dirk+nowtizski

 An Interview with dirk nowitzki by dick vitele
 * Zach Curtis and Trevis Miller **Cancel

DN: Hi Dick. DN: Well my dad played Handball and my mom was also played in the WNBA and my sister was a track star but soon developed her skills in basketball and joined the WNBA. DN: Ha HA yea well back in germany we all needed somthing to do. DN: OH yea of course back when i was a boy i was a overly tall. They called me "the freak." DN: Ok ok well i never really played ball when i was younger but i got tired of them calling me a freak so i put my size to use and played basketball. DN: And when seasons passed my coach so impressed with my skill so he asked me " Do you want to play the best in the world or stay in the town and be the germany hero"? And we all know what i did i went to the pro's. DN: hahahahhahah your not that old dick. DN: Oh well in the early years in high school my grades were droping and i just didn't kno** in school but i got my act together and hit those books so i can be the best i can be.** DN: yea and then i did the same thing you did i pulled it off in school and now im a 7' 0 ft., 245 pound, Power forward for the Dallas mavs making  $18,077,904[|[1]] dollars. DN: I was first <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">drafted to the bucks but got traded immeditly. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">DN: because i was a <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">unknown athlete from germany and i was a<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> late blumming flower <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**DV: But now you are a flower any team would want is that not right** DN: No that is right {laughs} DN: i would not say the best but i am good DN: i dont no they have Micheal Redd he is good to DN: well i hope to resign with the mavricks if not it was my dream as a kid to play with SHAQ, or and play with <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">steve nash a good friend of mine so if the mavricks dont resign me mabye play with the Phoinx Suns that would be cool DN: I would like that Dick <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**DV: Dirk i have to ask you what it fells like to go to the NBA finals** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> DN: Well dick it is the best feeling in the world i wish we could go back in time and redo the 2006 NBA finals DN: ya i think the Miami Heat played great but they have our ring it just stinks that we made it so far and for nothing DN: i would have stepped up ans said double team WADE just because he scored what 33.8 points and 9.1 assist DN: ya i got to say D-WADE is one of the best today DN:ya it has been a tough year i lost my friend Devin Harris but i need to step up DN: i hope so DN: woooaaa settle down Dick DN: it is ok but think i could do alot better in my point off view DN: i hope so to dick DN: bye Dick
 * DV: Hello Dirk.**
 * DV: So your from Germany, tell me about your family and your child hood**
 * DV: Wow!!!! you came from a All-American family. Aka Primtime.**
 * DV: I know what you mean. So about your child hood?**
 * DV: Come on Dirk your huge of course your going to be tall. Tell me the juicey stuff hahh.**
 * DV: Now were getting to the big stuff tell me more babey!!!!!!**
 * DV: Yes we know that and now your a ptp a primtime player in the world wide basketball league. But your still skipping the point. Im here to find out about how you were in school and out side of school.**w what was up...you know.
 * DV: I understand how it is back in my day wich was 800 years ago....**
 * DV: Haaha thanks Dirk but anyways like i was saying i <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">kinda struggled **
 * DV: Wow tiger you jumped to the future..Lets go to the past when you first got drafted**
 * DV: Why do you think you got traded so fast?**
 * DV:ha ha but now you are one of the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">best players on your team **
 * DV: i bet the bucks want u to play for Milwaukee again**
 * DV: dirk <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">after this year you are a free agent were do you think you will end up or you want to end up**
 * DV:well u no i have a house in Phenoix mabye we would hang out if u go to Phenoix**
 * DV: i would say that was the best finals of NBA history just the way the heat came back from a 2-0 defisit**
 * DV: what would you do differently if u could go back in time**
 * DV: actually i think it was 35.8 points a game, BUT now he is one of the best in the NBA today**
 * DV: well now lets focus on this year so far Dallas is just barely in a play off spot**
 * DV: if you finish the year of strong you will get to the playoffs for sure**
 * DV: now lets focus on you this year you average 26.4 points a game that is your carrier high and you also average 8 rebounds per game that is killer BABEY!!!!!!**
 * DV: Sorry**
 * DV: well dirk i think we should wrap up the interview so hope fully you and the mavericks make it to the playoffs**
 * DV: alright Buh Bye Dirk**

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NOTES: Born in [|Würzburg], [|West Germany], Dirk Werner Nowitzki comes from an athletic family: his mother Helga was a professional basketball player and his father Jörg-Werner was a [|handball] player who represented Germany at the highest international level.

