21 seasons is not loyality - it's love! (Love = if fidelity makes fun 🤷♀️) (...) And shock seized the assembled crowd, As the two held each other in their arms, Crying for pain and joy. No eye was without tears, And the wondrous tale is relayed to the king, Who, feeling a human stirring, Quickly had them brought before the throne. He gazed upon them long in amazement, And then spoke: “You have succeeded, You have turned my heart, In truth, fidelity is no idle delusion, So accept me also as your friend, I would be - grant me this request - The third in your band!” -Friedrich Schiller, Die Bürgschaft (1798) "(...) Und Erstaunen ergreifet das Volk umher, In den Armen liegen sich beide, Und weinen für Schmerzen und Freude. Da sieht man kein Auge tränenleer, Und zum Könige bringt man die Wundermähr, Der fühlt ein menschliches Rühren, Läßt schnell vor den Thron sie führen. Und blicket sie lange verwundert 😮 an, Drauf spricht er: Es ist euch gelungen, Ihr habt das Herz mir bezwungen, Und die Treue, sie ist doch kein leerer Wahn, So nehmet auch mich zum Genossen an, Ich sei, gewährt mir die Bitte, In eurem Bunde der dritte." Der" Nowitzki way" ist, wenn Gegner vor lauter Bewunderung plötzlich Freunde werden wollen.... 😏 (Nowitzki way is if haters suddenly wanna be friends...)
@Michael Fleming I see No one becoming hysteric If someone talks nice about a NBA-Star. But ALWAYS a LeBum-Groupie shows up moaning. You guys are hilarious. 😂
@Michael Fleming In the 2011 Finals against Dirk, LeBron and his hand-picked superteam got spanked 4-2 by the aging Mavericks with only one All-Star. LeBron's 4th quarter scoring: Game 2: 2 pts. Game 3: 2 pts. Game 4: ZERO pts. Game 5: 2 points. In Game 4 he totaled just 8 pts, and lost even when Dirk was sick. He had more turnovers for the series than anyone on either team. He was seriously outplayed by the smaller, aging Jason Terry. This is why he has lost twice as many Finals as he's won.
Nowitzki is the only player to record at least 31,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, 1,000 steals, 1,000 blocks and 1,000 three-point field goals
Was für eine Persönlichkeit... Unglaublich!!! Er besitzt alles, was ein herausragenden Sportler und Mensch ausmacht! Bleib gesund Dirk!!!!! Danke für Alles 👍
Also mich macht es stolz ihn als Landsmann zu haben. Nicht nur weil er so erfolgreich ist sondern weil er so ein bodenständiger Typ ist der nie negativ aufgefallen ist. Ich könnte mir keinen besseren Repräsentanten vorstellen.👍🏻
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C please shut the fuck up as it‘s not related to the topic at all.. also why are you calling it soccer when your name literally contains „football club“ ? clown
4533 Soccer is the number 1 and most important sport on Planet Earth. Soccer is the WORLD GAME and is massive in over 240 countries. Every nation on Earth loves Soccer. Basketball is a great sport but only big in less than 40 countries. Soccer is more popular than basketball in every country except the Philippines, Lithuania and US. I tell you this my brothers soccer will be the number 1 sport in America by the year 2070 A.D. Soccer will be the number 1 sport in all 50 American states by the year 2100 A.D tyf
@pride you are absolutely right about that. It's the we played the game and what he did for the game. That's what makes Michael Jordan the greatest ever. Dirk change the way the game was played. So you could make the case that he could be the goat because of that reason. You literally change the game from an inside game to a three point game. Only one other person changed the game completely. That was Jordan Says a lot about Dirk.
Dirk is a class act, for sure. I'd like you to look up Neven Subotic. He spends almost all his free time in Ethiopia, digging wells for people without safe drinking water. www.dw.com/en/subotic-in-ethiopia-i-cant-just-sit-on-the-beach-thinking-ive-made-it/a-39540758 I don't want to make this a contest, but if you can, please donate to the Neven Subotic Stiftung.
