</td> <td>.456</td> <td>.409</td> <td>.898</td> <td>5.7</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>12.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NBA_season" title="2018–19 NBA season">2018–19</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2018–19 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>51</td> <td>20</td> <td>15.6</td> <td>.359</td> <td>.312</td> <td>.780</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.2</td> <td>.4</td> <td>7.3 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>1,522</td> <td>1,460</td> <td>33.8</td> <td>.471</td> <td>.380</td> <td>.879</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>20.7 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">All-Star </td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>16.2</td> <td>.450</td> <td>.290</td> <td>.875</td> <td>3.7</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.7</td> <td>.4</td> <td>8.7 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playoffs">Playoffs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Playoffs">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:right;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Minutes per game">MPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Field goal percentage">FG%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="3-point field-goal percentage">3P%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Free-throw percentage">FT%</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Rebounds per game">RPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Assists per game">APG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Steals per game">SPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Blocks per game">BPG</abbr> </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Points per game">PPG</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001_NBA_playoffs" title="2001 NBA playoffs">2001</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>39.9</td> <td>.423</td> <td>.283</td> <td>.883</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.8</td> <td>23.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002_NBA_playoffs" title="2002 NBA playoffs">2002</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2001–02 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>8</td> <td>44.6</td> <td>.445</td> <td>.571</td> <td>.878</td> <td>13.1</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>2.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td>28.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003_NBA_playoffs" title="2003 NBA playoffs">2003</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2002–03 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>17</td> <td>17</td> <td>42.5</td> <td>.479</td> <td>.443</td> <td>.912</td> <td>11.5</td> <td>2.2</td> <td>1.2</td> <td>.9</td> <td>25.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004_NBA_playoffs" title="2004 NBA playoffs">2004</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2003–04 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>42.4</td> <td>.450</td> <td>.467</td> <td>.857</td> <td>11.8</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>26.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005_NBA_playoffs" title="2005 NBA playoffs">2005</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2004–05 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>13</td> <td>13</td> <td>42.4</td> <td>.402</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.829</td> <td>10.1</td> <td>3.3</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>23.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_playoffs" title="2006 NBA playoffs">2006</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>23</td> <td>23</td> <td>42.7</td> <td>.468</td> <td>.343</td> <td>.895</td> <td>11.7</td> <td>2.9</td> <td>1.1</td> <td>.6</td> <td>27.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007_NBA_playoffs" title="2007 NBA playoffs">2007</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2006–07 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>39.8</td> <td>.383</td> <td>.211</td> <td>.840</td> <td>11.3</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>1.3</td> <td>19.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008_NBA_playoffs" title="2008 NBA playoffs">2008</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2007–08 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>42.2</td> <td>.473</td> <td>.333</td> <td>.808</td> <td>12.0</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>.2</td> <td>1.4</td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009_NBA_playoffs" title="2009 NBA playoffs">2009</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2008–09 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>10</td> <td>10</td> <td>39.5</td> <td>.518</td> <td>.286</td> <td>.925</td> <td>10.1</td> <td>3.1</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.8</td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_playoffs" title="2010 NBA playoffs">2010</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2009–10 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>38.8</td> <td>.547</td> <td>.571</td> <td>.952</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.7</td> <td>26.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_playoffs" title="2011 NBA playoffs">2011</a>† </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2010–11 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>21</td> <td>21</td> <td>39.3</td> <td>.485</td> <td>.460</td> <td>.941</td> <td>8.1</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>.6</td> <td>.6</td> <td>27.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2012_NBA_playoffs" title="2012 NBA playoffs">2012</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2011–12 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>38.5</td> <td>.442</td> <td>.167</td> <td>.905</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>1.8</td> <td>.8</td> <td>.0</td> <td>26.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2014_NBA_playoffs" title="2014 NBA playoffs">2014</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2013–14 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>7</td> <td>7</td> <td>37.6</td> <td>.429</td> <td>.083</td> <td>.806</td> <td>8.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.9</td> <td>.9</td> <td>19.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015_NBA_playoffs" title="2015 NBA playoffs">2015</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2014–15 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>36.2</td> <td>.452</td> <td>.235</td> <td>.929</td> <td>10.2</td> <td>2.4</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.4</td> <td>21.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2016_NBA_playoffs" title="2016 NBA playoffs">2016</a> </td> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Dallas_Mavericks_season" title="2015–16 Dallas Mavericks season">Dallas</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>34.0</td> <td>.494</td> <td>.364</td> <td>.941</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>.4</td> <td>.6</td> <td>20.4 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td style="text-align:center;" colspan="2">Career </td> <td>145</td> <td>145</td> <td>40.7</td> <td>.462</td> <td>.365</td> <td>.892</td> <td>10.0</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>.9</td> <td>25.3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_highlights">Career highlights</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Career highlights">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt>NBA</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell_NBA_Finals_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Finals MVP</a>: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Most Valuable Player Award">NBA Most Valuable Player</a>: 2007</li> <li>14× <a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA All-Star">NBA All-Star</a>: 2002–2012, 2014–2015, 2019</li> <li>12× <a href="/wiki/All-NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="All-NBA">All-NBA Team</a>: 2001–2012 <ul><li>4× First Team: 2005–2007, 2009</li> <li>5× Second Team: 2002–2003, 2008, 2010–2011</li> <li>3× Third Team: 2001, 2004, 2012</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_Three-Point_Contest" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA Three-Point Contest">NBA Three-Point Contest</a> champion: <a href="/wiki/2006_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2006 NBA All-Star Game">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBA_All-Star_Weekend_Shooting_Stars_Competition" title="NBA All-Star Weekend Shooting Stars Competition">NBA Shooting Stars champion</a>: <a href="/wiki/2010_NBA_All-Star_Game" title="2010 NBA All-Star Game">2010</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[159]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twyman%E2%80%93Stokes_Teammate_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award">NBA Teammate of the Year</a>: 2017</li> <li>Ranked 6th in all-time-scoring<a href="#cite_note-points-14">[13]</a></li> <li>Ranked 5th in all-time defensive-rebounds<a href="#cite_note-162">[160]</a></li> <li>Ranked 2nd in all-time NBA Finals free throw percentage<a href="#cite_note-163">[161]</a></li> <li>82 consecutive free throws made in the regular season (the third-longest streak of all time)<a href="#cite_note-164">[162]</a></li> <li>26 consecutive free throws made in the Finals (longest streak of all time)<a href="#cite_note-165">[163]</a></li> <li>One of three players with at least 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, 1,000 steals and 1,000 blocks<a href="#cite_note-166">[164]</a></li> <li>One of two players with 150 three-pointers and 100 blocks in a single season: 2001<a href="#cite_note-blocks_3point-167">[165]</a></li> <li>One of four players with an NBA Playoff career average of 25 ppg and 10 rpg (25.3 ppg, 10.0 rpg)<a href="#cite_note-168">[166]</a></li> <li>One of eight members of the <a href="/wiki/50%E2%80%9340%E2%80%9390_club" title="50–40–90 club">50–40–90 club</a>: 2007</li> <li>One of three players to surpass the mark of 1,000 in both three-pointers and blocks for the career<a href="#cite_note-169">[167]</a></li> <li>One of four players to surpass the marks of 30,000 in points and 10,000 in rebounds for the career<a href="#cite_note-170">[168]</a></li> <li>Holds the record for most free-throws made in a single playoff season with 205 free-throws made: 2006<a href="#cite_note-171">[169]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks_all-time_roster#Statistics_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas Mavericks all-time roster">Dallas Mavericks all-time statistical leader</a> in games, seasons, points, rebounds, blocks, field goals, three-point field goals and free throws<a href="#cite_note-172">[170]</a></li> <li>NBA record for most seasons with one team (21) and games played in a career spent with only one team (1,522)</li></ul> <dl><dt>German national basketball team</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2002 FIBA World Championship">2002 FIBA World Championship</a>: bronze medal, <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup MVP">MVP</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup_Top_Scorer" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup Top Scorer">top scorer</a>, <a