He initially played handball and tennis, but soon grew tired of being called a "freak" for his height and eventually turned to basketball. After a year, the coach was so impressed that he said to his pupil: "You must now decide whether you want to play ****<span style="color: rgb(253, 145, 23);"> the best in the world or just stay a local hero in Germany. If you choose 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 for two days, Nowitzki decided on the former. Geschwindner let him train seven days a week with DJK Würzburg players and future German internationals Robert Garrett, Marvin Willoughby and Demond Greene, and in the summer of 1994, the 16-year-old Nowitzki made the D<span style="color: rgb(255, 166, 51);">JK squad. **<span style="color: rgb(255, 166, 51);">When Nowitzki joined the team, DJK played in the Second Bundesliga, South Division. His first trainer was Pit Stahl, who played the tall teenager as an outside-scoring [|forward] rather than an inside-scoring [|center] to utilise his shooting skills. In the [|1994–95 Second Bundesliga season], 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.[|[10]] In the next [|1995–96 Second Bundesliga season], Nowitzki established himself as a starter next to [|Finnish] star forward Martti Kuisma and soon became a regular double-digit scorer: after German national basketball coach [|Dirk Bauermann] saw him score 24 [|points] in a DJK game, he stated that "Dirk Nowitzki is the greatest German basketball talent of the last 10, maybe 15 years". <span style="color: rgb(253, 147, 8);">In a match between the U.S. talents and the international talents, Nowitzki scored 33 points on 6-of-12 shooting, 14 [|rebounds] and 3 [|steals] for the internationals[|[3]] and outplayed future US NBA stars [|Rashard Lewis] and [|Al Harrington]. He impressed with an array of quickness, ball handling, and shooting range, and from that moment on a multitude of European and NBA clubs wanted to recruit him. <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 5);"> <span style="color: rgb(83, 239, 52); font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(22, 223, 7);"> Dirk Nowitzki was first drafted by The Milwakee Bucks in the first round of the 1998 draft. He was quickly traded to that Dallas Mavricks were he now plays mavricks Tranier Casey Smith was amazed by how quickly Dirk was learning. for the first year coach Avery Johnson [] regreted of drafting him when he came off the bench and averaged 8.5 points a game and only 7 rebounds a year Coach Avery Johnson was even thinking about trading him half way though the year. so there trainer Casey Smith worked with him one on one every day after practice //sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?playerId=609//. Dirk takes his work seriously on the court, but he is also serious about making a difference off the court. Each year he makes hundreds of appearances and signs thousands of autographs in his desire to help children. In December 2007, the NBA honored him with the NBA Community Assist Award in recognition of his outstanding efforts in the community and for his ongoing philanthropic work. Whether it is meeting children throughout the season for the Make-A-Wish Foundation or purchasing and delivering thousands of dollars worth of Christmas toys for children in a local hospital, Dirk loves to give back to children. He says, “Helping kids is one of the best things I get to do as a professional athlete, and it is a privilege to be a part of those events.” [|Milwaukee Bucks] || 8x [|All-NBA] Selection (2001–08) [|2002 FIBA World Championship] [|MVP] 5x [|Euroscar Award] Winner (2002–06) [|EuroBasket 2005] [|MVP] 2005 [|Mister Europa Player of the Year] 2005 [|FIBA Europe Player of the Year] 2006 [|NBA Three-Point Shootout Winner] [|2007] [|NBA Most Valuable Player] ||
 * = <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">[|Würzburg], [|West Germany] ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Nationality || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">German ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Height || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Weight || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">245 lb (111.1 kg) ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">League || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">[|NBA] ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Salary || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">$18,077,904[|[1]] ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Draft || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">9th overall, [|1998]
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Pro career || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">1998–present// ||
 * ~ <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">Awards || <span style="color: rgb(222, 103, 2);">8x [|NBA] [|All-Star] (2002–09)



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