Dirk Nowitzki will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday at Springfield, Mass.
As he enters his enshrinement week, we will bring you some stories about the greatest Maverick of them all.
In today’s installment, we take a look at Nowitzki’s biography The Great Nowitzki: Basketball and the Meaning of Life, by Thomas Pletzinger.
Along about the time Dirk Nowitzki was 14 or 15, he wasn’t a well-known basketball player.
In fact, he barely drew any notice outside his circle of family and a few friends.