There aren’t many superstar athletes with relationships with their community stronger than the one Dirk Nowitzki shares with Dallas, and that fact was once again front and center Sunday at his inaugural Pro Celebrity Tennis Classic, held at SMU.
Nowitzki was joined by 11 celebrities and professional tennis players — including his teammates J.J. Barea and Harrison Barnes, comedy film legend Ben Stiller, and American tennis stars Andy Roddick and John Isner, among others — for the event, which raised money for the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation.
As is the case with any event involving the Big German, there were plenty of laughs all around all day, even as the games grew more competitive toward the end.