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Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Dwyane Wade enshrined in HOF
Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol brought a European flavor to the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement. Fans waved a German flag and chanted Nowitzki's name when the former Dallas Mavericks star walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall on Saturday night for the ceremony. Parker's fans whooped it up when he took the stage to lead off the proceedings. "There are a lot of French people in town. Sorry," the former San Antonio Spurs point guard said. Spain was well represented, too, with Gasol shouting out his national team -- "mi familia" -- before joining what might be the greatest international class of inductees in the Springfield shrine's history.
Nowitzki was the first European-born player to win the NBA MVP award, in 2007. Parker's NBA Finals MVP award that year was the first for a European. In 2002, Gasol was the NBA's first international rookie of the year. Others enshrined include Dwyane Wade -- a key player on three NBA championship teams in Miami -- and former NC State coach Jim Valvano, who led the Wolfpack to the 1983 NCAA title and went on to be a broadcaster and advocate for cancer research. Valvano was inducted posthumously.
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