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Dirk Nowitzki

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Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki was born on Monday, June 19th, 1978, in Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe, as Dirk Werner Nowitzki. Dirk is a very active athlete & has become an actor, in sports events, especially basketball. He is best-known for being 24 for 24 in Western Conference Finals' Game 1, on Tuesday, May 17th, 2011, versus Oklahoma CIty Thunder. (This was the third round, Dallas Mavericks' first round opponent was Portland Trail-Blazers. Second round, Dallas swept defending NBA Champion team, Los Angeles Lakers the previous two seasons 4 to 0 & Dallas was 4 & 2, in the NBA Finals, versus Miami Heat. After going 24 for 24 at the free-throw line, (& 24 additional points from field goals, his score total of game one was 48). He was voted in as 2011's NBA Finals' MVP, after leading Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Championship. Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot (2014). Two others were 2011 NBA All-Star Game (2011) & 2003 NBA All-Star Game (2003). Dirk married Jessica Olsson, on Friday, July 20th, 2012. Dirk & Jessica's parenthood began on Wednesday, July 24th, 2013, (369 days = 52 weeks & 5 days) after matrimony, when their daughter was born. 20 months later, (608 days = 86 weeks & 6 days), differ between his daughter's date of birth & son's date of birth. Tuesday, March 24th, 2015, as their son was born.
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Conan O'Brien and Dirk Nowitzki in Conan (2010)
Dirk Nowitzki and Flula Borg in Conan (2010)
Dirk Nowitzki and Kirk Fraser in Road to the Championship (2011)
Morris Chestnut, Shad Moss, Chris Webber, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, and Jason Kidd in Like Mike (2002)

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Adam Sandler in Hustle (2022)
Hustle
7.3
  • Dirk Nowitzki
  • 2022
Like Mike (2002)
Like Mike
5.3
  • Dirk Nowitzki
  • 2002
Jamie Kennedy, Sanaa Lathan, Will Forte, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Arianna Huffington, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Craig Robinson, Jason Sudeikis, John Viener, Glenn Howerton, Alec Sulkin, Mike Henry, Nickie Bryar, and Aseem Batra in The Cleveland Show (2009)
The Cleveland Show
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  • Dirk Nowitzki(voice)
NBA on ESPN (1982)
NBA on ESPN
6.1
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  • Self

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  • Adam Sandler in Hustle (2022)
    Hustle
  • Jamie Kennedy, Sanaa Lathan, Will Forte, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Arianna Huffington, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Craig Robinson, Jason Sudeikis, John Viener, Glenn Howerton, Alec Sulkin, Mike Henry, Nickie Bryar, and Aseem Batra in The Cleveland Show (2009)
    The Cleveland Show
    • (voice)
  • Like Mike (2002)
    Like Mike

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  • Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot (2014)
    Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot
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Top 10 NBA Players Turned Actors
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Top 10 NBA Players Turned Actors

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    • June 19, 1978
    • Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
    • July 20, 2012 - present (2 children)
  • TV commercial for DiBa - Allgemeine Deutsche Direkt Bank AG (2003).
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    • 6 Articles
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Is the only player in league history to make over 150 3-pointers (151) and register over 100 blocks (101) in one season.
    • Alltime European NBA Scoring Leader

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