Other than the street named after him, the statue, the No. 41 hanging in the rafters at American Airlines Center and, coming Saturday, his enshrinement in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Dirk Nowitzki is just like every other parent in the world.
He has a natural flair for embarrassing his kids.
Whether you are Joe the accountant or Dirk the legend, it’s a gift and the birthright of every adult who has children. Nowitzki’s are 10-year-old daughter Malaika, and sons Max, 8, and Morris, 6.
It’s his oldest that is at the age where dad is a cause for face-hiding.