@Felix Oh ok, wtf, Steve and Dirk yes, and I'll agree that LeBron is not exactly the classiest but Kobe is a class act and Bird was amazing but very, very far from a nice or classy guy. You oughta check that racism of yours
@Weston Wheeler Yes maybe. But I really wonder how far greater would Bird be as a 3 point shooter if teams put more emphasis on that shot during his time, like what is the norm now in NBA teams.
Well you're obviously a millineal or GenZ kid. Dr J, Jordan, Magic, Dominique, Kareem, Bird, Isaiah, Barkley, Drexler, Stockton/Malone, etc....80/90s Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls. All due respect to these great players your era has, but I dont think so.
NBA fans not in Dallas & who aren't Mavs fans so undervalue and underrate him. They know nothing about his game, or think he's legitimate & deserving of his accolades. They don't recognize how much of a transcendent player he is/was to the league..which is a big deal. Again, they undervalue him. The Nation needs to give him more love.
Why underate?Of course.Against the greatest MJ Lebron,Wilt,KAJ,Kobe.They all were better. Nowitzki is on of the Top 20 Player in NBA history. And he was loyal.
What Dirk Nowitzki has done a kind of reminds me with Allen Iverson did. Carried absolutely shit teammates to a winning record into the playoffs. Only difference is that Dirk won a ring and change the way the game is played nowadays.
Alot of that is because DIrk refused to over commercialize himself throughout his career. Typically, the NBA only promotes the players that promote themselves- very lazy on their part.
Dirk, UNTOUCHABLE in his prime. The early 2000's were an amazing time to be a Mavs fan :D LOVE you Dirk, now go rest those legs son. They need it! LeBald wishes he could get an ovation like this!! Dirk did it with class, being humble and doing it his OWN WAY! A LEGEND! We LOVE you Dirk, you are a TRUE Texan to us!!
I had the utmost fortune to be at this game. It was absolutely surreal to see this happen. Dirk is one of my all-time favorites and to witness this was so awesome. I remember vividly getting to the AAC early to watch warmups and Dirk was hitting every single shot and I knew something special was gonna happen. This video gave me goosebumps. Dirk is the greatest to me. Swish 41!!!!
I think he is the first German born NBA champion. This man is dope at this era. Great physique and scorer. Glad to see him to be hall of fame with his buddy Steve Nash!
wow. I totally forgot he was on track for that this past season. I'm a spurs fan for life and the battles they had with the mavericks was always memorable. I have to give dirk respect and total admiration for what he has done. Beside my team winning the championship, I almost cried to see him win a title, and what ppl said about him, and destroyed the heat. Man him and the spurs showed me, heart, humbleness, never give up attitude and nothing can stop you. Even if there some bumps in the way. Respect dirk the net jerker
5:23 you KNEW it was going in! Good job for him! Bravo 👏 Well played my man. He is one of THE best to ever have done it! 7 feet tall ALL finesse (in the beginning). Then in 2011 finals He took over that game and single handed ky beat the Miami Heat team. Nobody has represented the game of basketball any better than Dirk. With one of the Mist unstoppable shots to block, the fade away one leg.... he will be a first ballot hall of farmer without Question!
Honestly speaking I am more interested in soccer like most Germans. But watching this stunning German basketball player and even more important experiencing such a kind and down-to-earth human being makes me happy. I hope a lot of young people will copy his style of play but even more his down-to-earth nature. This is Dirk's biggest legacy. Congrats from Germany to our German Wunderkind!
As a child Dirk wanted to play Tennis until such time that the game of basketball was introduced to him and now he is a legend and an all time great in the nba and all time great power forwards ever!
You know, all those guys, who still talk him down ala "Lebron threw the final away"(just not true), "Dirk cant defend"(7th all time on the defensive rebound list), their hate will be forgotten soon. But the love for this man, the love you see in this video, that will live on. Go Dirk, go for Michaels number, go for top 5,top 4. Couldnt happen to a nicer or better player.
Jason Terry’s tribute was touching. Forgot how amazing this first half was. Blessed to grow up a Mavs fan and watch Dirk for every year he’s been in the league. Now he gets to be the bridge to the next generation of Luka and KP. Go Mavs!!!
WOW WHAT A GREAT TEAM. THE MATES REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE BIGGEST THING IN DIRKS LIFE. THEY HELPED HIM OUT SO MUCH LIKE HE DID IN THE 90s. GREAT TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY RESPECTS AND AIMS FOR 30 K POINTS BY DIRK. EVERYBODY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS.
