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'All the craziness happened here': Looking back at the 1998 Nike Hoops Summit that put Dirk Nowitzki on the NBA's map

Editor's note: The following story is part of Dirk's Domain, our Nowitzki career retrospective. It can be found by going to sportsdaydfw.com/Dirk

SAN ANTONIO - As Dirk Nowitzki warmed up inside the AT&T Center on Wednesday for what would be his final NBA game, Mavericks president Donnie Nelson and Holger Geschwindner took a fascinating field trip.

Actually, the excursion, such as it was, was less than a football field in distance from the AT&T Center, but for Nelson and Geschwindner it was a trip back in time -- 21 years and 12 days to be exact.