href="/wiki/FIBA_World_Cup_All-Tournament_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team">all-tournament team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2005" title="EuroBasket 2005">EuroBasket 2005</a>: silver medal, <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="EuroBasket MVP">MVP</a>, <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_Top_Scorer" class="mw-redirect" title="EuroBasket Top Scorer">top scorer</a>, <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_All-Tournament_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="EuroBasket All-Tournament Team">all-tournament team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_FIBA_World_Championship" title="2006 FIBA World Championship">2006 FIBA World Championship</a>, <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2001" title="EuroBasket 2001">EuroBasket 2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_2007" title="EuroBasket 2007">EuroBasket 2007</a>: top scorer, all-tournament team</li> <li>Goldener Ehrenring (golden honorary ring) of the DBB (German Basketball Federation): 2007</li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_2000%E2%80%932020_Dream_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team">FIBA EuroBasket 2000–2020 Dream Team</a>:<a href="#cite_note-FIBA-149">[148]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EuroBasket_Records#All-time_leading_scorers_in_total_points_scored" title="EuroBasket Records">Third leading scorer</a> (1,052 points) in the history of <a href="/wiki/EuroBasket" title="EuroBasket">EuroBasket</a></li> <li>Leading scorer in the history of the senior <a href="/wiki/German_national_basketball_team" class="mw-redirect" title="German national basketball team">German national basketball team</a> (3,045 points in 153 international games)</li> <li>Member of the German national basketball team which was voted Outstanding German Team of the Year: 2005<a href="#cite_note-173">[171]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other achievements and highlights</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_Bundesliga_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="Basketball Bundesliga MVP">German League MVP</a>: 1999<a href="#cite_note-174">[172]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_Bundesliga_Top_Scorer" title="Basketball Bundesliga Top Scorer">German League Top Scorer</a>: 1999</li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/Euroscar" title="Euroscar">Euroscar</a>: 2002–2006, 2011</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/FIBA_Europe_Men%27s_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year Award">FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year</a>: 2005, 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mr._Europa" title="Mr. Europa">Mr. Europa</a>: 2005</li> <li>5× All-Europeans Player of the Year: 2005–2008, 2011</li> <li>German national <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics_national_flag_bearers" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers">flag bearer</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in Beijing, China</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Best_NBA_Player_ESPY_Award" title="Best NBA Player ESPY Award">Best NBA Player ESPY Award</a>: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Best_Male_Athlete_ESPY_Award" title="Best Male Athlete ESPY Award">Best Male Athlete ESPY Award</a>: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outstanding_Team_ESPY_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Outstanding Team ESPY Award">Outstanding Team ESPY Award</a> with the Dallas Mavericks: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_2009_all-decade_Sports_Illustrated_awards_and_honors#NBA_All-Decade_Team" title="List of 2009 all-decade Sports Illustrated awards and honors">Sports Illustrated NBA All-Decade Second Team</a> (2000–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silbernes_Lorbeerblatt" title="Silbernes Lorbeerblatt">Silbernes Lorbeerblatt</a>: 2011</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Sportspersonality_of_the_Year" title="German Sportspersonality of the Year">German Sports Personality of the Year</a>: 2011</li> <li>Naismith Legacy Award: 2012</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson_Award" title="Magic Johnson Award">Magic Johnson Award</a>: 2014<a href="#cite_note-175">[173]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laureus_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award">Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award</a>: 2020<a href="#cite_note-b457-176">[174]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> Nowitzki's older sister, Silke Nowitzki, described Nowitzki as a confident but low-key character, unspoiled by money and fame.<a href="#cite_note-177">[175]</a> He enjoys reading and playing the <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nbabio-2">[2]</a> Nowitzki passed his <a href="/wiki/Abitur" title="Abitur">Abitur</a> examination at Röntgen Gymnasium Grammar School of <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>. He founded the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation, a charity which aims at fighting <a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Africa" title="Poverty in Africa">poverty in Africa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-178">[176]</a> Nowitzki dated Sybille Gerer, a female basketball player from his local club DJK Würzburg. The relationship started in 1992 and lasted for 10 years before it ended in 2002; Nowitzki said, "At the end, we found out we developed in separate ways. ... It did not work anymore, but we are still good friends."<a href="#cite_note-Sauer158-179">[177]</a> He added: "I surely want to start a family and have kids, but I cannot imagine it happening before I become 30."<a href="#cite_note-Sauer158-179">[177]</a> In 2010, Nowitzki met and began dating Jessica Olsson, sister of twin footballers <a href="/wiki/Martin_Olsson" title="Martin Olsson">Martin Olsson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Olsson" title="Marcus Olsson">Marcus Olsson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-180">[178]</a> The couple got married on July 20, 2012, at Nowitzki's home in Dallas.<a href="#cite_note-181">[179]</a> They have a daughter, born in July 2013<a href="#cite_note-182">[180]</a> and two sons, born in March 2015 and November 2016.<a href="#cite_note-183">[181]</a> Though Nowitzki has considered acquiring U.S. citizenship, he remains a German national.<a href="#cite_note-184">[182]</a> In 2021 he received the <a href="/wiki/Green_card" title="Green card">green card</a>.<a href="#cite_note-185">[183]</a> Nowitzki acknowledged close ties to his mentor Holger Geschwindner, whom he called his best friend. He is also good friends with his ex-teammate <a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Steve Nash</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Sauer8586-186">[184]</a> Nash said of playing with Nowitzki, "We were both joining a new club, living in a new city, we were both single and outsiders: this creates a bond ... He made life easier for me and I for him ... Our friendship was something solid in a very volatile world." Nowitzki added, "He would have also become a good friend if we had met at the supermarket."<a href="#cite_note-Sauer8586-186">[184]</a> Nowitzki is a keen <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> fan and an avid supporter of <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal F.C.</a><a href="#cite_note-187">[185]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Books">edit</a>]</div> Nowitzki's career has been chronicled in books. <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki:_German_Wunderkind" title="Dirk Nowitzki: German Wunderkind">Dirk Nowitzki: German Wunderkind</a>, written by German sports journalists Dino Reisner and Holger Sauer, was published in 2004 by CoPress Munich. The 160-page hardcover book follows Nowitzki's beginnings in his native <a href="/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Würzburg">Würzburg</a>, documents his entry into and ascent within the NBA, and ends at the beginning of the 2004–05 NBA season. In November 2011, the Würzburg local newspaper Main-Post published a 216-page book written by its sports journalists Jürgen Höpfl and Fabian Frühwirth: Einfach Er – Dirk Nowitzki – Aus Würzburg an die Weltspitze, (Just Him – Dirk Nowitzki – From Würzburg to the Top of the World).<a href="#cite_note-188">[186]</a> Both Höpfl and Frühwirth accompanied Nowitzki throughout his career, collecting interviews and photos used in the book. It looks back on the <a href="/wiki/2011_NBA_Finals" title="2011 NBA Finals">2011 NBA Finals</a> but also has a strong focus on Nowitzki's relation to his hometown Würzburg and his career progression which began there. The book features insights from former coaches, family members, and friends. In 2019, Thomas Pletzinger published the 502-page biography The Great Nowitzki, which was regarded as one of the best sports biographies to have ever been published in German.<a href="#cite_note-189">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-190">[188]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: In popular culture">edit</a>]</div> In 2014, the film documentary <a href="/wiki/Nowitzki._The_Perfect_Shot" title="Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot">Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot</a> was released, which retells Nowitzki's career and life.<a href="#cite_note-s222-191">[189]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Honors">edit</a>]</div> On October 30, 2019, by a unanimous resolution of the Dallas City Council, part of Olive Street was renamed Nowitzki Way, which runs past the <a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a>.<a href="#cite_note-192">[190]</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[191]</a> In December 2019, Nowitzki received the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany">Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany</a> from Federal President <a href="/wiki/Frank-Walter_Steinmeier" title="Frank-Walter Steinmeier">Frank-Walter Steinmeier</a>, in recognition of his social commitment.<a href="#cite_note-194">[192]</a> On January 5, 2022, Nowitzki's number 41 was retired by the Mavericks.<a href="#cite_note-195">[193]</a> The same night, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban">Mark Cuban</a> unveiled the design for a <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Nowitzki" class="mw-redirect" title="Statue of Nowitzki">statue of Nowitzki</a> that was planned to be installed outside the <a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Center" title="American Airlines Center">American Airlines Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-196">[194]</a> The statue was unveiled on Christmas Day later that year.