I saw him when I was 16. and I got busy for study and naturally away from NBA. Now I got a job and 32. And he became a legend from fresh man from Germany. you are my role model of life. big man!
I simply love, how the three-pointer rushes through the net after the 30.000. As if there was nothing to it. Naturalness in perfection. If I had to name the greatest moment in sports that I've witnessed live (on TV), it would be the day Dirk and the Mavericks won the title in Game 6 in 2011: Middle of the night, German time, somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, my dad and I and a shaky internet stream. Memories!
He got his 30k, the Lakers didn't call a timeout so he could have his moment, so he just casually drains a 3 to finally get that stop. What a legend. 😂
That 2011 Mavs team was incredible.. I'm a Portland fan but that team may be my favorite team any organization has assembled. Just who they were as people.. they whooped up on Portland in that series and I couldn't even be mad it was perfect team basketball..
I've Been To A Few Games. I Am In Dallas And I've Been A Dirk Fan Since Him And Nash Were Picked Up. Dirk Is Probably 1 Of The Most Underrated Players Ever. He Sits With The Greatest Players Ever Now. He Is A True Legend Whether They Want To Give Him His Respect Or Not.
Never mentioned in the same vain as Bird, yet plays similarly and is statistically superior in every way. The only major difference is that Dirk didn't have a god tier team for a decade that allowed him to fill up a hand with rings. Still won one with a mediocre squad though.
Watching this Hurst as a long time dirk fan I rocked with him before his first all-star break,mvp season,tough finals lost to Wade's heat,2011 Champs(most underrated playoff run and difficulty along the way) and now this str8 into retirement.thus said I will this generation of players Dirk, Duncan,the Black Mamba 8/24RipKing, kg,pau gasol , Nash, Amar'e,Pierce, Allen, rondo, Iggy,mcgrady can't believe vi almost forgot him,Kenyon Martin,Turkgolu,etc..it was so competitive ,so many different styles of offensive weapons,toughness and TBH those champs have more meaning to me even tho I'm a big fan of basketball still..MDF guys I can't believe I forget Manu ,and Parker ,Vince Carter so much niggas was hard back then literally it was never a for gone conclusion who would win the champ cause it was always numerous of teams that provided a huge threat!!! 2000 decade had pure Cold BloodedMonster!!
Worked as news Photog and did lots of sports. This took time to make. Editing was good. Fast cuts but not too fast. Slower cuts when needed. Kept my attention and focus. I love hoops but even if I didn't I think this was well done.
The 7 footer sharp shooter and his unstoppable fade away shot. I don't really like watching basketball but I watched the whole finals Dallas vs Cavaliers before and they became champ..
This is one of the greatest moments in german sports history ... maybe one of, if not the biggest one apart from football (Soccer ...). Do you think that more than 2% of the ppl in germany know about this? :D "Yo Dirk is in the 30 k club, it´s unreal dude!" "Nowitzki?!" "...wha-..." "Oh yea i know him ofc, he´s playing in the NBA right?" "...wha-..." "He makes these DibaDu commercials, nice guy!" "Yea ... " It really is frustrating, even American Football is more popular than Basketball in Germany ... well, some of us know what this meant for german sport, he´s one of the Top 5 sportsmen in german history!
21 seasons for one team. No player has ever played more for a single team. That is loyalty
Gordie Howe 25 seasons for the Detroit Red Wings.
@Trilliam C he didn't play 21! 19 as a player. 1 as assistant coach.
@Trilliam C lol Tim almost went to Orlando to replace shaq, but his fiancee said nahhhhhh yo azz gonna be loyal to me and this boring city
@KaBong Tv kobe wanted a trade at one point
21 seasons is not loyality - it's love!
(Love = if fidelity makes fun 🤷♀️)
(...) And shock seized the assembled crowd,
As the two held each other in their arms,
Crying for pain and joy.
No eye was without tears,
And the wondrous tale is relayed to the king,
Who, feeling a human stirring,
Quickly had them brought before the throne.
