Monday, March 13, 2017

The Career of Dallas Mavericks Legend Dirk Nowitzki


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Though his name has now become synonymous with the Mavericks, German-born power forward Dirk Nowitzki was first drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks. The National Basketball League (NBA) team selected Nowitzki with the ninth overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, but traded him that same night for Robert "Tractor" Traylor, in what ended up as one of the most lopsided deals in NBA history. Traylor, who was taken sixth overall in the same draft, played just two seasons in Milwaukee and was out of the NBA by the end of the 2004-05 season. Nowitzki, meanwhile, had established himself as one of the game's best pure scorers by that point.

Since his third year in the league, Nowitzki has averaged more than 20 points per game in 15 of the past 17 years. A 13-time NBA All-Star, Nowitzki was named NBA MVP in 2007 and also won the 2011 NBA Finals MVP after leading Dallas to its first championship in franchise history.

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