<a href="#cite_note-197">[195]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG/220px-Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG/330px-Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG/440px-Dirk_Nowitzki_Statue_Ffm..JPG 2x" data-file-width="3422" data-file-height="2693" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Dirk_Nowitzki_in_Frankfurt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statue of Dirk Nowitzki in Frankfurt (page does not exist)">Dirk Nowitzki statue in Frankfurt</a> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk-Nowitzki-Statue_(Frankfurt_am_Main)" class="extiw" title="de:Dirk-Nowitzki-Statue (Frankfurt am Main)">de</a>]</figcaption></figure>A different <a href="/w/index.php?title=Statue_of_Dirk_Nowitzki_in_Frankfurt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statue of Dirk Nowitzki in Frankfurt (page does not exist)">Dirk Nowitzki statue in Frankfurt</a> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk-Nowitzki-Statue_(Frankfurt_am_Main)" class="extiw" title="de:Dirk-Nowitzki-Statue (Frankfurt am Main)">de</a>] was unveiled on October 12, 2023, in recognition of Nowitzki's long-term advertising activities by the CEO of the <a href="/wiki/ING_Group" title="ING Group">ING Germany</a> in the presence of Nowitzki in <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a>. The statue made by the sculptor Andreas Artur Hoferick of bronze, slightly over life size, shows Nowitzki sitting on a wooden bench on one side. The position on the bench is said to invite passersby to take space next to the athlete.<a href="#cite_note-198">[196]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Dirk_Nowitzki&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_games_played_leaders" title="List of NBA career games played leaders">List of NBA career games played leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career scoring leaders">List of NBA career scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_rebounding_leaders" title="List of NBA career rebounding leaders">List of NBA career rebounding leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_3-point_scoring_leaders" title="List of NBA career 3-point scoring leaders">List of NBA career 3-point scoring leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NBA_career_personal_fouls_leaders" 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Retrieved January 26, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1998+NBA+Draft+Flashback%3A+Bucks+trade+Dirk+to+Mavs+for+Tractor+Traylor%2C+Mavs+also+trade+for+Steve+Nash%2C+many+takes+ensue&rft.date=2017-01-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fthecomeback.com%2Ffreezingcoldtakes%2Fnba%2F1998-nba-draft-flashback-bucks-trade-dirk-to-mavs-for-tractor-traylor-mavs-also-trade-for-steve-nash-many-takes-ensue.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sauer4951-31"><a href="#cite_ref-Sauer4951_31-0">^</a> Sauer, 49–51 </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.djk-wuerzburg-basketball.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=152">DJK Basketball: Wir über uns</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071124003957/http://www.djk-wuerzburg-basketball.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=152">Archived</a> November 24, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, djk-wuerzburg-basketball.de. Retrieved March 9, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> Sauer, 54–59 </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> Sauer, 59–65 </li> <li id="cite_note-stats-35">^ <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-stats_35-15">p</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nowitdi01.html">Dirk Nowitzki Statistics</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211010113540/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nowitdi01.html">Archived</a> October 10, 2021, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Basketball-reference.com. Retrieved January 6, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> Sauer, 67 </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> Sauer, 74–75 </li> <li id="cite_note-Sauer77-38">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sauer77_38-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sauer77_38-1">b</a> Sauer, 77 </li> <li id="cite_note-Bolavip-39"><a href="#cite_ref-Bolavip_39-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCova2021" class="citation web cs1">Cova, Ernesto (May 28, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://us.bolavip.com/nba/nba-big-three-every-team-best-trio-since-2000-20200804-0002.html">"NBA 'Big Three': Every team's best trio since 2000"</a>. bolavip.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201121191731/https://us.bolavip.com/nba/nba-big-three-every-team-best-trio-since-2000-20200804-0002.html">Archived</a> from the original on November 21, 2020. 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Retrieved July 29, 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Dampier+Going+to+Mavericks+as+Part+of+Eight-Player+Trade+With+Warriors&rft.date=2004-08-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Fsports%2F2004%2F08%2F25%2Fdampier-going-to-mavericks-as-part-of-eight-player-trade-with-warriors%2Fdff4d97e-7b9d-454d-887b-0ac537a0af2f%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nba.com/suns/news/nash_release_040714.html">"Suns Sign Steve Nash"</a>. Phoenix Suns. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190121180957/https://www.nba.com/suns/news/nash_release_040714.html">Archived</a> from the original on January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Phoenix+Suns&rft.atitle=Suns+Sign+Steve+Nash&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2Fsuns%2Fnews%2Fnash_release_040714.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2436205">"Nash wins MVP award for second straight year"</a>. ESPN. May 7, 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132523/http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2436205">Archived</a> from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Nash+wins+MVP+award+for+second+straight+year&rft.pub=ESPN&rft.date=2006-05-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fstory%3Fid%3D2436205&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2016984">"Nelson resigns; Avery takes over Mavericks"</a>. ESPN. March 19, 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132531/http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2016984">Archived</a> from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Nelson+resigns%3B+Avery+takes+over+Mavericks&rft.pub=ESPN&rft.date=2005-03-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fstory%3Fid%3D2016984&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20050507/HOUDAL/recap.html">Mavericks Cruise Past Rockets in Game 7</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080310185201/http://www.nba.com/games/20050507/HOUDAL/recap.html">Archived</a> March 10, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association, May 7, 2006. Retrieved January 19, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20050520/PHODAL/boxscore.html">NBA Western Conference Semi Finals, Game 6, Suns 130 @ Mavericks 126</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090822080756/http://www.nba.com/games/20050520/PHODAL/boxscore.html">Archived</a> August 22, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association, May 20, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20050520/PHODAL/recap.html">Nash Crashes Mavs' Party; Suns Advance</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071217232035/http://www.nba.com/games/20050520/PHODAL/recap.html">Archived</a> December 17, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association, May 20, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2135039">"Amnesty day: Mavs waive Finley"</a>. ESPN. August 15, 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132600/http://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2135039">Archived</a> from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Amnesty+day%3A+Mavs+waive+Finley&rft.pub=ESPN&rft.date=2005-08-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fstory%3Fid%3D2135039&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/allstar2006/three_point/">Dirk's Daggers Light Up Houston</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100321134750/http://www.nba.com/allstar2006/three_point/">Archived</a> March 21, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 7, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nba/standings?season=2006">NBA Standings – 2005–2006</a>, ESPN. Retrieved January 7, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-damp-67">^ <a href="#cite_ref-damp_67-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-damp_67-1">b</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20060522/DALSAS/recap.html">Nowitzki, Mavericks Outlast and Dethrone Spurs</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100321160024/http://www.nba.com/games/20060522/DALSAS/recap.html">Archived</a> March 21, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association, May 22, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2007 </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMatange2020" class="citation news cs1">Matange, Yash (June 1, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/dallas-mavericks/news/this-date-in-nba-history-june-1-dirk-nowitzki-goes-off-for-playoff-career-high-50-points-in-pivotal-game-5-vs-suns-in-2006-western-conference-finals/1u4hm4t3pxh101sflnqkmliyej">"This Date in NBA History (June 1): Dirk Nowitzki goes off for 50 points in pivotal Game 5 win vs Suns in 2006 Western Conference Finals"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a>. Retrieved March 16, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sporting+News&rft.atitle=This+Date+in+NBA+History+%28June+1%29%3A+Dirk+Nowitzki+goes+off+for+50+points+in+pivotal+Game+5+win+vs+Suns+in+2006+Western+Conference+Finals&rft.date=2020-06-01&rft.aulast=Matange&rft.aufirst=Yash&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportingnews.com%2Fca%2Fdallas-mavericks%2Fnews%2Fthis-date-in-nba-history-june-1-dirk-nowitzki-goes-off-for-playoff-career-high-50-points-in-pivotal-game-5-vs-suns-in-2006-western-conference-finals%2F1u4hm4t3pxh101sflnqkmliyej&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-phx2006-69"><a href="#cite_ref-phx2006_69-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=260603021">Comeback win vaults Mavs into NBA Finals</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070510004328/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=260603021">Archived</a> May 10, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, ESPN. Retrieved January 7, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a> Simmons, Bill, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060602">"Time to put Dirk in Pantheon"</a>, ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-game3-71"><a href="#cite_ref-game3_71-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20060613/DALMIA/playbyplay.html">Dallas Mavericks @ Miami Heat, NBA Finals Game 3, Play-by-Play</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100321160916/http://www.nba.com/games/20060613/DALMIA/playbyplay.html">Archived</a> March 21, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 7, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-heat2006-72"><a href="#cite_ref-heat2006_72-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20060620/MIADAL/recap.html">Wade Leads Heat to First NBA Championship</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101201120130/http://www.nba.com/games/20060620/MIADAL/recap.html">Archived</a> December 1, 2010, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association. Retrieved January 7, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-73"><a href="#cite_ref-73">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/nba/standings?season=2007">NBA Standings – 2006–2007</a>, ESPN. 