Dirk Nowitzki is the gift that keeps on giving.
As if it wasn’t enough that he had a hall of fame career, spent all 21 of his NBA seasons with the Mavericks and led them to the 2011 NBA championship – that’s plenty, right? – he’s still winning fans as a vibrant member of the Dallas community.
On Thursday, he led a small army of volunteers and helpers from his Dirk Nowitzki Foundation to hand out more than 1,000 Thanksgiving dinners with turkeys and all the trimmings.
The event at the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center in south Dallas was a show of pride and resolve as Nowitzki, his family and all the volunteers braved a cold, steady rain and kept smiling all the way through it.