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NBA Courtside: Dirk on Cooper Flagg winning ROY: "I watched Cooper all year long. The stuff he had to deal with early with all the negativity around and the booing. There was a lot happening that whole season... Started at PG at 6'9 something he's never done.... Historic numbers as a teenager. Well deserved Cooper, we're proud of you"

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FIBA officially inducted its Class of 2026 into the FIBA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 21, with Dirk Nowitzki, Hidayet Turkoglu and Wang Zhizhi among the seven players honored during a ceremony in Berlin. The event took place at the Kraftwerk Berlin alongside the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Draw, marking a global celebration of basketball’s international impact and history. The Class of 2026 also included Sue Bird, Celine Dumerc, Clarisse Machanguana, Ludwik Mietta-Mikolajewicz and Ismenia Pauchard, along with the inducted coach, reflecting a wide representation of eras and nations.

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NBA on Prime: “This makes me choke up a little bit, but it was a cool moment.” 🥹 Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) got emotional when talking about what Steve Kerr, Steph and Draymond have achieved together.

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You want to be put in a position to succeed. Antetokounmpo: "Yeah. Exactly. Is it bad for me saying, I'm 31 years old, I won the championship when I was 26 years old. Then the question creeps in your head, like ... Did I wait too long? Did I do the right thing?" Did you wait too long for what? Antetokounmpo: "Being here. [Staying in Milwaukee.] "But then I'm like, No, this is what I want. I want to be here. I want to be with my team. I want to win here again. This is my home. I've spent more years [that I can remember] here than in Greece. It's my home. I want to help the community with my wife and my brothers. "Thanasis is loved here, my brother, my mother are loved here. My kids and I ... it's a normal life, I have a normal life. If you go somewhere else, all this switches. But I don't want to look back and be like ..." (Antetokounmpo pauses. He's joined by his brothers Thanasis and Alex, who played together in the latest Bucks game, and he congratulates them, beaming with pride, but also looking worn out and tired.) Antetokounmpo: “This is why you have conversations with all-time greats like KG (Kevin Garnett). Dirk (Nowitzki) was in the same position, and chose to stay. We’ll see. We’ll see what’s going to happen.”

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Dirk watching Luka courtside in Orlando 🐐

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Durant had already eclipsed Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (31,560) this season before moving up again Saturday. Next up on the esteemed list is Kobe Bryant, who's fourth with 33,643 points. “It’s an honor for everybody to be a part of that,” coach Ime Udoka said. “And as KD has said in the past, I don’t think he cares much about it in the moment. He’s really focused on the season and what we’re trying to accomplish, but I don’t want to just make it an afterthought. Passing Michael Jordan is obviously a huge accomplishment and we celebrated that with him.”

Yahoo! Sports

Dirk Nowitzki: I signed that four-year deal and we won the championship in the first year after that. So… Graham Bensinger: And it required you sacrificing a lot financially. Nowitkzi: Yeah, I could have signed a max deal and I decided to take a little less to me at that point. I had already done everything individually: All-Star, whatever, bunch of times and MVP or whatever. I mean, you probably left somewhere between 70 and 90 million. Nowitzki: That's later overall, at that contract I didn't leave that much.

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There are moments in Los Angeles when basketball feels less like a game and more like a living, breathing fraternity. Wednesday night was one of them. Luka Doncic hosted his “77x.world” event in L.A., a sleek celebration of his growing global brand, stitched together with fashion, hoops culture and that unmistakable No. 77 swagger. Fans were given a meet and greet, the room was full of influencers and executives and then a couple familiar faces walked in. First it was Doncic’s old teammate with the Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki.

New York Post

Marc Stein: Dirk Nowitzki's spokesman Scott Tomlin tells @TheSteinLine that Nowitzki is not part of the reported investor group headed by former Mavericks GM Donnie Nelson that is in talks to buy a basketball franchise in Italy.

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Doncic, 26, whom Donnie Nelson acquired in a draft-night trade with the Atlanta Hawks in 2018, is part of his group of investors, sources in American and European basketball with knowledge of Nelson’s plans told The Athletic. While the Milan-based sports publication La Gazzetta Dello Sport reported that Dirk Nowitzki was also a part of Nelson’s group, his spokesman, Scott Tomlin, said that was not the case. According to one of the sources, Rimas Kaukenas, a Lithuanian legend as a player who was a longtime star in Italy, is also part of the group.

New York Times

What was the toughest crowd that you all played against during your years? Dirk Nowitzki: Well, Sacramento was tough in early 2000s, but I'm going to go with the Oracle at Oakland, the We Believe team. I hate thinking back of that year 06-07, which was my MVP year. We were the first seed. It was the first time that eight seed beat the number one seed in a seven-game series. So that building was rocking. Baron Davis made a shot from half court almost every game they had. Nelly had them locked in. Steve Nash: Nelly versus Cuban. Nowitzki: Yeah, that was the wildest probably I've seen and well deserved. They got us.

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Oh No He Didn't: Dirk on the Mavs trading AD: "There's not a lot that came back with picks or player wise. I'm a little disappointed. I think (AD & Cooper) was a solid combo but we'll never know"

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NBA on Prime: From one generation to another. Dirk Nowitzki (@Swish41) talks with rookie Cooper Flagg about his first season in the league, the Dallas community and a whole bunch more!

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MFFL NATION: Cade Cunningham to Dirk Nowitzki: “Dirk you already know, you was the man. My city, man. Appreciate everything you did for us… I’m glad you enjoy my game.” (via @NBAonPrime)

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