Today is Dirk Nowitzki's 38th Birthday - Let's Look Back on some Highlight Plays he's done before in his career as an NBA Player

(Artwork by Sean Curate)

After playing over 1,400 games and 50,000 minutes in the regular season and playoffs over the course of his 17-plus seasons in the NBA, it would be easy for Dirk Nowitzki to think it a chore to prepare for each game — let alone each season. But ask anyone who knows Nowitzki well to describe him and they all say the same thing: as he reaches his 38th birthday, he still approaches the game the same way he did as a kid growing up Germany dreaming about the NBA.

Today, we will look back on some of the Highlight Plays in his career since he started playing in NBA with the Dallas Mavericks.