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Dallas City Council unanimously approves "Nowitzki Way" for Mavericks legend

Dirk Nowitzki will soon have a street named after him in front of American Airlines Center.
Dalton Trigg|

According to KRLD's Austin York, the Dallas City Council has officially approved the renaming of a portion of Olive Street in front of American Airlines Center to "Nowitzki Way."

The Dallas City Council's vote on this issue was unanimous, which should be a surprise to no one. Dirk Nowitzki, who recently retired in April after playing 21 unforgettable seasons with the Dallas Mavericks, is a Dallas legend, not only for what he did on the basketball court, but also for how he's always finding ways to give back to the community through The Dirk Nowitzki Foundation.

Although Nowitzki wasn't able to be at Dallas City Hall on Wednesday to accept the proposal, his long-time former Maverick teammate and recently hired Texas Legends Assistant General Manager, Jason Terry was there to accept the proposal on his behalf.

"It's a great way to honor a living legend," said Terry in his acceptance speech. "As great of a basketball player that Dirk is and was, he's that much more as a human being. He serves as a great role model to all of our youths here in the city of Dallas."

This is sure to be one of the many immortalizing gestures heading Nowitzki's way (pun intended). We already know that the Mavs will have a silhouette of Nowitzki's iconic one-legged fadeaway on the AAC hardwood for the upcoming 2019-2020 season. Adding on to that, we also expect the Mavs to retire No. 41 into the AAC rafters and eventually put up a statue of Nowitzki as well. One would think that the jersey retirement would take place at some point this season, but no official announcements for that have been made at this time.

For now though, Nowitzki Way will be there, in front of the house that Dirk built, for Mavs fans everywhere to enjoy as they pass through.

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Dalton Trigg
DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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