Dirk Nowitzki (1994-2019)
From 1994-1998 Dirk Nowitzki played professional basketball in Germany, but in 1998 he was drafted to the Dallas Mavericks, where he played for the remaining eleven years of his career. He ended his career with 31,560 points, which is a 20.7 point per game average. He was the first non-North American to receive the Naismith Legacy Award, which was given to him in 2012.
Dirk Nowitzki (1994-2019)
Rik Smits (1988-2000)
Rik Smits was originally born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, but he came to America in 1984 for college and was drafted to play for the Indiana Pacers in 1988. After Smits retired from the NBA he had to have four different foot surgeries to repair damaged nerves that he got from wearing such tight shoes as a teenager as well as a big back surgery to correct cracks in a joint that link his vertebrae together.
Rik Smits (1988-2000)
