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About Dirk Nowitzki: The German Giant
Product Description What do Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Wilt Chamberlain have in common? They are all basketball legends, and the only five NBA players to have scored 30,000 points in the all-time NBA points list ahead of Dirk Nowitzki. It was March 7, 2017 when, in the second period of a game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Nowitzki fired off his patented fadeaway jump shot and scored. This basket allowed him to reach the magic mark. On his way to becoming a cult figure in the sport, Nowitzki has long since achieved the highest level. This illustrated book shows how it all happened. The boy from Würzburg became a Bundesliga and national team player, then made the leap to the NBA, made a name for himself there, won a championship, broke records, and proved himself to be a top-level player, game after game, for 20 years. Renowned journalist and author Dino Reisner describes not only the big picture behind this stellar career, but also the little anecdotes and important people who have crossed Nowitzki's path over the years. An attractive and dynamic layout with 180 spectacular and emotional photographs makes this book a true pleasure and treasure for basketball fans. About the Author For more than two decades DINO REISNER has been following the career of Dirk Nowitzki. When only 16 years old he saw the native of Würzburg, Germany, whirling across the basketball courts. In his home town of Bayreuth, Reisner himself took the orange leather in hand. After completing studies in Bamberg and Berlin, he took over the sports desk for the Bavarian edition of the daily newspaper called Die Welt in Munich. Later he went into business for himself as an independent journalist and book author. He has worked, for example, for Bild, Kicker-Sportmagazin and the TV station Sky as well as authored multiple non-fiction books and biographies. From 2014 to 2016 Reisner lived in Leipzig and worked as the communications manager for the German national league basketball team Mitteldeutscher BC. Reisner has already written two successful biographies about the German basketball superstar: German Wunderkind (2004) and Die Dirk-Nowitzki-Story (2011). He has visited the NBA professional multiple times where he now lives in Dallas.