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Retrieved May 9, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-78"><a href="#cite_ref-78">^</a> Aron, Jaime, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nba.com/games/20080308/NJNDAL/recap.html">"Nets Slapped with Fifth Straight Loss"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090822080806/http://www.nba.com/games/20080308/NJNDAL/recap.html">Archived</a> August 22, 2009, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, National Basketball Association, March 8, 2008. Retrieved March 9, 2008 </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a> Stein, Marc, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.espn.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=5352960">"Advisor: Dirk, Mavs agree to deal"</a>, ESPN, July 4, 2010. 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Retrieved April 11, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ESPN.com&rft.atitle=Mavs+get+Chandler+from+Cats+in+5-player+deal&rft.date=2010-07-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.espn.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fstory%3Fid%3D5377055&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADirk+Nowitzki" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-81"><a href="#cite_ref-81">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2011-06-12-mavericks-heat-game-6_N.htm?csp=ipmps">Mavericks finish off Heat 4–2 as Dallas wins its first NBA title</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110623060823/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2011-06-12-mavericks-heat-game-6_N.htm?csp=ipmps">Archived</a> June 23, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, USA Today, June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011 </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZiller2011" class="citation web cs1">Ziller, Tom (June 12, 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/6/12/2220926/dirk-nowitzki-nba-finals-mvp-2011-dallas-mavericks-miami-heat">"Dirk Nowitzki Named 2011 NBA Finals MVP After Mavericks Beat Heat For Championship"</a>. SBNation.com. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190126113903/https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2011/6/12/2220926/dirk-nowitzki-nba-finals-mvp-2011-dallas-mavericks-miami-heat">Archived</a> from the original on January 26, 2019. 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Retrieved January 19, 2008 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071229173836/http://www.eurobasket.com/events/ec/05/ec05.asp">Archived</a> December 29, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-135"><a href="#cite_ref-135">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/21377/sid/3769/tid/288/_/2005_EuroBasket_Final_Round/index.html">"Dirk Nowitzki profile, EuroBasket 2005"</a>. FIBA.COM. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190225215536/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/21377/sid/3769/tid/288/_/2005_EuroBasket_Final_Round/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on February 25, 2019. 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January 1, 1970. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062355/http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&type=totals&per_minute_base=36&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=&year_max=&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=blk&c1comp=gt&c1val=1000&c2stat=fg3&c2comp=gt&c2val=1000&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=ws">Archived</a> from the original on March 4, 2016. 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title="Bryce Drew">Bryce Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasho_Nesterovi%C4%87" title="Rasho Nesterović">Rasho Nesterović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirsad_T%C3%BCrkcan" title="Mirsad Türkcan">Mirsad Türkcan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Garrity" title="Pat Garrity">Pat Garrity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshown_McLeod" title="Roshown McLeod">Roshown McLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Davis" title="Ricky Davis">Ricky Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Skinner" title="Brian Skinner">Brian Skinner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyronn_Lue" title="Tyronn Lue">Tyronn Lue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felipe_L%C3%B3pez_(basketball)" title="Felipe López (basketball)">Felipe López</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Harrington" title="Al Harrington">Al Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jacobson" title="Sam Jacobson">Sam Jacobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Stepania" title="Vladimir Stepania">Vladimir Stepania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corey_Benjamin" title="Corey 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Johnson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li>2000: <a 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href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Andre_Iguodala" title="Andre Iguodala">Iguodala</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Durant" title="Kevin Durant">Durant</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">James</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Antetokounmpo</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Curry</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Jokić</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Jaylen_Brown" title="Jaylen Brown">Brown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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J. Barea">Barea</a> </li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Ratliffe" title="Ricardo Ratliffe">Ra</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Luka_Don%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Luka Dončić">Dončić</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Euroscar_Award_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Euroscar" title="Template:Euroscar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Euroscar" title="Template talk:Euroscar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Euroscar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Euroscar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Euroscar_Award_winners" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Euroscar" title="Euroscar">Euroscar Award winners</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Tkachenko" title="Vladimir Tkachenko">Tkachenko</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Dragan_Ki%C4%87anovi%C4%87" title="Dragan Kićanović">Kićanović</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Dragan_Ki%C4%87anovi%C4%87" title="Dragan Kićanović">Kićanović</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Fu%C4%8Dka" title="Gregor Fučka">Fučka</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Stojaković</a></li> <li>2002: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2003: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2004: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2005: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2006: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a> </li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">P. 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Meneghin</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Dragan_Ki%C4%87anovi%C4%87" title="Dragan Kićanović">Kićanović</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Dragan_Ki%C4%87anovi%C4%87" title="Dragan Kićanović">Kićanović</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">D. 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Meneghin</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Fu%C4%8Dka" title="Gregor Fučka">Fučka</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Stojaković</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Stojaković</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Jasikevi%C4%8Dius" title="Šarūnas Jasikevičius">Jasikevičius</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li>2005: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Garbajosa" title="Jorge Garbajosa">Garbajosa</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Dimitris_Diamantidis" title="Dimitris Diamantidis">Diamantidis</a> </li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rubio" title="Ricky Rubio">Rubio</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Navarro_(basketball)" title="Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball)">Navarro</a></li></ul> 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<a href="/wiki/Ferenc_N%C3%A9meth_(basketball)" title="Ferenc Németh (basketball)">Németh</a> </li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Joann_L%C3%B5ssov" title="Joann Lõssov">Lõssov</a> </li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" title="Hüseyin Öztürk">Öztürk</a> </li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Mr%C3%A1zek" title="Ivan Mrázek">Mrázek</a> </li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Konev" title="Anatoly Konev">Konev</a> </li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Greminger" title="János Greminger">Greminger</a> </li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Baumruk" title="Jiří Baumruk">Baumruk</a> </li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Zubkov_(basketball)" title="Viktor Zubkov (basketball)">Zubkov</a> </li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a> </li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Emiliano_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Emiliano Rodríguez">Rodríguez</a> </li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Modestas_Paulauskas" title="Modestas Paulauskas">Paulauskas</a> </li> 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href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a> </li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a> </li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Welp" title="Chris Welp">Welp</a> </li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a> </li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_%C4%90or%C4%91evi%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Đorđević">Đorđević</a> </li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Fu%C4%8Dka" title="Gregor Fučka">Fučka</a> </li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Peja_Stojakovi%C4%87" title="Peja Stojaković">Stojaković</a> </li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Jasikevi%C4%8Dius" title="Šarūnas Jasikevičius">Jasikevičius</a> </li> <li>2005: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a> </li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Kirilenko" title="Andrei Kirilenko">Kirilenko</a> </li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">P. Gasol</a> </li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Navarro_(basketball)" title="Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball)">Navarro</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">P. Gasol</a> </li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Goran_Dragi%C4%87" title="Goran