Dirk Nowitzki is a German basketball player who has played in the NBA since 1998. Dirk was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks and played for the Mavericks for his entire career. He was drafted at 20 years old and played as a power forward and a center. Dirk retired from the NBA last year at the age of 41 after a long 21 seasons. He ranks sixth in NBA history with over 31,000 career points and led the Mavericks to their first NBA title in the 2010-11 season. Standing at 7 feet tall, Dirk has accumulated many rebounds in his career, which will be the focus of the following charts. He also was named the NBA MVP in the 2007 season. In 2008, he became the franchise’s all-time scoring leader.

Looking at the shot chart for Dirk’s 2018-19 season, the majority of his shots were taken on the left and right side of the hoop, right outside of the box. The chart shows where Dirk took most of his shots from compared to where the rest of the NBA shot from which is marked as the league average. His shots taken from the left and right side of the hoop, outside the box, were 10% higher than the rest of the league while his shots taken. While his shots taken from the right side, right outside the 3-point-line were 10% lower than the NBA average.

This shot chart is from Dirk’s 2017-2018 season, with the majority of his shots being taken right below the hoop and right inside the 3-point-line towards the middle. The chart shows where Dirk took most of his shots from compared to where the rest of the NBA shot from which is marked as the league average. His shots taken from right below the hoop and right inside the 3-point-line, towards the middle are 10% higher than the rest of the league’s average here. While his shots taken from the right side, right inside the 3-point-line were 5% lower than the NBA average.

This bar plot shows Dirk’s TRB% or Total Rebound Percentage which is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor. In the 2012-13 season, Dirk’s TRB% was 12.2%, in the 2013-14 season it was 10.9%, in the 2014-15 season it was 11.0%, in the 2015-16 season it was 11.4%, in the 2016-17 it was 14.4%, in the 2017-18 season it was 12.8% and lastly in the 2018-19 season it was 10.6%. Dirk’s highest TRB was in the 2016-17 season at 14.4% and his lowest TRB was in 2018-19 season when it was 10.6%. The x-axis is significant of the seasons in ascending order and the y axis is significant of the TRB%. Since Dirk plays as a power forward and center his TRB% is higher overall than, per say, a point guard, who would spend less time right near the hoop. According to BasketballReference.com, Dirk has 10,000 rebounds.

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