Will Dirkules soon be one of the best basketball players of all time?
Dirk Nowitzki (44) has a good chance of being inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame this year. The best German basketball player of all time is one of twelve candidates for the Basketball Hall of Fame. The NBA announced this during the All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City. In addition to Nowitzki, two other Europeans, Frenchman Tony Parker (40) and Spaniard Paul Gasol (42), can also count on the Hall of Fame.
Nowitzki soon in the Hall of Fame? A 24-member committee will vote on it. The new members of the Hall of Fame will then be announced at the College Championships on April 1st. The ceremonial admission to the Hall of Fame itself will take place on November 11th and 12th. take place in August.
Nowitzki has a total of 31,550 points in his NBA career, putting him sixth on the all-time leaderboard. In 2011, the Würzburg native won the championship with the Dallas Mavericks, and Nowitzki was named the most valuable player in the final series. In the 2006/07 season, Nowitzki had won the MVP award of the main round.
“Dirkules” was already honored by his team at the end of last year: The Dallas Mavericks dedicated a statue to their former star player, which stands in front of the Mavericks’ home field. At the beginning of 2022, the NBA team also pulled Nowitzki’s jersey under the hall ceiling, his jersey with the number 41 will no longer be assigned.
