Mavericks’ Nowitzki Gets the MVP Title

The Dallas Mavericks and its German star Dirk Nowitzki won the NBA title Sunday night beating the Miami Heat. Nowitzki was named the Most Valuable Player of the series, a title that only a handful of foreign-born players have earned. Anchor Marco Werman talks to Salman Mitha, who covers basketball for the German paper Munich Times, about the German’s achievement.

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