Dirk Nowitzki

Also known as German Wunderkind, Dirk Werner Nowitzki, Dirkules

German basketball player

OverviewAI-generated

Dirk Nowitzki is a German basketball player who has played as a power forward. Born in Würzburg on June 19, 1978, he is a citizen of Germany and speaks German. His professional career includes stints with the Würzburg Baskets, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Germany men's national basketball team. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks.

Nowitzki has received several awards, including the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award, All-NBA Team selections, and the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt. He was also nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year. He participated in EuroBasket 1999, the 2002 FIBA World Championship, the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He resides in Dallas, Würzburg, and Bavaria. His physical measurements are listed as a height of 213 and a mass of 115. Nowitzki is the author of the work *Zins- und Kreditderivate als Instrumente der Risikosteuerung*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works: 1

Top works

Zins- und Kreditderivate als Instrumente der Risikosteuerung

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 341
Total plays: 984

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation
· 2011 · cited 14,069x
Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
· 2010 · cited 12,984x
Sample Size in Qualitative Interview Studies
· 2016 · cited 10,106x
IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
· 2013 · cited 9,542x
Quality criteria were proposed for measurement properties of health status questionnaires
· 2007 · cited 8,952x

via Crossref · CC0

Sports profile

Sport: Basketball
Team: _Retired Basketball
Position: Power Forward
Nationality: Germany

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Encyclopedic overview

Dirk Werner Nowitzki ( German: [ˈdɪʁk noˈvɪtski] ; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he played his entire 21-year career as a power forward. Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest power forwards of all time and is considered by many to be the greatest European player of all time.

An alumnus of the DJK Würzburg basketball club, Nowitzki was chosen as the ninth pick in the 1998 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks and was immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks. Nowitzki led the franchise to 15 NBA playoff appearances (2001–2012; 2014–2016), including the franchise's first NBA Finals appearance in 2006 and its only NBA championship in 2011. Known for his scoring ability, versatility, accurate outside shooting, and trademark one-legged fadeaway jump shot, Nowitzki won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2007 and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in 2011.

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