First let me congratulate my all time favorite Maverick, Dirk Nowitzki. Major kudos on reaching 20,000 points and everything you have done to lead this franchise out of the NBA basement. But now I must apologize with some truth.
After Dirk reached his milestone, ESPN SportsNation asked if he was the best foreign born player in NBA history. I'm sorry, he isn't. The best ever player born outside the USA was born in Lagos, Nigeria and is name is Hakeem Olajuwon. 3 finals appearances with 2 championships, 2 finals MVP's, 1 league MVP, several defensive player of the year's, nearly every year an all star and 1st, 2nd or 3rd team all NBA and the same for all defensive team and top that off with a quadruple double. And that doesn't include college all America's and 3 final 4 appearrances, twice in the championship game.
Dirk is the greatest Maverick ever, but for 20 years we all got to share in the most wonderful dream.
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