Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (left) and Dallas Mavericks ... managed a pecan farm in Mississippi before taking up residence in a run-down castle in Bavaria, where he headquartered ...

Dirk Nowitzki had written notes on a single page ... hadn’t taken up permanent residence in the historical memoir of this sport. He hadn’t fallen out of love, and then into it.

lanky German kid stood amongst several thousand of his countrymen and celebrated the Dallas Mavericks NBA title as hometown hero Dirk Nowitzki sang from the balcony of the Wurzburg Residence ...