Dirk Considers Playing For German National Team
Dirk Nowitzki is considering joining the German national team this summer to help their chances of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Dirk Nowitzki is considering joining the German national team this summer to help their chances of qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The Raptors introduced the Dallas assistant at a news conference Tuesday, nine days after he helped the Mavericks win the NBA title. Casey succeeds Jay Triano, who was shuffled into the role of a consultant after the season.
NBA owners and players are scheduled to meet again Tuesday, a session that Commissioner David Stern indicated would be critical in gauging whether a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached before the current deal expires June 30.
Your NBA champs are getting some love on Capitol Hill. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) sponsored and passed a resolution congratulating the Dallas Mavericks on winning the Finals.
It was the biggest party North Texas has seen in years. The Dallas Mavericks NBA Championship Parade moved through downtown Dallas.
The face of the Dallas Mavericks laughed, sang and even seemed to tear up. For Dirk Nowitzki, the only thing that could come close to being an NBA champion for the first time was celebrating it with the fans in his adopted hometown of Dallas.
Thousands of Dallas Mavericks fans flooded into downtown Dallas Thursday to celebrate the city's first sports title in over a decade.
It's a spin on the Michael Jordan anthem "Like Mike," but tailored after the beloved Dallas Mavericks forward and NBA Finals MVP.
Dallas officials say they are trying to ensure that the 250,000 jubilant Mavs fans expected in downtown for the team's victory parade are safe.
Dallas Mavericks player Jason Terry says he and Dirk Nowitzki should march into team president Donnie Nelson's office and lobby him to immediately re-sign Tyson Chandler, Caron Butler, J.J. Barea and the rest of the free agents-to-be.
It may be a case of a little too much celebrating. Dallas Mavericks player DeShawn Stevenson was arrested Tuesday night in Irving.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has congratulated Dirk Nowitzki on winning the MVP in the Dallas Mavericks' NBA finals triumph.
Mark Cuban's idea to celebrate a championship with something other than rings is being soundly rejected by the Mavs organization.
Dirk and the boys are now taking their talents (and their trophy) to New York via satellite as they'll appear on the Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday night to present Letterman's signature Top Ten List.
When Don Carter founded the Mavericks in 1980, Dallas was a football town. "Everybody thought we were crazy trying to bring the NBA here" said Carter.
