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Article: Fans want NBA star to carry flag for Germany.(Sports)

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July 31, 2008
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FRANKFURT, Germany | Fans of Dirk Nowitzki have mounted an Internet campaign they hope will lead to his selection as Germany's flag bearer at the Beijing Olympics.

Germany's basketball team, led by the 30-year-old Nowitzki, qualified for the Games 10 days ago. That makes him eligible to be flag bearer. Signatures reached 3,800 on a Web site Wednesday.

"That would be super," the Dallas Mavericks star said Wednesday. "I would be honored."

Nowitzki will be aided in the middle by Los Angeles Clippers center Chris Kaman, whose grandparents are German.

Germany is in Group B with the United States, China, Angola, Greece and Spain.

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