Dragić">Dragić</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Willy_Hernang%C3%B3mez" title="Willy Hernangómez">Hernangómez</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="EuroBasket_top_scorers" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#FFA500;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:EuroBasket_Top_scorers" title="Template:EuroBasket Top scorers"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:EuroBasket_Top_scorers" title="Template talk:EuroBasket Top scorers"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:EuroBasket_Top_scorers" title="Special:EditPage/Template:EuroBasket Top scorers"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="EuroBasket_top_scorers" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/FIBA_EuroBasket_Top_Scorer" title="FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer">EuroBasket top scorers</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1935: <a href="/wiki/Livio_Franceschini" title="Livio Franceschini">Franceschini</a> </li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/R%C5%ABdolfs_Jurci%C5%86%C5%A1" title="Rūdolfs Jurciņš">Jurciņš</a> </li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Heino_Veskila" title="Heino Veskila">Veskila</a> </li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_Stok" title="Paweł Stok">Stok</a> </li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Perrier_(basketball)" title="Jacques Perrier (basketball)">Perrier</a> </li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk" title="Hüseyin Öztürk">Öztürk</a> </li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Mr%C3%A1zek" title="Ivan Mrázek">Mrázek</a> </li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Idlibi" title="Ahmed Idlibi">Idlibi</a> </li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Miroslav_%C5%A0ke%C5%99%C3%ADk" title="Miroslav Škeřík">Škeřík</a> </li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Eddy_Terrace" title="Eddy Terrace">Terrace</a> </li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a> </li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a> </li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a> </li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a> </li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Giorgos_Kolokithas" title="Giorgos Kolokithas">Kolokithas</a> </li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Giorgos_Kolokithas" title="Giorgos Kolokithas">Kolokithas</a> </li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Jurkiewicz" title="Edward Jurkiewicz">Jurkiewicz</a> </li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Atanas_Golomeev" title="Atanas Golomeev">Golomeev</a> </li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Atanas_Golomeev" title="Atanas Golomeev">Golomeev</a> </li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Kees_Akerboom_Sr." title="Kees Akerboom Sr.">Akerboom</a> </li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Mieczys%C5%82aw_M%C5%82ynarski" title="Mieczysław Młynarski">Młynarski</a> </li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Mieczys%C5%82aw_M%C5%82ynarski" title="Mieczysław Młynarski">Młynarski</a> </li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a> </li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Doron_Jamchi" title="Doron Jamchi">Jamchi</a> </li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a> </li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a> </li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a> </li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Sabahudin_Bilalovi%C4%87" title="Sabahudin Bilalović">Bilalović</a> </li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a> </li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Oded_Kattash" title="Oded Kattash">Kattash</a> </li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Herreros" title="Alberto Herreros">Herreros</a> </li> <li>2001: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a> </li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">P. 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navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Teoman_Alibegovi%C4%87" title="Teoman Alibegović">Alibegović</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Koch_(basketball)" title="Michael Koch (basketball)">Koch</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Henrik_R%C3%B6dl" title="Henrik Rödl">Rödl</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Alexis" title="Wendell Alexis">Alexis</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Alexis" title="Wendell Alexis">Alexis</a></li> <li>1999: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Alexis" title="Wendell Alexis">Alexis</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Phelps" title="Derrick Phelps">Phelps</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Alexis" title="Wendell Alexis">Alexis</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Jovo_Stanojevi%C4%87" title="Jovo Stanojević">Stanojević</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Pascal_Roller" title="Pascal Roller">Roller</a></li> 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1967: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dieter_Sarodnick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dieter Sarodnick (page does not exist)">Sarodnick</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dieter_Sarodnick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dieter Sarodnick (page does not exist)">Sarodnick</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Volkmar_Knopke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volkmar Knopke (page does not exist)">Knopke</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Volkmar_Knopke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volkmar Knopke (page does not exist)">Knopke</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Bohumil_Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1ek" title="Bohumil Tomášek">Tomášek</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Wade_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Wade (basketball) (page does not exist)">Wade</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Ecker" title="John Ecker">Ecker</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Schofield" title="Terry Schofield">Schofield</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Curran_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dennis Curran (basketball) (page does not exist)">Curran</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Smith_(basketball,_born_1951)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Smith (basketball, born 1951) (page does not exist)">Smith</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Ljubodrag_Simonovi%C4%87" title="Ljubodrag Simonović">Simonović</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rainer_Frontzek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rainer Frontzek (page does not exist)">Frontzek</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_DeWitt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al DeWitt (page does not exist)">DeWitt</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Britton_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Britton (basketball) (page does not exist)">Britton</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lou_Hardy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lou Hardy (page does not exist)">Hardy</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pappert" title="Michael Pappert">Pappert</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Georg_K%C3%A4mpf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georg Kämpf (page does not exist)">Kämpf</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eugene_Richardson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eugene Richardson (page does not exist)">Richardson</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackel" title="Michael Jackel">Jackel</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brent_Timm&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brent Timm (page does not exist)">Timm</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackel" title="Michael Jackel">Jackel</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andr%C3%A9_Hills&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="André Hills (page does not exist)">Hills</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keith_Gray&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keith Gray (page does not exist)">Gray</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Rimas_Kurtinaitis" title="Rimas Kurtinaitis">Kurtinaitis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Points Per Game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1991: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Wendt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Wendt (page does not exist)">Wendt</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Wendt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Wendt (page does not exist)">Wendt</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Wendt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Wendt (page does not exist)">Wendt</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Babkov_(basketball)" title="Sergei Babkov (basketball)">Babkov</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Thompson" title="Bernard Thompson">Thompson</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dawson" title="Tony Dawson">Dawson</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Williams_(basketball)" title="Donald Williams (basketball)">Williams</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Gatlin" title="Keith Gatlin">Gatlin</a></li> <li>1999: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Tyron_McCoy" title="Tyron McCoy">McCoy</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/John_Best_(basketball)" title="John Best (basketball)">Best</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/DeJuan_Collins" title="DeJuan Collins">Collins</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/BJ_McKie" title="BJ McKie">McKie</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/BJ_McKie" title="BJ McKie">McKie</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Narcisse_Ewodo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Narcisse Ewodo (page does not exist)">Ewodo</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wisniewski" title="Andrew Wisniewski">Wisniewski</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Allen" title="Derrick Allen">Allen</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Timothy_Black_(basketball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timothy Black (basketball) (page does not exist)">Black</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Omari_Westley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Omari Westley (page does not exist)">Westley</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Copeland" title="Chris Copeland">Copeland</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/DaShaun_Wood" title="DaShaun Wood">Wood</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Brown_(basketball)" title="Bobby Brown (basketball)">Brown</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Davin_White" title="Davin White">White</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Darius_Adams" title="Darius Adams">Adams</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/D._J._Kennedy" title="D. J. