On January 6, 2022, Beijing time, the official website of the NBA reported that Nowitzki's No. 41 jersey was officially retired, marking the recognition of Dirk Nowitzki in an NBA league affirmation and fan recognition. Nowitzki can be said to be the youth and memories of many fans, accompanied by their childhood basketball memories, Nowitzki career won a total of 31560 total points, championships, regular season MVP and FMVP and many other honors, is the representative of German basketball, Nowitzki "Golden Rooster Independence" shooting method, still appear in front of our eyes.
The origin of the No. 41 jersey. There is also a very story about the origin of nowitzki's No. 41 shirt, which can be said to have something to do with his dream. Because as a young player, he likes Charles Barkley very much, he originally wore the No. 11 jersey at the beginning, but then saw Charles Barkley wearing the No. 14 jersey when he participated in the Barcelona Olympics, so he also changed the jersey number in Germany and began to use the No. 14 jersey, but after coming to the NBA, the No. 14 jersey could not be given to a rookie player, so in the case of no way, Nowitzki changed the No. 14 jersey to no. 41, which is the source of the No. 41 jersey. Maybe we can say something like this: Charles Barkley made the No. 14 jersey extraordinary, and Nowitzki made the No. 41 go down in NBA history.
Nowitzki talked about his 1998 draft. Nowitzki said that he was not sure if he could be selected at that time, and he was also very nervous in his heart, at which Nike basketball summit, Nowitzki scored 33 points and 14 rebounds to shake the United States, and even shocked the NBA league, because Nowitzki was only 20 years old at the time, which attracted the attention of the NBA Development League. At that time, Nowitzki was very unconfident, when he finished the competition, he did not continue to stay in the United States, but chose to return to Germany for training, he later recalled: because of the lack of confidence at that time, he did not feel that he would be selected, and he also wanted to use the time, so he decided to return to Germany for training. A few days later, he received a call from Don Nelson, the general manager of the Lone Ranger at the time, saying that he was very interested in Nowitzki and was very focused on his future upside, so he came to the NBA league to develop. At the moment of receiving the news, he and coach Holger, who was in Germany at the time, hugged him.
There is no nostalgia for basketball. For the end of Nowitzki's 21-year season career, this is also a relief for Nowitzki, he said that since he likes basketball to participate in professional leagues, he has been contributing his time to basketball, the time that really belongs to him is very little, and now he wants to do more to accompany his family and enjoy life, so he does not linger on basketball games and basketball training, but has a sense of relief, and he also said that he has endured a lot of pressure in the team game, making him breathless, Now he no longer has to bear these pressures, and he can comfortably watch the game.