The North American Basketball League elects the German Superstar Dirk Nowitzki as the best player of the season. The most important award goes to a player who has cracked an Ancient record in the NBA.
Dirk Nowitzki has been named best player of the past season in the North American Basketball League NBA. With the “Teammate of the Year” honors in the NBA every year for a professional who exemplifies “selfless play, commitment and dedication to his Team”. The former German national team player, missed during the past season due to injuries 28 games of his Dallas Mavericks, is the first international player to receive this distinction. Nowitzki thanked at the event of the NBA in New York, his teammates and his family for their support on and off the field. “I still enjoy it, to measure myself and hope to play a couple of years,” said the 39-Year-old.
Record holder Westwood most valuable NBA players
Nowitzki was also Laudator in use. He handed over to the Greeks Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, the trophy for the player with the largest increase in performance. The most important award, the award for the most valuable player of the season, went to Superstar Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Westbrook had cracked in the past season the 55-year-old Triple-Double record of Basketball legend Oscar Robertson. Of a Triple-Double is when a player has achieved in three categories, for example, points, Rebounds, and Assists, in a game a two-digit value. The 28-Year-old managed this feat in 42 regular season games. The early From his team in the first Play-off round but could not prevent Westbrook.
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