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The Great Nowitzki - Basketball and the Meaning of Life (Paperback)
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The Great Nowitzki - Basketball and the Meaning of Life (Paperback)
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Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
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The seven-foot Dirk Nowitzki is one of the greatest players in
basketball history. The Dallas Maverick's legend revolutionised the
sport, redefining the role of the big man in the modern game. Dirk
moved differently: flexible and fast, confident and in control. He
thought differently, too. On the court, his shots were
masterful-none more venerated than his signature one-legged
flamingo fadeaway, a move that lives on in the repertoire of
today's most skilled NBA players. How did this lanky kid from the
German suburbs become an all-time top ten scorer and NBA champion?
How can a superstar stay so humble? Award-winning novelist and
sportswriter Thomas Pletzinger spent over seven years traveling
with Nowitzki. He witnessed Dirk's summer workouts, involving
fingertip pushups and the study of the physics, and spent days
discussing literature and philosophy with Holger Geschwindner,
Dirk's enigmatic mentor and coach. Watching Nowitzki in empty gyms
and in packed arenas with 30,000 fans, Pletzinger began to
understand how Dirk and Holger's philosophical insights on
performance, creativity and freedom enabled his success and
longevity. The Great Nowitzki tells Dirk's dramatic story like
never before. Pletzinger describes Dirk's youth in small-town
Germany, follows the steep learning curve of Dirk's early seasons,
the devastating Finals loss to the Miami Heat, and the triumphant
championship five years later. Travelling with Dirk in his final
seasons, Pletzinger immerses himself in the community of people
impacted by Nowitzki's game, interviewing everyone from average
fans in Dallas and security guards at the arena to front office
executives and Hall of Fame teammates, who reflect on what Dirk's
career means to the next generation of ballplayers. And to the game
itself. A masterpiece of sports writing that reads like a novel,
The Great Nowitzki brims with a fan's passion. Pletzinger shows how
strongly basketball influences our imagination and the
extraordinary journey an icon like Dirk Nowitzki must take to reach
the pinnacle of the game.
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