I See You Big German

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Dirk Nowitzki and What He Means to Dallas (And Me)

By Zac Crain

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I See You Big German traces the extraordinary basketball career of Dirk Nowitzki, a towering German talent who transformed Dallas from a basketball wasteland into an NBA powerhouse. Over 21 seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, Nowitzki achieved historic honours, including an NBA championship and MVP award, while author Zac Crain intertwines his own Dallas experience to capture the city's evolution alongside the sport.
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This book is ideal for sports fans, especially basketball enthusiasts and Dallas Mavericks supporters. It also appeals to readers interested in personal memoirs, city culture, and stories of perseverance and legacy within professional sports.

A lyric essay that follows Dallas Mavericks star player Nowitzki's 21-year career, charting the highs and lows of his career through the lens of a recent cultural history of Dallas.

Launch event planned in Dallas, Texas in conjunction with Nowitzky’s jersey number retirement Pitching promotional work with the Dallas Mavericks team and Dallas Morning News Deep Vellum will participate in/be present for extensive celebrations planned across city of Dallas, including street name dedication, statue unveiling, etc. Review copies will be sent targeting all major print and digital literary & sports media outlets; additional review copies available upon request Promotion on the publisher’s website (deepvellum.org), twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum); promotion in the publisher’s e-newsletter

Description

In the 1990s, Dallas was a basketball wasteland. Along came Dirk Nowitzki, a towering Würzburg, Germany native with a cool efficiency and the ability to make shots from seemingly impossible angles.

In the years thereafter, Nowitzki would spend his entire 21-season NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks, the longest tenure of any one player with one team in the league's history. He led them to their first and only NBA championship while being named a 14-time All-Star, a 12-time All-NBA Team member, and the first European player to receive the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award.

Zac Crain, an award-winning journalist for D Magazine who moved to Dallas the same year that Nowitzki began his career in the city, memorialises Nowitzki's career through a lyric essay reminiscent of Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain that mixes the author's story with the basketball legend's. The essay charts the highs and lows (and mostly highs) of the Mavs' all-time statistical leader's career.

By paying homage to Dallas' star basketball player, author Zac Crain connects the Mavs' success with the growth of the city itself and what the sport means to Dallas' now basketball-obsessed citizens.

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Reviewers praise the book as a heartfelt memoir about Dirk Nowitzki written with warmth and humour. It’s celebrated as an ode to basketball, fatherhood, and Dallas itself, blending personal storytelling with sports history. Readers find it thoughtful, funny, and a nostalgic reflection of a magical basketball era.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781646050352

Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 July 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing

Illustration: No

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 216

Collections

Basketball Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Sports Sports Biographies Zac Crain

About the Author

Zac Crain is senior editor of D Magazine. He has written about the explosion in West, Texas; legendary country singer Charley Pride; Tony Dorsett's struggle with life after football; and imaginary meetings with a mosquito and a Pegasus. Crain is the author of A Pedestrian's Recent History of Dallas, published by Deep Vellum in 2020, as well as 2009's Black Tooth Grin: The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. He lives in Dallas.