If you’re German, anyway.
The Muricans felt the agony of got beat.
FIBA World Cup 2023: Germany shock USA in Manila thriller to reach final – Andreas Obst scored a game-high 24 points to lead Germany to a 113-111 win over the reigning Olympic champions.
“This is not 1992 anymore. Players are better all over the world, teams are better, and it’s not easy to win a World Cup or an Olympic Games.”
Thank you, Dirk, Uwe and Detlef!
Watching Dirk run/stumble around the American Airlines Center on Friday night against Memphis in a glorified preseason game was bittersweet, and an ideal reminder there is no Dirk without the two Germans who came long before him.
Mavericks fans, when you thank Dirk, be sure to nod and clap for Uwe Blab and Detlef Schrempf. That duo didn’t make Dirk, but they made what he did possible.
“When I was a kid growing up in Germany, I was a complete outcast,” said Blab, who is 57 and lives in Dripping Springs and works in Austin. “I was 7-foot-2, 180 pounds. I was a freak. No girls. Nothing. Many negative comments, and just this general attitude when you walked into a place. I came to America, and it was, ‘Ohhhhhhh — look at that guy.’ I had a new life here. I was totally accepted.”
MIAMI — On the night he finally found vengeance, eternal validation and the highest measure of victory to wag in the face of anyone who had ever called him soft or mocked his cough, Dirk Nowitzki wasn’t going to let the world see his tears.
“Whoa, did y’all hear me cough? I think I’m sick.”
Observing Hermann 