Dallas Mavericks grandpa legend, Dirk Nowitkzi Nowitzki hit a major career milestone last night against the Los Angeles Clippers when he became the sixth player in NBA history to spend 50,000 minutes on the hardwood.
50,000 minutes can change a man.
Dirk Nowitzki becomes the sixth player in NBA history to play 50,000 career minutes.
Congrats to @swish41 pic.twitter.com/t9Iteitdn0
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 6, 2018
Dirk passed Elvin Hayes on the NBA’s all-time minutes played list, moving into 5th all time. Now Dirk joins an elite club of Elvin Hayes, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett, Karl Malone, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players in NBA history to play 50,000+ minutes.
Unfortunately, all of the Mavs excitement lead to a pretty embarrassing oversight… Ole Dirk was wearing a jersey that misspelled his name. Somehow, nobody noticed the misspelling until the end of this game.
How does Dirk's name get spelled wrong now??? (h/t @samirBasaria11) pic.twitter.com/IMSKUKOJ5g
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) February 6, 2018
Someone is definitely getting fired:
They really spelled Dirk’s name wrong on the night he surpassed 50,000 career minutes 🤦🏾♂️ (via @shaqtin) pic.twitter.com/RgpsxSv7WY
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Cosmis/status/960752638282358785
On the night Dirk Nowitzki recorded 50,000 career minutes, the name on the back of his jersey is misspelled #WhoIsNowitkzi #CmonFamDoBetter (h/t @samirbasaria11) pic.twitter.com/H3Gj3LrSyU
— SB Nation NBA (Click the pic to read 🔽) (@SBNationNBA) February 6, 2018
Also, I love Dirk’s comment about the jersey after the game:
Dirk Nowitzki on his misspelled jersey. "I didn't even notice. It kind of sums up our season."
— Eddie Sefko (@ESefko) February 6, 2018
He’s basically saying the Mavs season doesn’t matter, no one really cares, and the team is trying to act like it isn’t a huge disastrous mess.
Anyway, huge night for Dirk who drafted during the Nixon administration. I would argue, Dirk Nowitzki shouldn’t get credit for minutes played by Dirk Nowitkzi… meaning Dirk won’t join the NBA’s 50k minutes club until they lose to the Warriors on Thursday. So, be sure to tune in for that milestone.