The 2005-06 Dallas Mavericks suffered through the NBA Finals losing to the Miami Heat, headlined by Shaquille O’Neal and Dwyane Wade. The 2007 Mavericks lost to the upstart Golden State Warriors, guided by the coaching ingenuity of Don Nelson, oft-injured Baron Davis and Indiana Pacers castoff Stephen Jackson, despite Dirk Nowitzki’s MVP season. Where do ...
Top 5 Biggest Successes in the 1998 NBA Draft 1. Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks- He was traded for Robert Traylor by Milwaukee after being taken with the 9th pick. Someone didn’t do their homework in the Bucks organization because Dirk became one of the top players in the game while Traylor was average at best ...
Dirk Nowitzki was born June 19, 1978 in Würzburg, Germany. He is the son of Jörg and Helga Nowitzki. Jörg, a successful handball player, and Helga, a star player on the German women’s national basketball team, provided Dirk quite the pool of athletic genes. As to be expected, Dirk enjoyed sports very much. As a ...
Steve Nash was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 1996 NBA Draft. Nash played college basketball at Santa Clara University, playing a full four seasons and winning back-to-back conference player of the year awards. As an NBA player, Nash’s career was slow to develop, but it peaked with superstardom and ...
