Outside of his wife, Jessica, only a few people really know Dirk Nowitzki.
Coach Don Nelson drafted the teenager out of Germany and built a strong working and personal relationship with Nowitzki because he saw the potential that most others didn’t. And the two could give each other relentless grief and laugh about it.
Steve Nash was the teammate who worked out, ate and partied with Nowitzki as they grew through their early, carefree NBA years and into superstar players.
Holger Geschwindner was the mentor from Germany whose conditioning and basketball drills were out of the ordinary, but helped make Nowitzki great.