He gazed upon them long in amazement,
And then spoke: “You have succeeded,
You have turned my heart,
In truth, fidelity is no idle delusion,
So accept me also as your friend,
I would be - grant me this request -
The third in your band!”
-Friedrich Schiller, Die Bürgschaft (1798)
"(...) Und Erstaunen ergreifet das Volk umher,
In den Armen liegen sich beide,
Und weinen für Schmerzen und Freude.
Da sieht man kein Auge tränenleer,
Und zum Könige bringt man die Wundermähr,
Der fühlt ein menschliches Rühren,
Läßt schnell vor den Thron sie führen.
Und blicket sie lange verwundert 😮 an,
Drauf spricht er: Es ist euch gelungen,
Ihr habt das Herz mir bezwungen,
Und die Treue, sie ist doch kein leerer Wahn,
So nehmet auch mich zum Genossen an,
Ich sei, gewährt mir die Bitte,
In eurem Bunde der dritte."
Der" Nowitzki way" ist, wenn Gegner vor lauter Bewunderung plötzlich Freunde werden wollen.... 😏
(Nowitzki way is if haters suddenly wanna be friends...)
He scores 30000 points in a game?!?!?!? What a beast
Euro guys always talking about how easy it is to score in the NBA
Sure, for one Team!
HAHAHA good one, brother. 😂
your so stupid
@Blake Berger look the N@zi grammar kid is in the house, how about to F off ?
Over 17 seasons, from 1999-00 to 2015-16, Dirk averaged 22.5 points on .475 FG, .384 3PT% and .881 FT%. Unbelievable.
@Michael Fleming yeah because he chases rings and has other stars next to him .....dirk had good roll players and did it with one team ....
@Michael Fleming I see No one becoming hysteric If someone talks nice about a NBA-Star. But ALWAYS a LeBum-Groupie shows up moaning. You guys are hilarious. 😂
Bro its basketball and not math
@Michael Fleming In the 2011 Finals against Dirk, LeBron and his hand-picked superteam got spanked 4-2 by the aging Mavericks with only one All-Star. LeBron's 4th quarter scoring: Game 2: 2 pts. Game 3: 2 pts. Game 4: ZERO pts. Game 5: 2 points. In Game 4 he totaled just 8 pts, and lost even when Dirk was sick. He had more turnovers for the series than anyone on either team. He was seriously outplayed by the smaller, aging Jason Terry. This is why he has lost twice as many Finals as he's won.
@Michael Fleming But Dirk did it without asking other all stars to play on his team. He did it on his own, which is the right way.
Nowitzki is the only player to record at least 31,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, 1,000 steals, 1,000 blocks and 1,000 three-point field goals
@Jayven Marty Santos mj missed missed some prime years he would’ve been at like 44k not 50
@Jayven Marty Santos he would bro lmao he barely averaged 20 in his last season
@Macho Turbo bro would prolly hit 50k lmao
@Dvnnis24 they deff can those two season count lmao
@Kaan The Desperate Imagine if MJ played as long as Lebron has, what stats would MJ have?
a man win a champ ring without building superstar team..
Patience really paid off to Dirk's legacy🙌😊
Not a super team? Tyson Jason not a star? U kidding?
You all acting like jason kidd is not a super star and a hall of famer
@Red . The odss For winn the Champions Chip where:
Miami 1.70
Dallas 2.00
Miami wasnt the big Favoriten in this Finals !
Not superstar team but super old team
he did not need to reach that mark to be a legend, but all the guys who underrated him are silenced finally.
@Thomas Bischof
what u need to be a legend.
i guess u are in the team who underrate him
@Joshua Are you stupid you said, under a video tribute of him getting 30,000 points that even if he doesn't get 30,000 he is still a legend
Remember "Nowinski"? know everybodys talking like they have always been on his side
What made you think that he scores 30k in the game? Lol..
nobody can underrate him once his career is done.
