Dirk Nowitzki in Tron, animated form

Dirk Nowitzki’s always been a bit science-fictional, a larger-than-life spieler who remains suspiciously impervious to the ravages of time or physical injury: The lifetime Dallas Maverick has played in 920 of a possible 952 regular-season games, a 96.64% attendance rate, in his 12-year career while maintaining mostly consistent per game scoring averages of 23.4 to 26.6 over the past nine seasons.

In fact, coupled with an accent once frighteningly similar to the Governator’s, one might wonder if Nowitzki is actually a cyborg sent from the future to terminate all NBA scoring records – or at least set a high bar for Europeans in the NBA.

As the 2010-11 NBA season nears tip off, BuckBokai pays tribute to Dastardly Dirk in the finest way he knows possible: With YouTube clips! Check out Nowitzki subbing in for Jeff “The Dude” Bridges in Tron 2.0; then witness the origin story of Supermav in an animation somewhat reminiscent of the Shurayukihime/Blood:The Last Vampire-influenced animation sequence in Kill Bill:Volume I.

He’ll be back.

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