FADE AWAY

It was quite rare for me to be able to write something like this to someone who i just idolize...Since the words came out so easily, I decided to write those thoughts n a paper and it turned out like this...it was weird but somehow I liked it...this one's for you Mr. Fadeaway..hahah..:))

T'was not an instant admiration,

As I saw how this guy captured the hearts of all the mavz nation;

Wondered what made him so famous,

I thought: "was he even that gorgeous?"

I only heard about his cool & unique name,

But I never saw him played, not even a single game;

Not until this 2011 NBA Playoffs season,

When I started watching NBA Basketball for no particular reason.

They call him by the name Dirk Nowitzki,

The 7-ft tall German assassin famous for his unstoppable fade away;

He could just be one of NBA's greatest shooters,

But to Mavs he's their own big superstar & their ever down-to-earth leader.

His road to NBA stardom was rough,

Started as an awkward newbie in a strange environment where basketball was played tough;

He may have been branded soft player because he is white,

But who cares? it only made him stronger and the fire began to ignite.

His 13 years of professional basketball was full of challenges,

Not minding the emotional pains, injuries, fractures & bandages;

Those are the scars that motivated him to achieve his life-long dream,

He patiently waited & persevered until God gave him the perfect members for his team;

Those were players with individual stories all in for one quest,

To become the NBA Champions and be hailed the best among the rest.

Dallas meant so much to him,

As much as he is someone who holds a big part of his team;

Despite how many of his team mates come & go,

He remained standing & believed that one day his team will grow.

Then came this year, this season that he had been waiting for,

To finally get a revenge from those HEAT people who took away the championship in their own floor;

It was quite a reversal of fortune,

When this year they took over those people's floor and became the champion.

It was the sweetest moment of victory,

When team effort & intelligence beat those so-called talented big three;

All those bows & praises goes to this man ever so humble,

Whom with his emotional tears said that the feeling of being the champion was still indescribable.