Was für eine Persönlichkeit... Unglaublich!!! Er besitzt alles, was ein herausragenden Sportler und Mensch ausmacht! Bleib gesund Dirk!!!!! Danke für Alles 👍
This man is a BEAST. He makes Germany proud
@Florian Mitze: Wahr
Also mich macht es stolz ihn als Landsmann zu haben. Nicht nur weil er so erfolgreich ist sondern weil er so ein bodenständiger Typ ist der nie negativ aufgefallen ist. Ich könnte mir keinen besseren Repräsentanten vorstellen.👍🏻
stolz würde ich jetzt nicht sagen lol
What a legend greatest European player to play the game the man got dallas a fucking championship over the big 3 in miami
@thomas schroter fact
and now dallas has a new European who could very well be the next great European player
Come on Luke Walton. Take a timeout after Dirk made that shot! Respect!
Dirk puts in the three pointer after that ...
And that's what he is, a monster!
@thegreathutt it's a bot dude don't waste your time
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C please shut the fuck up as it‘s not related to the topic at all.. also why are you calling it soccer when your name literally contains „football club“ ? clown
4533
Soccer is the number 1 and most important sport on Planet Earth. Soccer is the WORLD GAME and is massive in over 240 countries. Every nation on Earth loves Soccer. Basketball is a great sport but only big in less than 40 countries. Soccer is more popular than basketball in every country except the Philippines, Lithuania and US. I tell you this my brothers soccer will be the number 1 sport in America by the year 2070 A.D. Soccer will be the number 1 sport in all 50 American states by the year 2100 A.D tyf
04:53 lol mark
ein Ausnahme Basketballspieler und trotzdem so Menschlich geblieben! Danke für das was Du, Dirk, dem Basketball und den Menschen gegeben hast!!
30000 points in one game. Respect.
More like chamberlain
Yeeah but it took him 60,000 shots
brain dead for sure
Just 10 Points per second. no big deal.
geo dude cuz he is 😂
8:48 his german trainer.. i almost cried :(
@Michael Fleming wtf is this comment get that shit outta here
iamseb10 you look like a 5 year old kid
@Lyle Stavast Pardon, ich kaufe ein e und möchte lösen! ^^
@Daniel Brokmeier Holger Geschwindner :)
i did
One of, if not THE, classiest athletes of all time
@pride you are absolutely right about that. It's the we played the game and what he did for the game. That's what makes Michael Jordan the greatest ever. Dirk change the way the game was played. So you could make the case that he could be the goat because of that reason. You literally change the game from an inside game to a three point game. Only one other person changed the game completely. That was Jordan
Says a lot about Dirk.
Dirk is a class act, for sure.
I'd like you to look up Neven Subotic.
He spends almost all his free time in Ethiopia, digging wells for people without safe drinking water.
www.dw.com/en/subotic-in-ethiopia-i-cant-just-sit-on-the-beach-thinking-ive-made-it/a-39540758
I don't want to make this a contest, but if you can, please donate to the Neven Subotic Stiftung.
@pride Bird is over Kobe and on par with Bron. Jordan is the GOAT tho
@Felix Oh too bad classiness doesn't make you a GOAT, like jordan, kobe, and lebron
@Felix Oh ok, wtf, Steve and Dirk yes, and I'll agree that LeBron is not exactly the classiest but Kobe is a class act and Bird was amazing but very, very far from a nice or classy guy. You oughta check that racism of yours
We here in Germany love Dirk. It's his personality what makes him special. He always was and still is down to earth and really cool and nice guy.
I cried watching this
Basketball will never be as great as the last generation
Duncan Dirk and Kobe
@Weston Wheeler Yes maybe. But I really wonder how far greater would Bird be as a 3 point shooter if teams put more emphasis on that shot during his time, like what is the norm now in NBA teams.
Robinson Ewing Jordan.....
ganyan nila kamahal si Dirk
Well you're obviously a millineal or GenZ kid.
Dr J, Jordan, Magic, Dominique, Kareem, Bird, Isaiah, Barkley, Drexler, Stockton/Malone, etc....80/90s Lakers, Celtics, Pistons, Bulls. All due respect to these great players your era has, but I dont think so.
R.I.P KOBE LEGEND😭😭
Laker nation salutes you Dirk. 2011, never forget.
