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Dirk Nowitzki

German basketball player
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Dirk Nowitzki (born June 19, 1978, Würzburg, West Germany) is a German professional basketball player who is regarded as one of the greatest foreign-born players in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Nowitzki took up basketball relatively late in life, at age 13. His immense natural talent (his mother was a member of the West German national basketball team) helped him quickly acclimate to the sport, and by age 16 he was playing with DJK Würzburg, a second-division German professional team. He first came to the attention of NBA scouts in 1998, when he scored 33 points to lead a team ...(100 of 762 words)

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