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By Amanda Wilkins. It's official: Dirk Nowitzki and Jessica Olsson are married.

By Brad Townsend. Editor's note: The following story was originally published June 16, We're bringing it back as part of Dirk's Domain, our Nowitzki career retrospective, which can be found by going to sportsdaydfw. Dirk Nowitzki had long wanted children. He thought he would be great with them, being a fun-loving, 7-foot lunk of a kid himself. He'd long been the rock of the Mavericks franchise, fiercely shepherding it an improbable NBA title.

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Dirk Nowitzki is identified by fans and fellow athletes as the greatest player to ever don the Dallas Mavericks jersey, and is a future candidate for NBA hall of fame. He retired in April , after 21 seasons. At the time, she worked at the Dallas Art Gallery. The legendary basketball player immediately became smitten with Jessica and they began dating. The color of love: Dirk Nowitzki talks of being married Kenyan woman. She likes art, she likes sports. Her brothers both played soccer. She grew up around sports. We both love tennis and we love to travel. The couple tied the knot in In a test of how well they knew each other, he had to find Jessica among five women who had all been covered up from head to toe. Dirk was able to pick out Jessica by her height and scent. He went on to add that he traversed Kenya for a week in a low-key affair, from the Mount Kenya region, Nairobi to Mombasa.

Dirk Nowitzki is identified by fans and fellow athletes as the greatest player to ever don the Dallas Mavericks jersey, and is a future candidate for NBA hall of fame.

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The NBA has been largely dominated by American players over the years but a few foreign imports have managed to make their mark in the big league. One person who stands out in this regard is Dirk Nowitzki. The German player joined the NBA in and has gone on to establish himself as one of the best power forwards in the history of the league. In a glorious career spanning 21 years, Nowitzki has won several titles, including NBA Championships. He has also set, as well as broken several records. As the German star calls time on an illustrious career.

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Jessica met her then-boyfriend Dirk in at a sports economic event. Despite being the wife of a well-known personality, she tends to lead a low-key life. She is the eldest sibling in her family and has two young twin brothers named Martin and Marcus Olsson who are both famous football players. After her first meeting with her future husband Dirk, the couple fell in love and allegedly started dating, though, Dirk never confirmed it publicly. As a honeymoon destination, the newly married couple chose the Caribbean Islands. Some years later Jessica and Dirk established the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation together which is a charity dedicated to fighting poverty in Africa. Today the couple shares three beautiful children together. She met Dirk in and dated him for 10 years. The couple broke up because Dirk was not ready to have a family before he turns 30, he was training every day and wanted to succeed in his basketball career. Also since Dirk moved to Dallas from Germany he had a hard time adjusting to the American environment after joining the NBA and had stressful times.

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Nowitzki figures Max is two or three years from that understanding, but he says that won't factor into how much longer he plays. He thought he would be great with them, being a fun-loving, 7-foot lunk of a kid himself. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Year by year, Dallas watched its adopted, soon-to-be-favorite son mature through stages of stardom and manhood. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Or with:. Jessica's father is Swedish; her mother Kenyan. Sometimes, when fans are lucky, popular stars have extended runs. Be the smartest Mavericks fan. Dirk Nowitzki is identified by fans and fellow athletes as the greatest player to ever don the Dallas Mavericks jersey, and is a future candidate for NBA hall of fame. Though he's the sixth-leading scorer in NBA history and famously competitive, the pushover part is easy to imagine for anyone who has seen Nowitzki around children.

His shot became his signature, that signature became a statue. Resplendent in white bronze, 24 feet high, over on the right wing of Victory Plaza outside the American Airlines Center, Nowitzki is immortalized in the shooting form that earned him so many of his 35, points regular and postseason. Look back at five iconic signature shots from Dirk Nowitzki's career.

Year by year, Dallas watched its adopted, soon-to-be-favorite son mature through stages of stardom and manhood. Two-time reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry's older daughter, Riley, became a mini-celebrity during last year's playoffs when, at age 2, she sat in her father's lap during postgame news conferences. Accept Read More. Nowitzki says he cherishes the fact that his NBA career has lasted long enough for Malaika to grasp what he does for a living and to feel part of it. Mavericks fans rejoiced for the franchise icon, having seen him endure the sting of playoff disappointments and the heartbreak of a engagement gone bad. Having two toddlers ensures perpetual chaos and entertainment, typical of many families, never mind that Nowitzki is North Texas' most beloved athlete, if not person, of the past decade. Dirk says Malaika is bright and has quickly picked up all three languages, though sometimes, he says with a smile, "She's a little all over the shop. Accompanied by Mavericks coach and general manager Don Nelson, Nowitzki stepped off the plane wearing a blue plaid shirt, a small hoop earring and sporting a '90s Nick Carter middle-part haircut. By Brad Townsend. He marvels that he's been a Dallasite for nearly as long as he lived in his hometown, Wurzburg, Germany. Remember me.