Like Kobe, He stayed and won.
undertaker3534 foreal bro laker nation loves you dirk
undertaker3534 Salute to Kobe also.. another NBA legend
remember when kobe outscored the whole mavs team... well now dirk scored his 30k point on them
NBA fans not in Dallas & who aren't Mavs fans so undervalue and underrate him. They know nothing about his game, or think he's legitimate & deserving of his accolades. They don't recognize how much of a transcendent player he is/was to the league..which is a big deal. Again, they undervalue him. The Nation needs to give him more love.
Why underate?Of course.Against the greatest MJ Lebron,Wilt,KAJ,Kobe.They all were better. Nowitzki is on of the Top 20 Player in NBA history. And he was loyal.
True him and Kobe used to rival hard stop Kobe from metering LeBron I'm the finals and in 2011 beat LeBron in championship 🏆 Miami heat
What Dirk Nowitzki has done a kind of reminds me with Allen Iverson did. Carried absolutely shit teammates to a winning record into the playoffs. Only difference is that Dirk won a ring and change the way the game is played nowadays.
Alot of that is because DIrk refused to over commercialize himself throughout his career. Typically, the NBA only promotes the players that promote themselves- very lazy on their part.
drbryant23 And the other player who had the game of his career in game six. Brian Cardinal the well known superstar. lol
Dirk, UNTOUCHABLE in his prime. The early 2000's were an amazing time to be a Mavs fan :D LOVE you Dirk, now go rest those legs son. They need it! LeBald wishes he could get an ovation like this!! Dirk did it with class, being humble and doing it his OWN WAY! A LEGEND! We LOVE you Dirk, you are a TRUE Texan to us!!
Dirk's one-legged, high-arcing fallaway from the mid-to-high post is on the short list of impossible-to-guard moves.
Tough to block when the 7ft is jumping and blocking you with a leg
I always cry everytime i watch this Thank you Dirk for being a loyal Maverick and for giving your heart out to Dallas.
was für ein spieler...was für ein mensch...danke dirk,für die tollen 20 jahre...dir und deiner familie alles gute
I had the utmost fortune to be at this game. It was absolutely surreal to see this happen. Dirk is one of my all-time favorites and to witness this was so awesome. I remember vividly getting to the AAC early to watch warmups and Dirk was hitting every single shot and I knew something special was gonna happen. This video gave me goosebumps. Dirk is the greatest to me. Swish 41!!!!
he is the best power forward ever
@Moe Subhan fact
Best shooting forward big man
7:38 Dude scored 25 pts in 11 field goal attempts.. That's efficient.. Some people need 60 shots to score 60 points.
His legend is way more emotional and exceptional than the others.. "no one has done it the way he did".. A true legend!!
I think he is the first German born NBA champion. This man is dope at this era. Great physique and scorer. Glad to see him to be hall of fame with his buddy Steve Nash!
Call a fucking timeout!! Respect!
Special man... Tears in my eyes... A humble assassin... 💪🏾
wow. I totally forgot he was on track for that this past season. I'm a spurs fan for life and the battles they had with the mavericks was always memorable. I have to give dirk respect and total admiration for what he has done. Beside my team winning the championship, I almost cried to see him win a title, and what ppl said about him, and destroyed the heat. Man him and the spurs showed me, heart, humbleness, never give up attitude and nothing can stop you. Even if there some bumps in the way. Respect dirk the net jerker
What a player. Always clean, fair play, and respectful...
5:23 you KNEW it was going in! Good job for him! Bravo 👏 Well played my man. He is one of THE best to ever have done it! 7 feet tall ALL finesse (in the beginning). Then in 2011 finals He took over that game and single handed ky beat the Miami Heat team. Nobody has represented the game of basketball any better than Dirk. With one of the Mist unstoppable shots to block, the fade away one leg.... he will be a first ballot hall of farmer without Question!
Man I miss that guy. I miss their era. The era where superstars will give special performances on special occasions.
Honestly speaking I am more interested in soccer like most Germans. But watching this stunning German basketball player and even more important experiencing such a kind and down-to-earth human being makes me happy. I hope a lot of young people will copy his style of play but even more his down-to-earth nature. This is Dirk's biggest legacy. Congrats from Germany to our German Wunderkind!
Man, what an amazing player. I am glad to have seen his entire career. He is an absolute legend in every sense of the word.
As a child Dirk wanted to play Tennis until such time that the game of basketball was introduced to him and now he is a legend and an all time great in the nba and all time great power forwards ever!