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Fogg" title="Kyle Fogg">Fogg</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Raymar_Morgan" title="Raymar Morgan">Morgan</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Philip_Scrubb" title="Philip Scrubb">Scrubb</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Will_Cummings" title="Will Cummings">Cummings</a></li> <li><s>2020</s></li> <li>2021: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Micha%C5%82_Michalak&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michał Michalak (page does not exist)">Michalak</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/T._J._Shorts" title="T. J. Shorts">Shorts</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/DeWayne_Russell" title="DeWayne Russell">Russell</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Otis_Livingston_II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Otis Livingston II (page does not exist)">Livingston II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Best_NBA_Player_ESPY_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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<li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Charles Barkley</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Hakeem Olajuwon</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">Shaquille O'Neal</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Kevin Garnett</a> (2004)</li> <li><a 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title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannis_Antetokounmpo" title="Giannis Antetokounmpo">Giannis Antetokounmpo</a> (2019)</li> <li>Not awarded (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Joki%C4%87" title="Nikola Jokić">Nikola Jokić</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Ray_Allen" title="Ray Allen">R. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Archibald" title="Nate Archibald">Archibald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Barnett" title="Dick Barnett">Barnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Beckman" title="John Beckman">Beckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Belov" title="Sergei Belov">Belov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chauncey_Billups" title="Chauncey Billups">Billups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Bing" title="Dave Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Blazejowski" title="Carol Blazejowski">Blazejowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Borgmann" title="Bennie Borgmann">Borgmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Braun_(basketball)" title="Carl Braun (basketball)">Braun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brennan_(basketball)" title="Joseph Brennan (basketball)">Brennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Bryant" title="Kobe Bryant">Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Carter" title="Vince Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Cervi" title="Al Cervi">Cervi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Cheeks" title="Maurice Cheeks">Cheeks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zack_Clayton" title="Zack Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Cooper-Dyke" title="Cynthia Cooper-Dyke">Cooper-Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Cousy" title="Bob Cousy">Cousy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louie_Dampier" title="Louie Dampier">Dampier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Davies" title="Bob Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Drexler" title="Clyde Drexler">Drexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dumars" title="Joe Dumars">Dumars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Edwards" title="Teresa Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Endacott" title="Paul Endacott">Endacott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Frazier" title="Walt Frazier">Frazier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(basketball)" title="Marty Friedman (basketball)">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikos_Galis" title="Nikos Galis">Galis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Gervin" title="George Gervin">Gervin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu_Gin%C3%B3bili" title="Manu Ginóbili">Ginóbili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Goodrich" title="Gail Goodrich">Goodrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Greer" title="Hal Greer">Greer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theresa_Grentz" title="Theresa Grentz">Grentz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richie_Guerin" title="Richie Guerin">Guerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Becky_Hammon" title="Becky Hammon">Hammon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vic_Hanson" title="Vic Hanson">Hanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Hardaway" title="Tim Hardaway">Hardaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marques_Haynes" title="Marques Haynes">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Holman" title="Nat Holman">Holman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Hyatt" title="Charley Hyatt">Hyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Isaacs" title="John Isaacs">Isaacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Iverson" title="Allen Iverson">Iverson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Jeannette" title="Buddy Jeannette">Jeannette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Jenkins" title="Fats Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Johnson" title="Dennis Johnson">D. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magic_Johnson" title="Magic Johnson">M. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._C._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="K. C. Jones">K. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(basketball,_born_1933)" title="Sam Jones (basketball, born 1933)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kidd" title="Jason Kidd">Kidd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Lieberman" title="Nancy Lieberman">Lieberman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Maravich" title="Pete Maravich">Maravich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hort%C3%AAncia_Marcari" title="Hortência Marcari">Marcari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ar%C5%ABnas_Mar%C4%8Diulionis" title="Šarūnas Marčiulionis">Marčiulionis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slater_Martin" title="Slater Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McDermott" title="Bobby McDermott">McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracy_McGrady" title="Tracy McGrady">McGrady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_McGuire" title="Dick McGuire">D. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Meyers" title="Ann Meyers">Meyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_Miller" title="Reggie Miller">R. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Moncrief" title="Sidney Moncrief">Moncrief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Monroe" title="Earl Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearl_Moore" title="Pearl Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Murphy" title="Calvin Murphy">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Nash" title="Steve Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Page" title="Harlan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Parker" title="Tony Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Payton" title="Gary Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Petrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Phillip" title="Andy Phillip">Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Posey" title="Cumberland Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Richmond" title="Mitch Richmond">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Robertson" title="Oscar Robertson">Robertson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Rodgers" title="Guy Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Roosma" title="John Roosma">Roosma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honey_Russell" title="Honey Russell">J. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Schommer" title="John Schommer">Schommer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Scott_(basketball)" title="Charlie Scott (basketball)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barney_Sedran" title="Barney Sedran">Sedran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Smith" title="Katie Smith">K. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Staley" title="Dawn Staley">Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Steinmetz" title="Christian Steinmetz">Steinmetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stockton" title="John Stockton">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Swoopes" title="Sheryl Swoopes">Swoopes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isiah_Thomas" title="Isiah Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Thompson_(basketball)" title="David Thompson (basketball)">D. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michele_Timms" title="Michele Timms">Timms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_Vandivier" title="Fuzzy Vandivier">Vandivier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwyane_Wade" title="Dwyane Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Wanzer" title="Bobby Wanzer">Wanzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Weatherspoon" title="Teresa Weatherspoon">Weatherspoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_West" title="Jerry West">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Westphal" title="Paul Westphal">Westphal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Whalen" title="Lindsay Whalen">Whalen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Jo_White" title="Jo Jo White">J. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Wilkens" title="Lenny Wilkens">Wilkens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynette_Woodard" title="Lynette Woodard">Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">Wooden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Forwards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Arizin" title="Paul Arizin">Arizin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seimone_Augustus" title="Seimone Augustus">Augustus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Barkley" title="Charles Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Barry" title="Rick Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin_Baylor" title="Elgin Baylor">Baylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bosh" title="Chris Bosh">Bosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Boswell" title="Sonny Boswell">Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(basketball,_born_1942)" title="Roger Brown (basketball, born 1942)">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swin_Cash" title="Swin Cash">Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamika_Catchings" title="Tamika Catchings">Catchings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cooper_(basketball)" title="Chuck Cooper (basketball)">C. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cooper" title="Michael Cooper">M. