OREANDA-NEWS. June 02, 2015. The first celebrity to get his handprint on the wall next to his own life-size LEGO model was German NBA star Dirk Nowitzki. Dirk Nowitzki from Dallas Mavericks is the only German player in the National Basketball Association in USA and he has recently been selected for the NBA All Star team.

Yesterday Dirk Nowitzki was in the German LEGOLAND Park to open the new Wall of Fame. He was accompanied by several cameramen and journalists from German TV, radio and press.

”It was great to have Dirk Nowitzki in the Park. First he put his handprint on the Wall of Fame where the guests also can see the 2.13 meters life-size LEGO model of Dirk. After this he had a good game of LEGO Basketball with some of the children in the Park and he also had time for a ride on the Wave Racers in the LEGO X-treme area,” says Kristina Krupp from LEGOLAND Deutschland.

Dirk Nowitzki is also on of the NBA stars included in the LEGO NBA Collectors mini-figure series. In LEGOLAND Deutschland six life-size LEGO models of NBA All Stars are on display: Jason Kidd from New Jersey Nets, Chris Webber from Sacramento Kings, Kevin Garnett from Minnesota Timberwolfs, Shaquille O?Neill from Los Angeles Lakers, Vince Carter from Toronto Raptors and Dirk Nowitzki.