Dirk Nowitzki eine absolute Legende!
I'm just happy he retired with a ring, man! He proves that anything is possible.
You know, all those guys, who still talk him down ala "Lebron threw the final away"(just not true), "Dirk cant defend"(7th all time on the defensive rebound list), their hate will be forgotten soon.
But the love for this man, the love you see in this video, that will live on. Go Dirk, go for Michaels number, go for top 5,top 4.
Couldnt happen to a nicer or better player.
This is sport! They gave him all their respect
He's a legend And for me He's one of the top 10 of NBA history.
Jason Terry’s tribute was touching. Forgot how amazing this first half was. Blessed to grow up a Mavs fan and watch Dirk for every year he’s been in the league. Now he gets to be the bridge to the next generation of Luka and KP. Go Mavs!!!
God this made me so happy, we love Dirk so much here in Dallas
A true legend, much respect
Wonderful.. I'm glad I witness his games in this era.. You gonna be always remembered in this sport
That fadeaway midrange always makes me tear up a little. Classic beautiful bruiser of a big man's shot.
WOW WHAT A GREAT TEAM. THE MATES REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE BIGGEST THING IN DIRKS LIFE. THEY HELPED HIM OUT SO MUCH LIKE HE DID IN THE 90s. GREAT TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY RESPECTS AND AIMS FOR 30 K POINTS BY DIRK. EVERYBODY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS.
I saw him when I was 16. and I got busy for study and naturally away from NBA. Now I got a job and 32. And he became a legend from fresh man from Germany.
you are my role model of life. big man!
I simply love, how the three-pointer rushes through the net after the 30.000. As if there was nothing to it. Naturalness in perfection. If I had to name the greatest moment in sports that I've witnessed live (on TV), it would be the day Dirk and the Mavericks won the title in Game 6 in 2011: Middle of the night, German time, somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, my dad and I and a shaky internet stream. Memories!
He got his 30k, the Lakers didn't call a timeout so he could have his moment, so he just casually drains a 3 to finally get that stop. What a legend. 😂
That 2011 Mavs team was incredible.. I'm a Portland fan but that team may be my favorite team any organization has assembled. Just who they were as people.. they whooped up on Portland in that series and I couldn't even be mad it was perfect team basketball..
Above all his humbleness,modesty, down to earth persona seperates him from other greats..cant stress enuff
RESPECT. No NBA player of the last 20 years has more class than Dirk. So long, big fella.
i really liked how Matthews raises his arms at every dirk shot like "go on, this is in FOR SURE!"
Dirk's patented fadeaway should replace Jerry West as the new NBA logo.
Please!!!!!
W
@Pio Victor Basilla either one but his fadeaway revolutionize the style Big men play the game shooting from long range...
@M I've seen u in a lot of basketball videos spamming than shit bro
@M man u make me laugh
Congratz, Dirk!!! Forever your personal and your Mavs fan, Sergey! You are one of the GREATEST EVER MAN PLAYING THE GAME!
El mejor para mi gracias Dirk por todo desde Brasil un Español que te admira
I've Been To A Few Games. I Am In Dallas And I've Been A Dirk Fan Since Him And Nash Were Picked Up. Dirk Is Probably 1 Of The Most Underrated Players Ever. He Sits With The Greatest Players Ever Now. He Is A True Legend Whether They Want To Give Him His Respect Or Not.
Hardworking, skillful and smart legend !
i can not tell in words how much i love this one
In germany we say: "Legende"
I’m live in the Dallas area and this guy is a living legend around here…and soon a statue for him. #41Forever
God bless Dirk Nowitzki!! We love you and basketball in this city wont be the same once you retire!!
I always loved his high arcing shot it was the best
The way he did this is so great. Guy is pure greatness.
Even folks in Dallas who despite basketball love Dirk, that's the kind of person he is. 🙌
My first ever game I’ve been to personally 😍
Excelente Trabajo el de Dirk !!!!!!
Tu Nombre esta Estampado en Oro y seras Recordado por siempre
en la Historia de la NBA .💪💪👍👍🙏🙏
My favorite player, what a legend.
Greatness! Loyalty! Respect!
