Most tenured employees would be lucky to get a plaque with their name on it. Dirk Nowitzki gets entire monuments. This one’s a little more cooler than his bronze likeness outside the American Airlines Center. For starters, it’s something the Dallas Mavericks built in his hometown. Secondly, it recognizes 20 years of Dirk’s relentless work off the court. And the biggest reason, this gift to the Dunking Deutschman’s home will probably create the next Dirk Nowitzki.

The Dallas Mavericks unveiled its fourth international basketball court on October 1 in Gustav Walle Mittelschule in Würzburg, Germany. He was born in Würzburg in 1978, when it was still West Germany. His mother, Helga was a member of the West Germany team that went to the 1966 EuroBasket Women. At 15, Dirk was gaining attention

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