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Basketball Reference on Twitter: "On this day 44 years ago, 14x All Star and 2011 NBA Champion Dirk Nowitzki was born in Wurzburg, Germany. Nowitzki was drafted 9th overall in 1998 and
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![Dirk Nowitzki regrets not reaching out to the only NBA star who offered to help him as a rookie — “I just didn't want to bother him with my petty rookie problems” - Dirk Nowitzki regrets not reaching out to the only NBA star who offered to help him as a rookie — “I just didn't want to bother him with my petty rookie problems” -](https://www.basketballnetwork.net/.image/t_share/MTkxNzY2ODAwMTA1NDgxNzE0/dirk-nowitzki.jpg)
Dirk Nowitzki regrets not reaching out to the only NBA star who offered to help him as a rookie — “I just didn't want to bother him with my petty rookie problems” -
Basketball-Reference.com - On this day in 2004, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks scored 53 points in a 113-106 win over the Houston Rockets https://hubs.li/Q0101KHb0 | Facebook
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