I wanna be like Dirk!
As a die hard laker fan. I love seeing this because of dirk. Long live Dirk!!!
Ein Superstar... Innerhalb und außerhalb des Platzes... Einfach ein super sympathischer Typ.... Respekt Dirk! 👍👍👍
The most underrated player in NBA history and one of the best players ever humble guy from Germany :)))
5:21 the best and legend moment of everybody's life...
dirk is like jordan and kobe, he just has the love of the game in his blood and can't hardly give it up
Dirk was just greatness on a nightly basis.
8:47...when a mentor feels his not son did it...PASSION! DIRK FOREVER!!!
The First German Hall of Famer in NBA History and one of the best power Forward i ever seen !!!!!!! Deutsches Wunder Kind !!!!!!! Dirk Nowitzki
one of the best great shooter in NBA history!!!
My man who never leave his team even other stars already left him and get a ring. So loyal!!!
Cannot wait to see No. 41 go to the rafters and Dirk get his HOF induction, respect to Dirk Nowitzki.
now that hes months from retirement this brings tears to my eyes. everyone loved him.
2:36 one of the most lethal fakes in NBA
Held, Vorbild, Lgende! Immer wieder geil das zu sehen.
20 points in a quarter at that age with that efficiency, what an absolute savage
Never mentioned in the same vain as Bird, yet plays similarly and is statistically superior in every way. The only major difference is that Dirk didn't have a god tier team for a decade that allowed him to fill up a hand with rings. Still won one with a mediocre squad though.
How can someone press "dislike" to such a great video?!??!
Watching this Hurst as a long time dirk fan I rocked with him before his first all-star break,mvp season,tough finals lost to Wade's heat,2011 Champs(most underrated playoff run and difficulty along the way) and now this str8 into retirement.thus said I will this generation of players Dirk, Duncan,the Black Mamba 8/24RipKing, kg,pau gasol , Nash, Amar'e,Pierce, Allen, rondo, Iggy,mcgrady can't believe vi almost forgot him,Kenyon Martin,Turkgolu,etc..it was so competitive ,so many different styles of offensive weapons,toughness and TBH those champs have more meaning to me even tho I'm a big fan of basketball still..MDF guys I can't believe I forget Manu ,and Parker ,Vince Carter so much niggas was hard back then literally it was never a for gone conclusion who would win the champ cause it was always numerous of teams that provided a huge threat!!! 2000 decade had pure Cold BloodedMonster!!
Worked as news Photog and did lots of sports. This took time to make. Editing was good. Fast cuts but not too fast. Slower cuts when needed. Kept my attention and focus. I love hoops but even if I didn't I think this was well done.
He just keep goin and tried as hard as he did. He earned it!
And it was immortalised in a statue @ his Jersey Retirement... Great Call Commentator 🙌🏽
The 7 footer sharp shooter and his unstoppable fade away shot. I don't really like watching basketball but I watched the whole finals Dallas vs Cavaliers before and they became champ..
I’m gonna miss this man when he’s gone
L-E-G-E-N-D , on and off the court
Simply no words. Me from Germany, just proud!
Dirk was the consummate professional, hard working, team player, selfless, no ego.
This is one of the greatest moments in german sports history ... maybe one of, if not the biggest one apart from football (Soccer ...).
Do you think that more than 2% of the ppl in germany know about this? :D
"Yo Dirk is in the 30 k club, it´s unreal dude!"
"Nowitzki?!"
"...wha-..."
"Oh yea i know him ofc, he´s playing in the NBA right?"
"...wha-..."
"He makes these DibaDu commercials, nice guy!"
"Yea ... "
It really is frustrating, even American Football is more popular than Basketball in Germany ... well, some of us know what this meant for german sport, he´s one of the Top 5 sportsmen in german history!
Coming from a Blazers fan.... I like to refer to him as the German Jesus sometimes. Legend for sure
@Ser Bonkers he's never winning one after the contract he signed. not sure how they can afford more high caliber players going forward
I hope Dame get his chance to win a ring with the Blazers.
Nobody mentions how much Mark Cuban loves his team, specially Dirk!
One does not appreciate that in Germany what this Dirk Nowitzki has done great in Dallas.