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Cunningham" title="Billy Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Curry" title="Denise Curry">Curry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Dalipagi%C4%87" title="Dražen Dalipagić">Dalipagić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dandridge" title="Bob Dandridge">Dandridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Dantley" title="Adrian Dantley">Dantley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Davis_(basketball)" title="Walter Davis (basketball)">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">DeBusschere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Dehnert" title="Dutch Dehnert">Dehnert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_English" title="Alex English">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Erving" title="Julius Erving">Erving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_E._Foster" title="Harold E. Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Fulks" title="Joe Fulks">Fulks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laddie_Gale" title="Laddie Gale">Gale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Garnett" title="Kevin Garnett">Garnett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pau_Gasol" title="Pau Gasol">Gasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_Gates" title="Pop Gates">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Gola" title="Tom Gola">Gola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hagan" title="Cliff Hagan">Hagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">Havlicek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Hawkins" title="Connie Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Hayes" title="Elvin Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Haywood" title="Spencer Haywood">Haywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Hill" title="Grant Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Howell" title="Bailey Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Hudson" title="Lou Hudson">Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Jackson" title="Lauren Jackson">L. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)" title="Gus Johnson (basketball)">G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jones_(basketball,_born_1951)" title="Bobby Jones (basketball, born 1951)">B. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_King" title="Bernard King">King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radivoj_Kora%C4%87" title="Radivoj Korać">Korać</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Kukoč</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Luisetti" title="Hank Luisetti">Luisetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Malone" title="Karl Malone">K. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katrina_McClain" title="Katrina McClain">McClain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_McCracken" title="Branch McCracken">B. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_McCracken" title="Jack McCracken">J. McCracken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McGinnis" title="George McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(basketball)" title="Kevin McHale (basketball)">McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Mikkelsen" title="Vern Mikkelsen">Mikkelsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Miller" title="Cheryl Miller">C. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Mullin" title="Chris Mullin">Mullin</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nowitzki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Pettit" title="Bob Pettit">Pettit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Pierce" title="Paul Pierce">Pierce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottie_Pippen" title="Scottie Pippen">Pippen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pollard" title="Jim Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pullins" title="Albert Pullins">Pullins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Ra%C4%91a" title="Dino Rađa">Radja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ramsey_(basketball)" title="Frank Ramsey (basketball)">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rodman" title="Dennis Rodman">Rodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolph_Schayes" title="Dolph Schayes">Schayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Schmidt" title="Ernest Schmidt">E. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt" title="Oscar Schmidt">O. Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Stokes" title="Maurice Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Thompson" title="Cat Thompson">C. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Thompson" title="Tina Thompson">T. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Twyman" title="Jack Twyman">Twyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Walker" title="Chet Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Webber" title="Chris Webber">Webber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nera_White" title="Nera White">N. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaal_Wilkes" title="Jamaal Wilkes">Wilkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Wilkins" title="Dominique Wilkins">Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Worthy" title="James Worthy">Worthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yardley" title="George Yardley">Yardley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar" title="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar">Abdul-Jabbar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(basketball)" title="Thomas Barlow (basketball)">Barlow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zelmo_Beaty" title="Zelmo Beaty">Beaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bellamy" title="Walt Bellamy">Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilt_Chamberlain" title="Wilt Chamberlain">Chamberlain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarzan_Cooper" title="Tarzan Cooper">T. Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Ćosić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Cowens" title="Dave Cowens">Cowens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Crawford_(basketball)" title="Joan Crawford (basketball)">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Daniels" title="Mel Daniels">Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_DeBernardi" title="Forrest DeBernardi">DeBernardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vlade_Divac" title="Vlade Divac">Divac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Donovan" title="Anne Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Ewing" title="Patrick Ewing">Ewing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Gallatin" title="Harry Gallatin">Gallatin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artis_Gilmore" title="Artis Gilmore">Gilmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Griffith" title="Yolanda Griffith">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Gruenig" title="Ace Gruenig">Gruenig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusia_Harris" title="Lusia Harris">Harris-Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Houbregs" title="Bob Houbregs">Houbregs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Issel" title="Dan Issel">Issel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inman_Jackson" title="Inman Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skinny_Johnson" title="Skinny Johnson">W. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Johnston" title="Neil Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Krause" title="Moose Krause">M. Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kurland" title="Bob Kurland">Kurland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lanier" title="Bob Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Leslie" title="Lisa Leslie">Leslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_Lovellette" title="Clyde Lovellette">Lovellette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lapchick" title="Joe Lapchick">Lapchick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Macauley" title="Ed Macauley">Macauley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubiratan_Pereira_Maciel" title="Ubiratan Pereira Maciel">Maciel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Malone" title="Moses Malone">M. Malone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_McAdoo" title="Bob McAdoo">McAdoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dino_Meneghin" title="Dino Meneghin">Meneghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mikan" title="George Mikan">Mikan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Mourning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretch_Murphy" title="Stretch Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dikembe_Mutombo" title="Dikembe Mutombo">Mutombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakeem_Olajuwon" title="Hakeem Olajuwon">Olajuwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">O'Neal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Parish" title="Robert Parish">Parish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_Reed" title="Willis Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Risen" title="Arnie Risen">Risen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Robinson" title="David Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvydas_Sabonis" title="Arvydas Sabonis">Sabonis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Sampson" title="Ralph Sampson">Sampson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uljana_Semjonova" title="Uljana Semjonova">Semjonova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Sikma" title="Jack Sikma">Sikma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Thurmond" title="Nate Thurmond">Thurmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wes_Unseld" title="Wes Unseld">Unseld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Wachter" title="Ed Wachter">Wachter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Wallace_(basketball)" title="Ben Wallace (basketball)">Wallace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walton" title="Bill Walton">Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Washington" title="Ora Washington">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yao_Ming" title="Yao Ming">Yao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_coaches_in_the_Naismith_Memorial_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of coaches in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame">Coaches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Adelman" title="Rick Adelman">Adelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lidiya_Alekseyeva" title="Lidiya Alekseyeva">Alexeeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phog_Allen" title="Phog Allen">P. