Dirk Nowitzki is most likely the best professional German basketball player to ever be drafted into the NBA. Nowitzki was drafted ninth overall in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks but was diverted to the Dallas Mavericks where he's spent his entire twenty-year NBA career and for obvious reasons. Dirk is considered to be one of the greatest power forwards to ever play the game with his all-around knowledge and ability standing at a tall 7'0". There's virtually nothing that Nowitzki couldn't do during the prime of his career.
Nowitzki has averaged an impressive 21.2 points per game throughout his entire career and has earned a single NBA Championship and NBA Finals MVP in 2011 against Lebron James and the Miami Heat. Nowitzki also has earned MVP honors in the year 2007 as well as thirteen NBA All-Star appearances as well.