Ranking the 2023 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame finalists
2. Dirk Nowitzki
Nowitzki had a legendary 21-year NBA career, all with the Dallas Mavericks, where he was a 14-time All-Star, 12-time All-NBA team member and became the first European-born player to win league MVP in 2007. He holds numerous Mavs records including points, rebounds, blocks and field goals.
The German basketball star is the only player with at least 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, 1,200 steals, 1,200 blocks and 1,500 three-point field goals in NBA history. He also retired as the highest-scoring foreign-born player in league history with 31,560 points, the sixth-most all-time. A member of the NBA 75th Anniversary team, Nowitzki is perhaps one of the easiest players to elect for first-ballot induction of all time.