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Anderson_(basketball)" title="Harold Anderson (basketball)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Auerbach" title="Red Auerbach">Auerbach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Auriemma" title="Geno Auriemma">Auriemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Barmore" title="Leon Barmore">Barmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Barry" title="Sam Barry">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Bess" title="Gene Bess">Bess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Blair" title="Gary Blair">Blair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Blood" title="Ernest Blood">Blood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Boeheim" title="Jim Boeheim">Boeheim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">L. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Calhoun" title="Jim Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calipari" title="John Calipari">Calipari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cann" title="Howard Cann">Cann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Carlson" title="Doc Carlson">Carlson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Carnesecca" title="Lou Carnesecca">Carnesecca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Carnevale" title="Ben Carnevale">Carnevale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Carril" title="Pete Carril">Carril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Case" title="Everett Case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Van_Chancellor" title="Van Chancellor">Chancellor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chaney_(basketball,_born_1932)" title="John Chaney (basketball, born 1932)">Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jody_Conradt" title="Jody Conradt">Conradt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Crum" title="Denny Crum">Crum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Daly" title="Chuck Daly">Daly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Dean" title="Everett Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_D%C3%ADaz-Miguel" title="Antonio Díaz-Miguel">Díaz-Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Diddle" title="Edgar Diddle">Diddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Drake" title="Bruce Drake">Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Driesell" title="Lefty Driesell">Driesell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ferr%C3%A1ndiz" title="Pedro Ferrándiz">Ferrándiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Fitch" title="Bill Fitch">Fitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotton_Fitzsimmons" title="Cotton Fitzsimmons">Fitzsimmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Gaines" title="Clarence Gaines">Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandro_Gamba" title="Sandro Gamba">Gamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Gardner_(basketball)" title="Jack Gardner (basketball)">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Gaze" title="Lindsay Gaze">Gaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slats_Gill" title="Slats Gill">Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Gomelsky" title="Alexander Gomelsky">Gomelsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gunter" title="Sue Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hannum" title="Alex Hannum">Hannum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Harshman" title="Marv Harshman">Harshman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Haskins" title="Don Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hatchell" title="Sylvia Hatchell">Hatchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Heinsohn" title="Tom Heinsohn">Heinsohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Hickey" title="Eddie Hickey">Hickey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hixon" title="David Hixon">Hixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hobson" title="Howard Hobson">Hobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Holzman" title="Red Holzman">Holzman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Huggins" title="Bob Huggins">Huggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hughes_(basketball)" title="Robert Hughes (basketball)">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hurley" title="Bob Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Iba" title="Henry Iba">Iba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Izzo" title="Tom Izzo">Izzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Jackson" title="Phil Jackson">P. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggie_Julian" title="Doggie Julian">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Karl" title="George Karl">Karl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Keady" title="Gene Keady">Keady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Keaney" title="Frank Keaney">Keaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Keogan" title="George Keogan">Keogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Krzyzewski" title="Mike Krzyzewski">Krzyzewski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kundla" title="John Kundla">Kundla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ward_Lambert" title="Ward Lambert">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Leonard" title="Bobby Leonard">Leonard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Lewis" title="Guy Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Litwack" title="Harry Litwack">Litwack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Loeffler" title="Ken Loeffler">Loeffler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Lonborg" title="Dutch Lonborg">Lonborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Magee" title="Herb Magee">Magee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arad_McCutchan" title="Arad McCutchan">McCutchan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muffet_McGraw" title="Muffet McGraw">McGraw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_McGuire" title="Al McGuire">A. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuire" title="Frank McGuire">F. McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McLendon" title="John McLendon">McLendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Meanwell" title="Walter Meanwell">Meanwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Meyer" title="Ray Meyer">Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Miller" title="Ralph Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Moore" title="Billie Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Mulkey" title="Kim Mulkey">Mulkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandar_Nikoli%C4%87" title="Aleksandar Nikolić">Nikolić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Novosel" title="Mirko Novosel">Novosel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lute_Olson" title="Lute Olson">Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Pitino" title="Rick Pitino">Pitino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregg_Popovich" title="Gregg Popovich">Popovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ramsay" title="Jack Ramsay">Ramsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Redin" title="Harley Redin">Redin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Richardson" title="Nolan Richardson">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Riley" title="Pat Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesare_Rubini" title="Cesare Rubini">Rubini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Rupp" title="Adolph Rupp">Rupp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathy_Rush" title="Cathy Rush">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">B. Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Ryan" title="Bo Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Sachs" title="Lenny Sachs">Sachs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Self" title="Bill Self">Self</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sharman" title="Bill Sharman">Sharman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_Shelton" title="Everett Shelton">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Sloan" title="Jerry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Smith_(basketball_coach)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Smith (basketball coach) (page does not exist)">C. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Smith" title="Dean Smith">D. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marianne_Stanley" title="Marianne Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Stevens_(basketball)" title="Barbara Stevens (basketball)">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Vivian_Stringer" title="C. 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Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_A._Brown" title="Walter A. Brown">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bunn_(basketball)" title="John Bunn (basketball)">Bunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Buss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Clifton" title="Nat Clifton">Clifton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Colangelo" title="Jerry Colangelo">Colangelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Collins_(basketball)" title="Doug Collins (basketball)">Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Costello" title="Larry Costello">Costello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(businessman)" title="Bill Davidson (businessman)">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Douglas" title="Bob Douglas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alva_Duer" title="Alva Duer">Duer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Embry" title="Wayne Embry">Embry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Fagan" title="Cliff Fagan">Fagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Fisher" title="Harry A. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Fleisher" title="Larry Fleisher">Fleisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Garfinkel" title="Howard Garfinkel">Garfinkel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gavitt" title="Dave Gavitt">Gavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gottlieb" title="Eddie Gottlieb">Gottlieb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Granik" title="Russ Granik">Granik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Gulick_(physician)" title="Luther Gulick (physician)">Gulick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Harris" title="Del Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Harrison_(basketball)" title="Les Harrison (basketball)">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chick_Hearn" title="Chick Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Henderson" title="Edwin Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Hepp" title="Ferenc Hepp">Hepp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Hickox" title="Edward J. Hickox">Hickox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hinkle" title="Tony Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ned_Irish" title="Ned Irish">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannie_Jackson" title="Mannie Jackson">M. Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Jernstedt" title="Tom Jernstedt">Jernstedt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renato_William_Jones" title="Renato William Jones">R. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Walter_Kennedy" title="J. Walter Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Knight" title="Phil Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Krause" title="Jerry Krause">J. 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