http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/4637 Recent articles about Dirk Nowitzki en-us Hawks vs Mavericks coverage Hawks vs Mavericks preview Peachtree Hoops The Match-ups:   Point Guard Jason Kidd: Well here we are again the second game of a back to back, and so far this year this has been the game that this team has struggled with. However typically the Mavs have been very good in the first game and they were awful last night. There defensive rotations were slow and they became once again very one demensional, as they shot zero fr... Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:50:29 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Mavericks_Vs_Hawks_Game_21_Preview/1687281 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Mavericks_Vs_Hawks_Game_21_Preview/1687281 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Mavericks_Vs_Hawks_Game_21_Preview/1687281 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03aacdb498a246bb2a90c15964c33b1e2ece4a5c/small/kidd.jpg As I mentioned last week in a post, Dirk Nowitzki is playing at an MVP level and the Mavericks are playing on a championship contending level. While Dallas is clearly Dirk’s team, Jason Kidd is quietly doing a great job as Nowitzki’s sidekick. In his 15th season in the League, you could argue that the [...] Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:00:38 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/All_Star_Watch_Jason_Kidd_Proving_Age_Ain_8217t_Nothin_8217_But_A_Number/1680570 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/All_Star_Watch_Jason_Kidd_Proving_Age_Ain_8217t_Nothin_8217_But_A_Number/1680570 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/All_Star_Watch_Jason_Kidd_Proving_Age_Ain_8217t_Nothin_8217_But_A_Number/1680570 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/3/03aacdb498a246bb2a90c15964c33b1e2ece4a5c/small/kidd.jpg Jefferson County prosecutors are dropping a theft charge against the former fiancee of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki because of potentially high trial costs. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:58:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Nowitzkis_ex_fiancee/1664421 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Nowitzkis_ex_fiancee/1664421 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Nowitzkis_ex_fiancee/1664421 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/9/3917bff5df793f92ce4a8a14857a0ac4cf1eab04/small/Picture_1.png BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) -- Jefferson County prosecutors are dropping a theft charge against the former fiancee of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki because of potentially high trial costs. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:55:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Dirks_ex_fiancee/1665136 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Dirks_ex_fiancee/1665136 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Dirks_ex_fiancee/1665136 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/d/0ddc40bf122b3ca7e025ab0063e7a51d235f8c33/small/cd.jpg BEAUMONT, Texas -- Jefferson County prosecutors are dropping a theft charge against the former fiancee of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki because of potentially high trial costs. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:50:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Nowitzki_039s_ex_fiancee/1663876 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Nowitzki_039s_ex_fiancee/1663876 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Theft_charge_dropped_against_Nowitzki_039s_ex_fiancee/1663876 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/9/3917bff5df793f92ce4a8a14857a0ac4cf1eab04/small/Picture_1.png It seems that the Dallas Mavericks have been a team on the decline ever since their shocking first round loss to the Golden State Warriors in 2007. Coming into this season, people were looking at this team as a sixth seed at best. Now that we are almost 20 games into the season, the 12-5 [...] Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:30:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/MVP_Watch_Dirk_Nowitzki_Has_Been_A_Cold_Blooded_Killer/1660310 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/MVP_Watch_Dirk_Nowitzki_Has_Been_A_Cold_Blooded_Killer/1660310 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/MVP_Watch_Dirk_Nowitzki_Has_Been_A_Cold_Blooded_Killer/1660310 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/d/0ddc40bf122b3ca7e025ab0063e7a51d235f8c33/small/cd.jpg Dirk Nowitzki’s ex-fiance Cristal Taylor was discovered to be a woman with a shady history and criminal background last spring. The two were set to be married -Cristal already had her dress and shoes picked out- until investigators hired by Dirk pulled her skeleton’s out of the closet. Cristal is serving five years in a Missouri [...] Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:18:15 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Cristal_Taylor_Still_Wants_to_Be_With_Dirk_Nowitzki/1628084 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Cristal_Taylor_Still_Wants_to_Be_With_Dirk_Nowitzki/1628084 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Cristal_Taylor_Still_Wants_to_Be_With_Dirk_Nowitzki/1628084 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/d/0ddc40bf122b3ca7e025ab0063e7a51d235f8c33/small/cd.jpg D Magazine : Dirk Nowitzki Is Saving Dallas Basketball One Shot at a Time Read this! Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:28:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/D_Magazine_Dirk_Nowitzki_Is_Saving_Dallas_Basketball_One_Shot_at_a_Time/1597474 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/D_Magazine_Dirk_Nowitzki_Is_Saving_Dallas_Basketball_One_Shot_at_a_Time/1597474 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/D_Magazine_Dirk_Nowitzki_Is_Saving_Dallas_Basketball_One_Shot_at_a_Time/1597474 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/9/3917bff5df793f92ce4a8a14857a0ac4cf1eab04/small/Picture_1.png More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (41) of Germany celebrates after making a shot in the final minute of overtime during an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Dallas. Nowitzki had 41-points in the 99-94 Mavericks win. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Browse more photos » We still haven't been able to see both of these teams face each other at full stren... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:49:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Dirk_Leads_Mavs_Past_Spurs_in_OT/1592982 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Dirk_Leads_Mavs_Past_Spurs_in_OT/1592982 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/Dirk_Leads_Mavs_Past_Spurs_in_OT/1592982 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/d/0ddc40bf122b3ca7e025ab0063e7a51d235f8c33/small/cd.jpg Back in 1998, the Milwaukee Bucks drafted a skinny 20 year-old kid out of Germany named Dirk Nowitzki and immediately traded him to the Dallas Mavericks for Robert “Tractor” Traylor and Pat Garrity. The Bucks never had any intention of keeping Nowitzki; at that point, the Mavs were on the forefront of foreign scouting and [...] Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:30:06 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Line_of_the_Night_1016_Dirk_Nowitzki/1580957 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Line_of_the_Night_1016_Dirk_Nowitzki/1580957 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Line_of_the_Night_1016_Dirk_Nowitzki/1580957 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/9/3917bff5df793f92ce4a8a14857a0ac4cf1eab04/small/Picture_1.png More photos » by Donna McWilliam - AP Browse more photos » Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-marg... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:40:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Dirk_Nowitzki_Takes_Control_and_Proves_a_Point/1498225 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Dirk_Nowitzki_Takes_Control_and_Proves_a_Point/1498225 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Dirk_Nowitzki_Takes_Control_and_Proves_a_Point/1498225 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/9/3917bff5df793f92ce4a8a14857a0ac4cf1eab04/small/Picture_1.png Dallas Mavericks big man Dirk Nowitzki is a rampaging beast! No, really, look at that ugly dude. He looks like a sasquatch after a body wax and Atkins. But the Abominable Dirkman found his groove in the fourth quarter against the Jazz, dropping 29 in the last period to pull off a 96-85 win against [...] Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:22:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/DIRK_POPS_OFF_29_IN_ONE_QUARTER/1497562 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/DIRK_POPS_OFF_29_IN_ONE_QUARTER/1497562 http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/DIRK_POPS_OFF_29_IN_ONE_QUARTER/1497562 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/9/3917bff5df793f92ce4a8a14857a0ac4cf1eab04/small/Picture_1.png Today’s headlines have been dominated by Manny, but there’s some weird stuff brewing down in Dallas, where a woman who is reportedly Dirk Nowitzki’s pregnant fiancée has been arrested on fraud charges. Cristal Taylor, who has used at least eight aliases while racking up what appears to be a number of bills that she had no intention of paying, was picked up by Dallas police at Nowitzki’s house on Wednesday morning on an outstanding warrant. 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